How to Remove Orphaned & Corrupted Calendar Events in Outlook 2003
Outlook 2003, a stand-alone email application for Windows-based computers, not only sends and receives emails---the program also allows you to post and keep up with events on a calendar, manage your contacts and create notes within the application. Outlook 2003's built-in calendar can even be shared with other Outlook 2003 users if your computer is set up on a network. When problems arise, like orphaned or corrupted emails, calendar events or notes, the program has a repair tool that will correct the problem and restore your calendar and other Outlook 2003 functions to a working state.
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Instructions
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Close Outlook 2003 by clicking on the "X" in the upper right-hand corner of the Outlook program.
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Click "Start" and "My Computer." Double click on the "C:\" drive icon.
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Click on the "Program Files" folder. Click on the "Microsoft Office" folder.
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Double click on "Scanpst.exe."
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Click "Browse."
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Navigate to "C:\Documents and Settings\<Username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\outlook.pst."
"<Username>" represents your Windows unique username.
Your Outlook 2003 path may be the following: "C:\Documents and Settings\<Username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{GUID}\Microsoft\Outlook\outlook.pst."
"<Username>" represents your Windows unique username and "{GUID}" is a unique number specific to your computer system.
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Click "Open." Click "Start." The Outlook 2003 repair tool will start scanning your calendar, Inbox and other elements of the Outlook 2003 configuration file.
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Click "Repair" to remove any orphaned and corrupted calendar events the repair tool found. You will be prompted when the repair process is complete.
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Open Outlook 2003 by clicking on the program's icon on your "Desktop" or by clicking on the program's name from the "All Programs" menu.
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Click on "Calendar" from the "Folder List." The orphaned and corrupted events are now removed from your Outlook 2003 calendar and placed in a folder called "Lost and Found."
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Tips & Warnings
You may also see a folder called "Recovered Personal Folder." This folder contains items the repair tool recovered. You can delete this folder if you wish.
