• Subject: Re: .oss files not recognized by Outlook 2007
  • Author: Diane Poremsky [MVP]
  • Date: 26 Aug 2008
  • References: 1
It was removed from outlook 2007 - the open menu is for mailbox folders, not
oss files. You can make search folders for mail - unfortunately you can't
save searches for other item types.

Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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"ianggjames" <ianggjames@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2A79FB66-2DDB-4C7B-AD0D-DD7735B330DC@microsoft.com...
> I've just upgraded to Outlook 2007 (I know, silly me!) and it won't open,
> save or even recognize Office Saved Search (.oss) files. The Advanced
> Find
> function (which is what uses these files) exists in O-2007 and contains
> the
> Open and Save options in the drop-down menu (so presumably the
> functionality
> is there somewhere?), but they are greyed out so they can't be used. I've
> applied the regedit fix described in the Knowledge Base (although that is
> only claimed to fix O-2000 and O-2003) but it doesn't make any difference.
> (Actually, doesn't work on O-2002 either, but at least after applying the
> fix, if you click on a .oss file it opens the search in Outlook OK; but
> this
> doesn't happen with O-2007.) Can't find anything about this problem under
> Help or technical support for O-2007 (searches on "advanced find", .oss,
> or
> "saved search" come up with no relevant results). Anyone know how to
> activate this functionality?
26 Aug 2008.oss files not recognized by Outlook 2007.ianggjames
26 Aug 2008\ Re: .oss files not recognized by Outlook 2007.Diane Poremsky [MVP]
27 Aug 2008   \ Re: .oss files not recognized by Outlook 2007.ianggjames
27 Aug 2008      \ Re: .oss files not recognized by Outlook 2007.Diane Poremsky [MVP]
28 Aug 2008         \ Re: .oss files not recognized by Outlook 2007.ianggjames
28 Aug 2008            \ Re: .oss files not recognized by Outlook 2007.Diane Poremsky [MVP]
28 Aug 2008               \ Re: .oss files not recognized by Outlook 2007.ianggjames
28 Aug 2008                  \ Re: .oss files not recognized by Outlook 2007.Diane Poremsky [MVP]
29 Aug 2008                     \ Re: .oss files not recognized by Outlook 2007.ianggjames
29 Aug 2008                        \ Re: .oss files not recognized by Outlook 2007.Diane Poremsky [MVP]
01 Sep 2008                           \ Re: .oss files not recognized by Outlook 2007.ianggjames
02 Sep 2008                              \ Re: .oss files not recognized by Outlook 2007.Diane Poremsky [MVP]
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