• Subject: Re: .oss files not recognized by Outlook 2007
  • Author: ianggjames
  • Date: 27 Aug 2008
  • References: 1 2
Unbelievable! I guess that's what Microsoft calls "progress". Back to
Outlook 2003 and £80 wasted.

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

> 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.
>
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> 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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