Unbelievable! I guess that's what Microsoft calls "progress". Back to
> 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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> "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?
>
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