> Unbelievable! I guess that's what Microsoft calls "progress". Back to
> Outlook 2003 and £80 wasted.
>> 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?
>>
>>