You cannot open your Calendar in Outlook 2000 (832563)

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, you can use the following methods in the order that they are presented.

Export your Calendar as a *.csv file

Note If you export or import your Calendar data as a *.CSV or a *.TSV format file, recurrance data will be lost. A recurring appointment that extends for one year will be broken into individual appointments in the date range that is exported.

Before you try to repair your Calendar, you must export your Calendar file to a *.csv file. To export the Calendar file to a *.csv file, follow these steps:

1. Start Outlook 2000, and then click Import and Export on the File menu.
2. Click Export to a File, and then click Next.
3. Click Comma separated value (windows), and then click Next.
4. Click Calendar in the Select folder to export from list, and then click Next.
5. Type Calendar_Backup.csv in the Save exported file as text box, and then click Next. Outlook 2000 will save the *.csv file in your My Document folder.
6. Select a range of dates, and then click Next.
7. Click Finish, and the file will be exported.

Delete the Calendar with the MDBView utility

You can delete the Calendar from an Outlook 2000 user account with the MDBView (MDBVU32.exe) utility. The MDBView utility is located on the Microsoft Exchange Server CD in the <CD-ROM_Drive>\Server\Support\Utils\I386 folder.

To delete the Calendar from an Outlook 2000 user account with the MDBView (MDBVU32.exe) utility, follow these steps:

1. Start the MDBView utility, click MAPI_Explicit_PROFILE, and then click OK.
2. Click the profile name of the user whose mailbox contains the Calendar that you want to delete.
3. On the MDB menu, click Open Message Store.
4. In the Store Display Name pane, click the user's mailbox, and then click Open.
5. On the MDB menu, click Open Root Folder.
6. In the root folder, click Calendar.
7. In the Operations Available list, click lpFLD->DeleteFolder (On SELECTED FOLDER).
8. Click Call Function. To confirm that the Calendar was deleted, click to select the Delete MSGS and the Delete Folder check boxes, and then click OK.
9. Click Start, click Run, type outlook.exe /resetfoldersin the Open box, and then click OK.

Import the Calendar back to Outlook 2000

To complete the repair of your Calendar, you must import the Calendar data from the *.csv file back to your Calendar folder. To import the Calendar data from the *.csv file back to your Calendar folder, follow these steps:

1. Start Outlook 2000.
2. On the File menu, click Import and Export.
3. In the Import Wizard dialog box, click Import from another program or file, and then click Next.
4. Click Comma Separated Values (Windows), and then click Next.
5. In the File to import box, click Browse, and then locate the Calendar_Backup.csv file that you saved in your My Documents folder. Click OK.
6. In the Options area, click Do not import duplicate items, and then click Next.
7. Click the Calendar folder, and then click Next.
8. In the Import a file dialog box, click to select the check box that describes the import action in the The following actions will be performed box. The Map Custom Fields dialog box will open.
9. Click OK, and then click Finish.