Fix Outlook Will Not Maximize Error

Problem :

A few weeks ago my Outlook would not maximize. I tried a lot of things but no success. I reinstalled the PC, Win 7 and Office 2010.

Now suddenly I can not maximize Outlook again. The program is running. I can right click the taskbar icon and choose "New E-mail message" and send a mail. I can click the systray baloon when receiving a mail and open the mail.

But the main program windows will not open.

I can start outlook in safemode (outlook /safe). I have removed all add ins, but it doesn't do any difference.


Solution :


Check if it is set to run minimized:

1. Click Start > All Program Files > Microsoft Office

2. Locate Microsoft Outlook, right click it and choose Properties.

3. In the open box, click Shortcut tab. After Run, check if minimized if selected. If it is selected, select maximized.

4. Click OK to save the changes.

5. Start Outlook from Start > All Program Files > Microsoft Office > Microsoft Outlook again.

Outlook 2010 Flag Status Column Can't Be Moved

Problem :

I added Flag Status as a column to my Inbox view (compact view). When I try to arrange the Flag Status column to be one of the first columns instead of the last column, I am able to move it up the order in the view settings column order dialog box, but when I exit the dialog, Flag Status stays as the last column on the right. Other columns can be moved and the column order takes effect immediately upon exiting the view settings dialog box.


Solution :

There is a second Flag header, the Follow-up Flag, that you can use that is placeable. If, in the view you enable the "Quick Flag" (on the "Other Settings" button of the Customize View wizard), the Flag Status column will become unmovable at the right end of the column header. If you disable that setting, the Flag Status column will be movable. Now, I'm doing this in Outlook 2003 at the moment because I don't have access to my Outlook 2007 or 2010 systems, but it should work similarly.

Fix Outlook 2010 Error 30023

Problem :

Has anyone been playing with the outlook 2010 deployment scripts yet? We're testing outlook before the full package.
We seem to have run into an odd error that doesn't appear online when running the default script provided by MS.

C:\>start /wait \\srv1\pathToOutlookFolder\setup.exe /config \\srv1\pathToOutlookFolder\Outlook.WW\config.xml
C:\>echo Fri 06/25/2010 16:46:33.03 Setup ended with error code 30023. 1>> c:\\error.txt


Solution :

Error 30023 typically means there is a problem with your installation source. My recommendation would be to save your config.xml and your Office Customization Tool MSP file, delete your entire Office 2010 source folder, and then re-built it from unaltered, original source. Add your config.xml and setup msp to the new source and run setup.exe.

Your command line example syntax is good. If these steps don't resolve your issue you should enable verbose setup logging to help determine root cause. To enable logging, change this line in your config.xml:



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