Challenge:
In my Outlook 2003, I could not use my right click with all mail/calendar items, and whenever I tried to open a recurring event I got an “object not found” error message. Any new event setup after my issue was fine.
Steps I took in vail:
- Cleared forms cache in Outlook
- Ran detect/repair option from Outlook
- Deleted Outlook Profile, rebooted, setup profile again
- Uninstalled and reinstalled Office suites including Outlook.
Working Solution:
After researching on the Internet, got an instruction as the following:
Try deleting the “frmcache.dat” file (or renaming it frmcache.bak if you areof a nervous disposition), because it’s probably corrupt. It can be found in
“Local Settings\application data\microsoft\forms”.
When you re-open Outlook it will re-create the file, and the problem will (hopefully) be gone.
I closed my outlook and did the step above, when I re-start the Outlook, wola~~~, everything is working back fine now.
Hope it will be helpful for you too.
Wonderful solution. Ran into the same issue on PC refresh. Issue resolved on deleting the specified file. Saw outlooking creating the file.
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Great it worked for you too.
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After hours of troubleshooting and doing all of the other initial steps that you went through, I found this article, deleted the form cache, and everything now works perfectly. THANK YOU for posting this solution.
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thank you!! worked like a charm – after a lotta head banging!
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Great job!!!it really works.Thanks…
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Awesome…it worked…thanks for sharing! Saved me the trouble of reinstalling….
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THANKS! Worked great!
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OMG,
thank you so much. I thought I’d have to put in a service ticket to fix this.
Thanks so much webguru
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I get that message when trying to close an archived .pst (not *the* Archive Folder) and your method didn’t work for that case. I’m using Outlook 2002.
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OK solved it. I search the registry (using regedit) for the archive file name. IIRC it was located in one of those long numeric registry entries – I simply deleted the entire numeric registry entry. Fixed.
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You guys are the best…my life returned to normalacy
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This solution worked for me. Thanks! It also fixed the issue I had moving messages to my calendar. The error was something like: the object could not be found it may have been moved or deleted.
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Superbuluous
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Worked great when I had issues with Google Synch…could not do anything in Outlook calendar until i found this to fix it. Thanks!
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yeah,
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Worked like a charm, many thanks!
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By the way, I am using Outlook 2007 and the problem and solution were the same.
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It also worked for me but I also tried removing outlook cache mode, exit from outlook and checked cache mode again as suggested here http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Office_Productivity/Groupware/Outlook/Q_23378222.html. Not sure which one worked for sure but thank you for sharing your solution.
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thanks. had resigned myself to reinstalling outook, but found his article and it worked a treat
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Same thing for me, I am using Outlook 2007 and the problem and solution were the same.
Thanks a lot
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This page was more helpful than Microsoft’s official web site. Thanks for the effective fix.
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I followed the same directions (for windows 7) and I am still receiving the message, why would Microsoft program error messages so vague? it’s beyond me.
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Brialliant, first site that came up in google and fixed within five mins. It would have taken longer If I had tried to restart the PC
thanks heaps
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Unfortunately the solution did not work for me.
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Worked immediately, thanks mate!
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Very effective. TQ to Webguru.
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Thanks a lot! Definitely your web page is more supportive & helpful than the Microsoft’s.
Regards,
Pulkit
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Thanks so much. i renamed the frmcache.dat file and reopened it works.
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A simple solution for a problem that has been around for awhile and time lost troubleshootin. Thank you very much. Much appreciated.
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First one for 2011! We’re still using 2003 at my job and this has been driving me nuts for a year. I finally decided to fix it, came across your article, and deleting frmcache.dat worked perfectly. Thanks.
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unfortunatly it didnt work for me any other solution its driving me nuts to fix it :S im working on a win vista business and an outlook 2007
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Great, I had the same issue on Office 2007 and your solution worked inmediatly!
Thanks for your post.
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Guys, just wanted to let you know that if this doesn’t work on MS 2010 (it didn’t for me, unfortunately) you can try this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312354
It worked for me!
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Woohoo .. worked like a charm. First article I opened and first solution I tried out. Outlook was back on its toes in 2 mins. Thanks a ton for the post. Saved me hours of misery!
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thanks for the tip,it saved me alot of time
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Great, it worked! Many thanks!
Outlook 2007…
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Did not work for me – XP with Win 2007.
The problem I have is that within my email inbox I cannot open (or accept) calendar updates to a weekly meeting which is regularly shifted.
Additionally, attempting to open the session within the calendar itself (which is now out of date due to updates not being reflected) also results in the same error.
I will persevere for a while, then may try the coffee cup method.
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This worked for me too!
I use a shortcut ALL the time (“C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE” /c ipm.note).
I followed the directions. I moved the FRMCACHE.dat file from the directory …Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\FORMS. I kept it just in case something went awry. Just as the article said, the FRMCACHE.dat file was regenerated, and my shortcut worked again. Thanks!
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