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Outlook 2010 Calendar, only active list view works, calendar view err
Lenovo T500 Intel Core2 Duo T9600 2.8GHz
Win 7 Professional SP1 64 bit
MS Office Professional 2010 v14.0.7106.5003 32-bit
I've had a persistent problem for several months since I migrated to a new hard drive. Outlook 2010 calendar is working, but only in Active List view. Any attempt to change to Preview or Calendar view produces the error message, "Could not read the calendar." Changing from Active List to List works some of the time, but inconsistently and sometimes it will hunt for the list and offer the same "Could not read the calendar." error message. This is very frustrating as I find it difficult to manage the list view and am accustomed to seeing the calendar week view.
I use an Android phone and use gmail and Google calendar to see mail and appointments on my phone. So, I've got Google Calendar Sync 0.9.4.1 running. Google Calendar Sync appears to be operating normally. I have a nice calendar view on my phone or web-based from my computer. I have tried adding the Google calendar to Outlook but it is a duplicate of the default calendar and I can't set it as the default. Also, MS Office does not permit me to delete the default calendar.
I don't like any of the work arounds. I just want the calendar to work like it should. Research discloses no real hint of anything that works including running scanpst. Scanpst does a great job at fixing the problem by wiping the whole calendar thanks very much MS.
If you have any clue as to the cause and better a solution that works, I'd be very grateful. Please tell me what other information you may need to diagnose the problem.
Thanks.
Phil
Edit: I forgot to say, I removed and reinstalled Outlook. I rebuilt my profile from scratch. I recovered email from a archived pst file. I recovered the calendar by exporting my Google calendar and importing the data to Outlook. Basically killed off the old one and replaced it with "new" information. For a time after I did that, everything worked as it should. After a while -- I don't know how long -- the calendar started to act up, giving the error message in Calendar View sometimes until finally it went to only Active List view. This procedure fixed a bigger problem, which was the inability to accept an appointment or meeting sent to me via email.
I also failed to mention, I am a sole practitioner, so this is an individual free standing application. There is no exchange server involved. I use Comcast email (POP3) and also have Gmail coming into Outlook (IMAP) as part of the means for seeing email on the phone and to see any email that is actually sent to the Gmail account.
Last edited by psymonds; 23 Dec 2013 at 12:05. Reason: Additional information about the problem