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MS Office Forum / Outlook / General MS Outlook Questions / August 2007How do I change the owner of a Task?
I have tasks that I created and deleted the Owner name becasue I planned to assign them to others. It turns out that I want to be the owner though so I want to change the name back to my name. When I try to type my name in the Owner field in task list view, however, I receive the following error: You must be in a public folder to change the Owner field of a task. The original owner will be restored. To assign the task, right-click the task, and then click Assign Task. Right now the Owner name is blank. How did you delete the owner name? I have never seen anyone do it. Which folder are these Tasks in? Judy Gleeson MVP Outlook Trainer and Consultant read my articles here: www.judygleeson.com Canberra, Australia how to post questions: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=555375 >I have tasks that I created and deleted the Owner name becasue I planned to > assign them to others. It turns out that I want to be the owner though so [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Right now the Owner name is blank. Hi Judy, I have the tasks in a separate task folder that I want to share with some teammates (the sharing is another issue!). I deleted the owner name while in the current view of 'By Person Responsible'. I clicked inside the Owner field to edit and just deleted the name. I received a dialog stating the name couldn't change, but it did go ahead an remove it anyway. > How did you delete the owner name? I have never seen anyone do it. > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > > > Right now the Owner name is blank. hmm well don't do that again. Where is the Tasks folder? Exactly where. Judy Gleeson MVP Outlook Trainer and Consultant read my articles here: www.judygleeson.com Canberra, Australia how to post questions: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=555375 > Hi Judy, > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] >> > >> > Right now the Owner name is blank. I've actually moved the tasks to my standard Tasks folder. So they are sitting in the default Tasks folder that is created with my account. > hmm well don't do that again. > [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > >> > > >> > Right now the Owner name is blank. Do you get an error message when you try to assign them to yourself? Use the Assign Task button and see what happens. If it works, you'll be able to send them to yourself one at a time and they will be yours again. A weird work-around would be to Assign them to another user and them have them re-assign them to you. Judy Gleeson MVP Outlook Trainer and Consultant read my articles here: www.judygleeson.com Canberra, Australia how to post questions: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=555375 > I've actually moved the tasks to my standard Tasks folder. So they are > sitting in the default Tasks folder that is created with my account. [quoted text clipped - 59 lines] >> >> > >> >> > Right now the Owner name is blank. Yeah I did get an error message stating that I can't assign to myself, but I will do what you suggested - assign it to someone else and have them assign to me or just re-create the task. Thanks for your help! > Do you get an error message when you try to assign them to yourself? Use > the Assign Task button and see what happens. If it works, you'll be able to [quoted text clipped - 75 lines] > >> >> > > >> >> > Right now the Owner name is blank. |
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