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joe shmo - 10 May 2008 13:57 GMT

I am using Outlook 2003 SP3

I am trying to delete old appointments in my calendar.
This is what I have tried;
File\Archive
"Archive this folder and all subfolders:" is selected.
The icon Calendar is highlighted.
"Archive items older than [Wed 4/30/2008]
"Include items with "Do not AutoArchive" checked" is checked.
I press OK.
I go back to my calendar and all items prior to 4/30/2008 are still there.

I have also tried ""Archive all folders according to their AutoArchive
settings"
Settings in Calendar\Properties - AutoArchive Tab are as follows
"Archive this folder using these settings" is selected
"clean out items older than 1 Months"
"Permanently delete old items" is selected.

I get the same results.

help
Thanks

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Roady [MVP] - 10 May 2008 14:16 GMT

Start with http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/archivenotworking.htm

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> I am using Outlook 2003 SP3
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joe shmo - 10 May 2008 14:43 GMT

Thanks Robert. You nailed it!

> Start with http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/archivenotworking.htm
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Roady [MVP] - 10 May 2008 15:13 GMT

Your welcome! :-)

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> Thanks Robert. You nailed it!
>> Start with http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/archivenotworking.htm
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joe shmo - 10 May 2008 19:49 GMT

Hey Robert, Sorry but I think I spoke too soon.
I looked at modified date of calendar items and saw that it was today's
date. I don't know why it would be, they were created months ago. Anyway my
settings were set to delete anything that is greater than 1 day old. I
thought this was the problem. But looking further back I found items that
are way older than 1 day and still they won't go away.
I just want to clear the main calendar of all items and start fresh.
Thanks

> Your welcome! :-)
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Roady [MVP] - 10 May 2008 21:21 GMT

If that is your goal then you can change your Calendar view to a table view
like By Category. From there you can easily delete all items at once.

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> Hey Robert, Sorry but I think I spoke too soon.
> I looked at modified date of calendar items and saw that it was today's
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joe shmo - 11 May 2008 11:25 GMT

Thanks again Robert. This worked and got rid of past appointments. I still
don't know why archive doesn't work. Is there any other reading I could do
to try and find out why?

> If that is your goal then you can change your Calendar view to a table
> view like By Category. From there you can easily delete all items at once.
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Roady [MVP] - 11 May 2008 17:28 GMT

The modified date can be changed by lots of things as mentioned in the
article. Do the items that you want to archive have a modified date older
than you've set in the manual archive?

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> Thanks again Robert. This worked and got rid of past appointments. I still
> don't know why archive doesn't work. Is there any other reading I could do
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joe shmo - 12 May 2008 04:29 GMT

Yes they did. Oler by many months and my settings were to delete anything
older than 1 day.

> The modified date can be changed by lots of things as mentioned in the
> article. Do the items that you want to archive have a modified date older
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