Comments on: Flag Status Locked in Outlook 2007

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:37:41 +0000

As far as I know, we’re still hosed ;(

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:48:15 +0000

Ping on this - anyone find a solution for Outlook 2007 or are we still hosed?

Best regards!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:28:01 +0000

Agreed it’s awful. A workaround (if you use reminders) is to add the Reminder field to your views (available under the Appointment Fields drop-down). This one is movable and somewhat meets the need but requires a few additional clicks to set for each msg.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:32:49 +0000

I tried all my 2003 tricks but nothing worked. As you pointed out the Help file is in error.
I’ll keep searching the web for someone who cracked it. It may be one of those REGEDIT things.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:47:04 +0000

Thanks, but that’s a solution for Office 2003, not 2007. I just tried, and it doesn’t work…

By: AK

AK — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:40:56 +0000

“Solution” is listed here, although it limits some functionality. If you’re like me you probably don’t need the context menu, so no big deal.

http://www.alibutt.com/?p=232

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