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Outlook 2007 With Vista Prompts For Password

Feb 14th, 2008
by David.
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Sick of having to type your password every time you open Outlook 2007 even though you know you have saved it?

Then give this tip a try.

Open the following path:

C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft

Once open you will see numerous folders including a “protect” folder. Delete it.

When you have deleted the protect folder, restart Outlook. You may need to type your password(s) once more but once saved, that should be it.

Clicking Links In Outlook 2007 Using Vista And Firefox Generates Error

Feb 10th, 2008
by David.
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When clicking a website link in Outlook 2007 do you get the following error message? General failure. The URL was: “http://www.somewebsite.com.”. The system cannot find the file specified.

If you get this error, then try this fix. Please note these instruction are only for Vista.

  1. Click Start
  2. Type regedit and press enter
  3. Drill down to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\HTTP\shell\open\ddeexec
  4. Delete the ddeexec registry key
  5. Drill down to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\HTTPS\shell\open\ddeexec
  6. Delete the ddeexec registry key
  7. Drill down to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FirefoxURL\shell\open\ddeexec
  8. Delete the ddeexec registry key
  9. Drill down to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FirefoxHTML\shell\open\ddeexec
  10. Delete the ddeexec registry key
  11. Close out of regedit
  12. No reboot required

Now try clicking the link again in Outlook 2007. Problem should now be fixed.