Cannot Open your Default e-mail Folders, You must connect to microsoft exchange with the current user profile before you can synchronize your folders with your offline folder file

April 21, 2011
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I came across this error message today on a user using outlook 2007.  After some searching and trying a couple of things I was able to figure out the solution to this error message.  Here is what you need to do.

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK. 
2. Locate and then click the following subkey: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\RPC 
3. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value. 
4. Type DefConnectOpts, and then press ENTER.
5. Right-click DefConnectOpts, and then click Modify. 
6. In the Value data box, type 0, and then click OK.
7. Exit Registry Editor.

Now open outlook back up and you should be able to access your emails again.  This was a tricky little error and was solved with a quick edit of the registry.  Now if I could only figure out why this happened or what causes this. 🙂

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April 11, 2011
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Came across this error today after installing adobe professional on a laptop.  When the user opened up word it came up with this error message.  It’s easy to fix and all you need to do is:

1) Open the Control Panel, double-click Programs &
Features, find and select Office 2007 or Office 2003 (depending on whats installed on your computer)

2) Click on the Change button. Chose Add or Remove
Features. From the list, expand Office Shared Features, click on the little
arrow attached to Visual Basic for Applications and select the Run from My
Computer Option.

3) Click Continue. Setup will then install the VBA code that
you need. Note: You may need to put your installation CD so it can copy the necessary files.

Now when you open up Word this error will not appear and you should be all set.