XP/Outlook2003 Problem: Deselect Name in 'Other Calendars' does not work properly (keeps 'Selected Items'-font)

[Guest klaus_beltow@yahoo.de]

XP/Outlook2003 Problem: Deselect Name in 'Other Calendars' does not work properly (keeps 'Selected Items'-font)

 

Hi,

 

and first of all, sorry for the excessive crosspost - but I think

although the issue only seems like an Outlook problem, it might have

something to do with the Display -> Appearance Settings in XP.

 

The following thing happens within my Outlook (and is quite annoying):

Calendar -> 'Other Calendars' pane. Select a calendar by clicking on a

name or the checkbox -> the calendar is displayed correctly. Deselect

the calendar by clicking the name or the checkbox again -> the

calendar is not displayed anymore. But now, also the name is not

displayed anymore - only the checkbox!

 

Or, to be precise, the name is displayed with white font on the white

background! Here is where the Appearance Settings come into play: The

name seems to keep the 'Selected Items'-property (Display Properties -

> Appearance -> Advanced -> Item -> Selected Items), which is Windows

Standard: Tahoma / 8pt / white.

If I change the colour of this font, I can see the name with the

changed colour. Of course, I would very much prefer not to change the

standard colour for all my windows applications, but to correct this

bug.

 

Things I already tried:

Re-install SP2,

Uninstall Outlook, reboot, Install Outlook 2003 again.

Start Outlook with /resetnavpane (it worked for this session, but not

for the next session without /resetnavpane - and I would like to keep

the 'Other Calendars' from session to session)

Delete the corresponding xml-file in the application data for Outlook

manually.

Create a new profile from scratch.

Search the internet and knowledge base.

But all of this did not help. :-(

 

Is there anything I could try to correct this? Or has anybody else

experienced this bug and/or knows how to correct it? Any help would be

highly appreciated!

 

Thanks and regards,

Klaus

[Guest Diane Poremsky]

Re: XP/Outlook2003 Problem: Deselect Name in 'Other Calendars' does not work properly (keeps 'Selected Items'-font)

 

Re: XP/Outlook2003 Problem: Deselect Name in 'Other Calendars' does not work properly (keeps 'Selected Items'-font)

 

are you using the default windows xp theme? if not, try it using the default

and see if it works as expected.

 

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<klaus_beltow@yahoo.de> wrote in message

news:1184596278.376760.319170@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...

> Hi,

>

> and first of all, sorry for the excessive crosspost - but I think

> although the issue only seems like an Outlook problem, it might have

> something to do with the Display -> Appearance Settings in XP.

>

> The following thing happens within my Outlook (and is quite annoying):

> Calendar -> 'Other Calendars' pane. Select a calendar by clicking on a

> name or the checkbox -> the calendar is displayed correctly. Deselect

> the calendar by clicking the name or the checkbox again -> the

> calendar is not displayed anymore. But now, also the name is not

> displayed anymore - only the checkbox!

>

> Or, to be precise, the name is displayed with white font on the white

> background! Here is where the Appearance Settings come into play: The

> name seems to keep the 'Selected Items'-property (Display Properties -

>> Appearance -> Advanced -> Item -> Selected Items), which is Windows

> Standard: Tahoma / 8pt / white.

> If I change the colour of this font, I can see the name with the

> changed colour. Of course, I would very much prefer not to change the

> standard colour for all my windows applications, but to correct this

> bug.

>

> Things I already tried:

> Re-install SP2,

> Uninstall Outlook, reboot, Install Outlook 2003 again.

> Start Outlook with /resetnavpane (it worked for this session, but not

> for the next session without /resetnavpane - and I would like to keep

> the 'Other Calendars' from session to session)

> Delete the corresponding xml-file in the application data for Outlook

> manually.

> Create a new profile from scratch.

> Search the internet and knowledge base.

> But all of this did not help. :-(

>

> Is there anything I could try to correct this? Or has anybody else

> experienced this bug and/or knows how to correct it? Any help would be

> highly appreciated!

>

> Thanks and regards,

> Klaus

>

[Guest Klaus Beltow]

Re: XP/Outlook2003 Problem: Deselect Name in 'Other Calendars' does not work properly (keeps 'Selected Items'-font)

 

Re: XP/Outlook2003 Problem: Deselect Name in 'Other Calendars' does not work properly (keeps 'Selected Items'-font)

 

Diane Poremsky wrote:

> are you using the default windows xp theme? if not, try it using the

> default and see if it works as expected.

 

Yes, the error occurs with the default XP theme and also with the Windows

Classic theme (both unchanged).

It seems as if Outlook just sets back the background color after deselecting

the line, but keeps the 'Selected Item'-font and color for the name.

Unfortunately, both are white...

 

Klaus