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Frequently Asked Questions

How do I change positioning, sizing, opacity, etc. of the window on my desktop?
All of the configuration for Outlook on the Desktop is done through the tray icon for the program. That is the white icon with the day of the month on it in the bottom right corner of your screen. Right click on it to access all the configuration options.
I want to uninstall Outlook on the Desktop, but it complains that it's running.
To uninstall, you have to first close the program. To do that: Right Click on the tray icon for Outlook on the Desktop (the icon with the day of the month on it) and click "Exit" You can then proceed with the uninstall from Add/Remove Programs.
OotD crashes on startup. What's wrong?
There is no one definitive answer for this. In most cases it is caused by an incorrect or partially corrupt installation of Microsoft Office. Doing a complete uninstall and reinstall of Office usually fixes it. In other cases, it's simply a case of a dll that was not registered correctly during installation. This has worked for some people: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870707.
I installed OotD, but all I get is a red "X" in a transparent window?
See the above requirements .. if you are running Microsoft Office 2000, you need to have SR-1a at the very least installed. You can get it here. If you are sure you meet the minimum requirements, then it could very well be a problem with your office installation. Doing a detect and repair in the help menu of Outlook has sometimes fixed the problem, as has upgrading to the latest service pack available for your version of Microsoft Office.
How do you get the month view to "stick" the next time OotD loads?
Close OotD, then open Microsoft Outlook and set up the calendar the way you would like to see it in OotD and then close Microsoft Outlook. The next time you start OotD it will load with that layout.
I like to use month view, but every time I click on a day in the calendar, it changes to day view. How can I get back to month view without closing OotD, opening outlook, changing the view, and re-opening OotD.
The easiest way to go back to month view is to right click anywhere inside the OotD window and click "Goto Date" then select "Month View" from the pull down.
I would like the ability to show the Outlook Today page in OotD, is this possible?
Unfortunately not. As far as I can tell, Microsoft has not provided any way of hosting the Outlook Today page inside of of the Outlook View Control (which OotD uses). In fact, it was meant to be used the other way around. Outlook Today is meant to contain the outlook view control to customize it.
Can I view shared calendars in OotD?
At the present time, no. I am looking at adding the ability to do this.