Tag:Microsoft Outlook

Outlook crashes on launch? Maybe tangled NETs

If you (or your firm) have never experienced this problem, please don’t let this post plunge you into terror. It does not occur all that often: personally, I have never encountered this problem in the wild… at the law firms where I have consulted.  Nonetheless, this error originating with Microsoft .NET versions could be quite…

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Duelling Previews in Outlook 2007 and FileSite
Duelling Previews in Outlook 2007 and FileSite

Both FileSite and Outlook provide preview areas, but these are not interchangeable. Sometimes the Outlook Reading Pane becomes enabled – incorrectly – for a particular FileSite folder. Users often confuse the functionality of these two previews, and think that there is a FileSite problem because the Reading pane cannot display the FileSite item contents. “This…

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iManage EMM 8.5 and Outlook 2010 | FileSite close-up
iManage EMM 8.5 and Outlook 2010 | FileSite close-up

Wearing the hat ‘what would a lawyer do’ Brian Podolsky explores the hybrid behavior of iManage EMM’s Linked Folders combined with Outlook 2010’s Archive Mailboxes.  Not only does he report on the results (successful and surprisingly robust) but he also demonstrates four best practices…

Outlook hangs on drag-drop | FileSite close-up
Outlook hangs on drag-drop | FileSite close-up

When you’re trying to contribute emails to FileSite, does time just stop for Outlook? When there are reports of Outlook hanging/freezing, or extremely slow filing performance, after a drag-drop of multiple emails, there is a laundry list of possible factors.  Diagnosis is easier when the trouble’s readily reproducible. Here’s how to narrow down the list…

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