OL97: New Calendar Has Bold Days with No Appointments

ID: Q172039

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

If you delete the primary Calendar folder from the Microsoft Exchange Server, Outlook creates a new Calendar folder. The new folder does not contain appointments from the old folder but the small calendar displayed in Day/Week/Month view still shows bolded days for the old appointments.

CAUSE

Deleting the Calendar folder from the server does not reset the free/busy information in Outlook.

RESOLUTION

Run Outlook with the /CleanFreeBusy command-line startup switch.

NOTE: The font settings for the Date Navigator may also cause the appointments to appear bolded. To check these settings:

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.

2. Click the Calendar tab.

3. In the Date Navigator section, click Font, ensure that the Font

   Style is not Bold, and then click OK two times to close the Options
   dialog boxes.

MORE INFORMATION

To clear free/busy time that does not represent a Calendar item, follow these steps:

1. Quit Outlook.

2. On the Windows desktop, right-click the Outlook icon.

3. On the shortcut menu, click Properties.

4. On the Shortcut tab, type a space followed by /cleanfreebusy

   in the Target box or Command Line box. If the last character
   in the path line is a quotation mark, be sure to type the space and
   switch name outside the quotation mark.

5. Click OK, then restart Outlook.

REFERENCES

For more information about the use of /cleanfreebusy and other startup switches, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q156982
   TITLE     : OL97: Additional Command-Line Switches for Microsoft
               Outlook

   ARTICLE-ID: Q169924
   TITLE     : OL97 ErrMsg: Cannot Find the File "Outlook /cleanreminders"

Additional query words:
Keywords          : kbdta GnlCal 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: April 16, 1999