OL97: Free/Busy Errors After Migrating from Schedule+ (195077)
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This article was previously published under Q195077 SYMPTOMS
After converting Microsoft Schedule+ 1.0 or 7.0 files to Microsoft Outlook
97, you may receive one or more of the following error messages:
Unable to update public free/busy data.
The file contains data that is not valid.
-or-
When adding resource accounts to a meeting request you may receive the
following message:
Cannot directly book the resource.
-or-
You may not be able to view free/busy times of other users.
CAUSE
This problem occurs when users migrate to Outlook and do not choose to
delete the Schedule+ information from the server. Their .SCD or .CAL files
remain on the server and generate free/busy information that conflicts with
the Outlook calendar.
RESOLUTION
Run Outlook with the /CleanSchedPlus command line switch on each client and
then run Outlook with the /CleanFreeBusy command line switch on each
client.
For more information about Outlook command line switches, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
156982 OL97 Additional Command-Line Switches for Microsoft Outlook
MORE INFORMATION
With Microsoft Mail server, if a user migrates to Outlook and does not use
Schedule+ as their calendar, the mail administrator can remove the files in
the CAL folder. The .pof (Free/Busy) file is regenerated when each user
adds items to their calendars. This action serves the same function as
running the above switches on all the clients.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/26/2000 |
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| Keywords: | kberrmsg kbprb KB195077 |
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