Holidays available only through 2005 calendar year in Outlook 2002 (811544)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 2002

SYMPTOMS

You cannot add holidays to the Microsoft Outlook 2002 calendar for the year 2006 or later.

CAUSE

This behavior is by design. Microsoft Outlook 2002 provides some of the more popular holidays, but only through to the end of the year 2005.

RESOLUTION

Microsoft has released Holiday update files for U.S. English.

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

910619 Description of the update for Outlook 2002: February 1, 2006

WORKAROUND

Additional holidays are available from some third-party companies.

You can modify the Outlook holiday file to create your own updated list of holidays. To do so, follow the directions in the "Resolution" section of the following article:

280976 Foreign national and religious holidays incorrectly added in US English Outlook Calendar G - M


Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/27/2006
Keywords:kbprb KB811544
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