Posted by dougproctor
When I try, using SE PC Suite, to syncronise my data using Outlook 2007, the only choice I get of Outlook is Outlook Express. No good!
Is this, I believe the latest SE Suite, compatible with Outlook 2007?
If not, is there a better free progarm I can use to syncronise my stuff from my PC?
Thanks
Doug
Posted by martint235
I'm using Outlook 2007 without any problems synching with my P990 and have been doing so since I got the phone a couple of months ago. Have you still got Outlook Express installed? If so uninstall it and try re-installing PC suite. Also ensure that Outlook is the default mail program. Hope this helps
Posted by dougproctor
Hi Martin. As far as I know, I don't have Outlook Express on my machine unless it came as part of the Office 2007 bundle. I never installed it separately. If it's there, can it be uninstalled without losing the rest of the Office Suite? As far as I know, Outlook 2007 is the default program.
The last thing I want to do is go back to Office 2003.
Doug
[ This Message was edited by: dougproctor on 2006-10-27 12:12 ]
Posted by martint235
Doug,
In remove programs, look in the windows components and if outlook express is there, remove it. OE is a component of windows rather than Office. Unfortunately I can't remember exactly what I did when I installed PC suite but if all else fails, it may be worth choosing OE if that's all that shows up and see what happens.
M
Posted by Dogmann
Hi Doug,
My advice is don't try and uninstall Outlook express as although i have never used it the last time i removed it, it shares so many .dlls and other things i ended up having to reformat and re load the whole computer which i promise was not fun.
Personally i think you need to go into the sync set up of PC suite and check all the drop down options are set to Outlook not the express version even check which folders they are trying to sync with hope it works for you as a smartphone that won't sync with Outlook is pretty useless really.
Marc
Posted by dougproctor
Thanks Martin. It does synch with OE fine, trouble there is nothing in there as it's all in Outlook 2007! Will have a look, I did not remove it. I thought I read somewhere that the PC Suite only supported Office 2003, there was no mention of 2007. If you're using it, that can't be right.
Give it a go, nothing to lose.
Doug
Posted by dougproctor
Thanks Marc,
The drop down option only lists Outlook Express, that's the strange thing. In all the options, Outlook proper is not mentioned.
I only got the phone yesterday and it was received from Orange on the 14th so I presume the version of PC suite is the latest.
Doug
Posted by Dogmann
Hi Doug,
If you are using the PC suite that came with the phone on CD i would suggest de installing and then downloading the latest version from the SE website as i am pretty sure a lot of people have had problems with the CD version and the one on the SE site is newer again good luck.
Marc
Posted by scroitoru
Anyway, even though u use the 2007 (B2TR), it will not show as 2007. In the drop down, all it shows is Outlook 2003. As I upgraded from the Office 2003, I have no issues whatsoever. Can this be your issue? Did you have the 2003 before?
Posted by dougproctor
Yes, I did. Will uninstall and reinstall version from SE. Let you know how it goes.
Doug
Posted by dougproctor
Did the uninstall and installed the version from SE. Still the same. My default program is Outlook 2007 yet it still shows only Outlook Express as the synching option. Do I really have to uninstall this Outlook to get it to synch? I did install this over 2003 if I remember.
What a pain! Any other suggestions please?
Doug
[ This Message was edited by: dougproctor on 2006-10-27 17:09 ]
Posted by chriswg85
I am using Office 2007 too, but it syncs just fine for me. I also installed it over Office 2003. I do remember deinstalling the Sony Ericsson PC Suite and reinstalling it to get it to work, but it seems that you have already tried that. I don't think Outlook Express is the problem because it is also on my computer, and not causing any problems. The only advice I could give would be to export your Outlook 2007 data to Outlook Express and then sync with Outlook Express. This is sort of an inconvenient workaround, but I suppose it should work. Let me know if there are any settings you would like me to check for comparison. Sorry I couldn't help more. Good luck!
Posted by scroitoru
the Outlook express issues has been out there for many of us since the earlier days of he P series (see this post from 2005 for the P900 http://www.esato.com/board/vi[....].php?topic=110477#post1510920)
to find all this, I just did a seach on Esato using "outlook express". do the same and you might find other posts that could help ya.
Posted by dougproctor
Strange, I cannot import into Outlook Express from Outlook and also cannot export from Outlook into Outlook Express! You would think they were two completely different applications.
Any ideas on how to do it please?
Doug
Posted by lmoh97
Well, just some thought about outlook express and outlook 2007. Both are 2 different programs which can be uninstalled without affecting each other. Express can be uninstalled by going to this >>> Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs > Add/Remove Windows Components > Uncheck Outlook Express... then click Next....
While Outlook 2007 and can uninstalled using the usual process...
