Microsoft KB Archive/319902

= HOW TO: Use the Mdbvu32.exe Utility to Manually Remove Reminders in Microsoft Outlook =

PSS ID Number: 319902

Article Last Modified on 11/24/2003

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Outlook 2002
 * Microsoft Outlook 2000
 * Microsoft Outlook 2001 for Mac
 * Microsoft Outlook 2001 for Mac 1.0
 * Microsoft Outlook 98
 * Microsoft Outlook 97

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This article was previously published under Q319902



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 * SUMMARY
 * ** How to Use the Mdbvu32.exe Utility to Manually Remove Reminders in Microsoft Outlook
 * REFERENCES



SUMMARY
This step-by-step article describes how use the Mdbvu32.exe utility to manually delete reminders in Microsoft Outlook 2000.

The Mdbvu32.exe utility is available in the \Support\Utils\I386 folder of the Microsoft Exchange 5.5 Server CD-ROM and the Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server CD-ROM. You may want to use this tool to manually remove reminders in Microsoft Outlook under the following conditions:  You cannot dismiss reminders.

-or- You cannot use the /cleanreminders switch to clean reminders as described in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

197180 OL2000: Additional Command-Line Switches



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How to Use the Mdbvu32.exe Utility to Manually Remove Reminders in Microsoft Outlook
To use the Mdbvu32.exe utility to manually remove reminders, follow these steps:  Insert the Exchange 5.5 Server or Exchange 2000 Server CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive. Start Windows Explorer, and then browse to the :\Server\Support\Utils\I386 folder, where   is the CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive that contains the Exchange 5.5 Server CD-ROM or Exchange 2000 Server CD-ROM. Double-click Mdbvu32.exe. In the MAPILogonEX(MAPI_LOGON_UI) dialog box, click OK.</li> Click the appropriate profile in the Profile Name box, and then click OK.</li> On the MDB menu, click OpenMessageStore.</li> Click the appropriate mailbox, and then click Open.</li> On the MDB menu, click Open Root Folder.</li> In the Child Folders box, double-click Reminders.</li> In the MAP_FOLDER - Reminders dialog box that appears, view the messages that are listed in the Messages in Folder box. All reminders and recurring appointments are stored here.

NOTE: Reminders and recurring appointments are stored in the same hidden folder in a mailbox. When you remove a reminder, make sure that it is a reminder and not a recurring appointment that you are removing. To distinguish between a reminder and a recurring appointment, follow these steps: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> Double-click a message in the Messages in Folder box.</li>  In the Message Properties box of the MAPI_MESSAGE -  dialog box that appears, locate 0X81BF.  If 0X81BF is not displayed in the list or if a value is not specified for it, the message is a reminder.</li> If a value is specified for the 0X81BF property, then the message is a recurring appointment.</li></ul>

The following is an example of a recurring appointment: <pre class="fixed_text">  0X81BF   PT_STRING8   every Thursday from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM                        </li></ol> </li> Click Close to return to the MAP_FOLDER - Reminders dialog box.</li> In the Messages in Folder box, click the reminder that you want to remove. To select more than one reminder, hold down the CTRL key and click the reminders that you want to remove.</li> In the Operations available(Select operation, then push Call Function Button) box, click IpFld->DeleteMessages (ON SELECTED MSGS), and then click Call Function.</li> Click OK in the MAPI_FOLDER - Reminders->DeleteMessages dialog box that appears.</li> <li>Repeat steps 10 through 14 to remove the reminders that you want.</li> <li>Click Close, click Close again, and then click Exit on the Session menu to quit Mdbvu32.exe.</li></ol>

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