Microsoft KB Archive/307005

= OLEXP: Outlook Express Renders URL in Meeting Request with Special Characters Incorrectly =

Article ID: 307005

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 4.0
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0

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This article was previously published under Q307005



For information about the differences between Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express e-mail clients, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

257824 OL2000: Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express





SYMPTOMS
When you receive a meeting request from Microsoft Outlook in Outlook Express, the message contains a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) with the subject of the meeting. If you click this message to attempt to open the calendar item in Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA), you may receive one of the following error messages:

Request not found

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Page cannot be displayed



CAUSE
This problem can occur if the subject contains special characters (such as punctuation marks) or extended ASCII characters (for example, ?<>[]{}&).



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, either make sure that meeting organizers do not include special characters in meeting subjects, or cut the URL from the message and paste the URL into your browser to open the meeting notice successfully.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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