Microsoft KB Archive/189570

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OL97: ErrMsg: "Operation Too Complex"

Article ID: 189570

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Outlook 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q189570

SYMPTOMS

When attempting to publish a custom form in your Personal Forms library, with Microsoft Outlook 97, you may get the following error message:

Operation too Complex

CAUSE

You may have a corrupt Profile or Personal Folders (.pst) file.

RESOLUTION

1. Create a new profile and add all necessary services to the new profile.
   
   For more information on creating a new profile, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   171376 OL97: How to Create a New User Profile for Outlook

2. Create a new .pst file.
3. Import the old .pst into Outlook.
   
   For more information about creating a new .pst file, or precautions in importing your old .pst file, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   171377 OL97: How to Create a New Personal Folders File for Outlook

Keywords: kbprb KB189570

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