Outlook Tasks no longer displaying embedded content

Anonymous
2018-04-25T11:48:07+00:00

Hi All,

Does someone have a solution for Outlook Tasks no longer displaying embedded messages and links correctly ?

Instead of an envelope (for messages) or the underlined text for links, the task now only shows:

(EMBED Outlook.MsgAttach)

(HYPERLINK "///...........)

I can not click on any of those text items, e.g. all links appear to be lost. Yet when I click "safe all attachments", it saves them o.k. to a new desktop (for example) location.

Any suggestion / help greatly appreciated.

Rgds.

Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For home

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Hal Hostetler MVP-Outlook 12,011 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2018-05-02T23:20:18+00:00

Have you tried pressing ALT+F9 in a new task to toggle the Field Codes display?  This applies to new tasks as well as messages:

Inserting hyperlink shows {HYPERLINK}

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-05-03T06:54:35+00:00

    Hello Barry, The suggestion below by Hal fixed the issue. Alt+F9 was all it took to restore the view. Thank you very much for your support Barry - very much appreciated.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-05-03T06:53:07+00:00

    Thank you very much Hal! This simple solution fixed it. All my icons are back and the view is restored!

    Really appreciate it.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-05-02T22:47:03+00:00

    Hello Marius,

    Thanks for your information.

    For further processing, we’d like to collect the OffCAT result to know the detailed error messages. I’ve sent you a private message to collect it. Click your name in the forum and select View Private message to access it. Thanks for your cooperation.

    Regards,

    Barry

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-05-02T08:37:50+00:00

    Here is the screenshot of the analyser tool.

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