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Outlook 2010 Add-In Error: Add-In Was Disabled By The User After A Data Execution Prevention Failure

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I use an Outlook 2010 add-in called Bettasoft Mail Alert to display a mail icon in the task bar when new mail arrives. A couple of days ago the add-in caused an error and Outlook disabled it. I initially thought I could just go into the Options and put a check back into the add-in checkbox however that did not work. After more investigation I figured out that you have to enable the add-in in the Disabled Add-Ins window first and the put a check in the add-in check box for the disabled add-in to work again. Below I describe the error in more detail and the steps taken to resolve the error.

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Outlook 2010 New Mail Desktop Alerts Not Working In Windows 7

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One thing I noticed when I made the change from Outlook 2007 to Outlook 2010 was the fact that the little mail icon that used to display when I received an email was no longer displaying in the notification area of the Windows 7 taskbar. I assumed that it was simply a configuration that needed to be made but when I finally got around to looking into this a two days ago I realized that I had Outlook configured properly. After some research I found out that Outlook 2010 does not display desktop alerts, which include the mail icon as well as pop up desktop alerts, properly on Windows 7 x64 computers. After looking around I came up with a solution that ended up costing me $7 but was well worth having the notification icon display when new email is received in Outlook 2010.

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Outlook 2010 Email To Field Auto Complete Not Working, Import NK2 Outlook 2010

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I recently completed a reinstall of Windows 7 on my Dell laptop and have been having to reconfigure everything for a couple days to get back up and running the same way I was before the reinstall. One thing I decided to actually upgrade in the process was Microsoft Office from MS Office 2007 to MS Office 2010. So far it appears that Office 2010 is much less bulky than 2007 so I am really happy with the upgrade choice even though typically during a reinstall I try not to upgrade many things so if there are any problems it is easier to isolate the issues. One thing that changed in Office 2010 was the nickname cache or the use of NK2 files so you have to actually import your NK2 file into Outlook 2010 for nicknames to start working. Follow the directions below to import your NK2 file into Outlook 2010.