OL2000: Error Message When You Try to Save Your Outlook Calendar As a Web Page

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SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to save your Outlook calendar as a Web page or publish Free/Busy information to a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Uniform Resource Locator (URL), you may receive the following error message:

To save your calendar as a Web page, you must first install the Internet Explorer Web Publishing Wizard. To install this component, go to Control Panel and choose Add/Remove Programs, select Microsoft Internet Explorer, click the Add/Remove button, and add the Web Publishing Wizard. Alternatively, you can download the Web Publishing Wizard from the Microsoft Windows Update Web site.

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CAUSE

You receive this error message when the Microsoft Internet Explorer Web Publishing Wizard is not installed on your computer.

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RESOLUTION

To prevent the error message, install the Web Publishing Wizard:

Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98

On the Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
In the Install/Uninstall dialog box, click Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and Internet Tools, and then click Add/Remove.
Click Add Component, and then click Next.
Click Web Publishing Wizard, and then click Next.
Follow the rest of the prompts in the wizard.

Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition

On the Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
Double-click Add/Remove Programs, and then click the Windows Setup tab.
In the Components box, click Internet Tools, and then click Details.
Click to select the Web Publishing Wizard check box, click OK, and then click OK.
If prompted, insert your Windows 98 CD-ROM, and then click OK.
Follow any additional prompts to finish the installation procedure.

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MORE INFORMATION

The Web Publishing Wizard is not a supported component in Windows 2000. You can install the Web Publishing Wizard on Windows 2000, but you receive error messages. However, you can dismiss the error messages and continue with the setup. The Web Publishing Wizard installs and allows you to use the Save function as a Web page feature in Outlook 2000. You can download the Web Publishing Wizard at the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=63c2db9b-c616-46c2-8713-af9bb83c8d89&DisplayLang=en (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=63c2db9b-c616-46c2-8713-af9bb83c8d89&DisplayLang=en)

This version of the Web Publishing Wizard is manufactured for Microsoft Windows NT 4 Service Pack 3 (SP3) or Microsoft Windows 95, but can be used on Windows 2000.

For information about the Web Publishing Wizard for Microsoft Windows XP, see the following Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/default.asp?url=/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/webpub_overview.asp (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/default.asp?url=/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/webpub_overview.asp)

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