In Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, users can set or change permissions for their mailbox folders. For example, users can change access control lists (ACLs) for their folders. Organizations cannot prevent users from changing the permissions settings on their mailbox folders or on the public folders that the users own.
Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
322756
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/
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How to back up and restore the registry in Windows
To resolve this problem, follow these steps:
- Apply hotfix 948893.
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
948893
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948893/
)
Description of the Outlook 2003 hotfix package: February 13, 2008
Note This hotfix provides two new policies that are based on new registry entries. These policies can be used to restrict a user's ability to access the permissions settings in Outlook. Therefore, you can prevent unwanted changes to permissions by setting these two policies after you apply the hotfix. One policy is used to control the mailbox-based folders. The other policy is used to control the public folders for which the user is an owner. - Enable the hotfix by creating the following registry entries. After you create these entries, you must set their values to 1.
Note The registry entries can be created and modified in either the Policies branch of the registry or in the Software branch of the registry. If you do not have write access to the policy branch, you cannot change the values of the registry entries in that branch. You must enable the hotfix by creating registry entries in the Software branch.
If the registry entries exist in both branches, the value in the Policies branch takes precedence. Registry entries in the Policies branch
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Options\Folders\DisableEditPermissions
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Options\Folders\DisableEditPermissionsPublicFolders
Registry entries in the Software branch
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Options\Folders\DisableEditPermissions
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Options\Folders\DisableEditPermissionsPublicFolders
For example, to create and to set the DWORD value of the following registry entry in the Software branch to 1, follow these steps:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Options\Folders\DisableEditPermissions
- Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
- Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Options\Folders
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On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
- Type DisableEditPermissions, and then press ENTER.
- Right-click DisableEditPermissions, and then click Modify.
- In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
- Exit Registry Editor.
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
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