The lookup view only shows the quotes or the contracts that are in "Draft" status when you try to link a custom entity to a quote or a contract in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0

Assume that you create a lookup relationship between a custom entity and a quote or a contract in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. When you try to link the custom entity to the quote or the contract, the lookup view only shows the quotes or contracts that are in "Draft" status. You expect the lookup view to show all quotes or all contracts that are in "Active" status.

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This problem is fixed in the latest cumulative update rollup for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0.
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To enable this hotfix on the computer that is running Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, follow these steps:

1. Under the
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSCRM\
   registry subkey on the Microsoft Dynamics CRM server, add the following DWORD registry entries:
   • LookupActiveQuotesOnCustomEntities
   • LookupActiveContractsOnCustomEntities
2. Set the values of the registry entries that you just added to 1.

Note If you want to disable this hotfix, set the values of these registry entries to 0.

To enable this hotfix on a computer that is running Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Microsoft Office Outlook with Offline Access, follow these steps:

1. Under the
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSCRMClient\
   registry subkey on the Microsoft Dynamics CRM client for Outlook, add the following DWORD registry entries:
   • LookupActiveQuotesOnCustomEntities
   • LookupActiveContractsOnCustomEntities
2. Set the values of the registry entries that you just added to 1.

Note If you want to disable this hotfix, set the values of these registry entries to 0.