A bit off-topic in this blog, but the Opera browser is a favorite of mine. The new version (Golem, PC Welt)contains a phishing filter, which (sadly) is important nowadays.
BTW: Opera stores its bookmarks in a file named opera6.adr. If you have Opera running on multiple computers, you can use the Freeware Edition of Easy2Sync for Files, to synchronize that file. There’s even a special assistant for synchronizing individual files.
The headline may sound a bit strange, as we have another product named Easy2Sync for Outlook. But since that’s only for Outlook (and not Outlook Express). But don’t worry, with some limits, you can still sync them.
Search your harddisk for *.dbx files or go to Tools / Options / Maintenance and choose the StoreFolder button to find the folder where your mail files are stored. You can use Easy2Sync for Files to synchronize these files with another PC. If you want to synchronize this directory ONLY (and no other directories), the Freeware Edition is all you need, so you won’t have to buy anything.
BUT
Yes, now comes the BUT part. Easy2Sync for Files doesn’t understand what’s inside the file, it just copies the newer version over the folder. And if you’ve modified the same file on both PCs single the last sync, you’re in trouble. Easy2Sync will ask you with version you’ll want to keep and which one to loose.
The solution: Synchronize often. Especially always synchronize before switching to the other PC.
By default 1-Click Duplicate Delete for Outlook will only scan the current folder in Oneclick mode. (Hint: In the next release, you’ll also be able to include subfolders).
If you want to scan the entire PST-file for duplicate e-mails (or contacts, etc.) you can use the advanced mode. Or you can use a trick:
Before you click on the “1-Click…” button, active the “Outlook Today” view in Outlook which is the uppermost folder in the Outlook folder tree. If this view is active, the program scans the entire PST file, including all subfolders for duplicates. If the PST file containts contacts or calendar items, they will be scanned, too.
To get the Test version of 1-Click duplicate delete for Outlook please click here.
Since many releases Easy2Sync for Outlook contains a function to remove duplicates (to activate it: Right-click the task):
This may seem a bit cumbersome, because you have to create a task first, but keep in mind that Easy2Sync has its focus on synchronization. And that this feature is a free spin-off which is also available in the unregistered version.
If things are a bit more complicated, we can now offer a new product, 1-Click Duplicate Delete for Outlook. It’s lightning-fast, recognizes not only real duplicates but also objects that are “similar”, is integrated into Outlook and offers a convenient “1-Click” mode.
Yeah, deleting objects in Outlook is simple, you’ve done that before.
No, probably you haven’t. You’ve moved items into the recycle bin. That’s a good choice in most cases because you can undo that. In some cases, like very large attachements, duplicates or spam you may want to delete the items permanently.
The trick is quite simple. Don’t use the “Del” key. Use “Shift+Del”. That way the selected items are gone forever. (But please only use that trick if you’re really sure you want to delete that. Please.)
Do you have too many toolbars in Outlook? Want more space your mails?
You can have that, if you’re willing to sacrifice a few icons that you don’t need, because you can integrated the important icons into Outlook’s main toolbar. It can look like this:
(This sample is taking with icons from 1-Click Duplicate Delete for Outlook. Icons from the program’s toolbar were moved into the main toolbar.)
If you want that, too, perform the following steps:
Please note: This works with all Outlook toolbars but not with all toolbars provided by add-ins. Our own duplicate scanner, 1-Click Duplicate Delete for Outlook supports this, as you can see.
There’s a feature in MS Outlook that most people don’t know. When writing an e-mail you can specify that you don’t want to send it immediately, but at a certain time. If you’re using an Exchange Server the message will be sent at the correct time, even if you PC isn’t switched on.
Activating this feature is a bit cumbersome. In your e-mail, choose “View” / “Options”. There you’ll find the necessary dialog items.
But there’s also a fallacy here:
The delayed items are waiting in your outbox and if you double-click to check what strange thing is waiting in your outbox and then CLOSE the message after reading it, it won’t be sent out at all. You’ll see that it won’t be in italics either.
Trick I:
To get it sent out again at the correct time, you’ll have to open the item again and SEND it again. Then it will work.
Trick II:
If you use ReplyButler, you can use the “Send Later” button and get a nice menu which is much easier to use than the hassle with the options dialog.
There are things that are good for the user. And there’s the exact opposite.
Some users have the talent to do the 100% opposite. Mess up the configuration. Change the PST file path. And so on.
So, you might want to protect your Outlook sync configuration. Easy2Sync for Outlook has a powerful option for that, but it’s a but hidden and can be overlooked.
But actually it’s quite easy. Open the configuration and look at the “Other” tab:
You’ll get a subdialog and here you can configure passwords and notification messages for different situations. Starting the program, editing a task, editing the options, running an Outlook sync from the tray icon. And so on.
Please click here to try it and get more info about Easy2Sync for Outlook.
Outlook comes in may languages. And your “Contacts” folder may be called Contacts, Contactos, Kontakte, Contacs, Contati, Kontakter, Contactpersonen, etc. You get the picture. 😉
The problem begins if you want to synchronize different Outlook versions (in different languages versions). Normally you’d suddenly have to contacts folders, one in each language. That’s any excact synchronization. But not what you want. You want “Contacts” synchronized with “Contactos” (or whatever).
Easy2Sync for Outlook includes a trick to do just that. Theres an assistant to sync folders with “unequal names”:
Here you can specify these two folders for a new task. That task will synchronize only the contents of THESE folders, ignoring the different names, ignoring everything around it.
Almost perfect.
The only remaining problem is, if you still want to synchronize everything else. You’d simply create a new task for that. But then you’d still synchronize these 2 contacts folders. That’s why you have to exclude them. That’s easy:
That’s all. Wanna try? Here’s more about how to synchronize Outlook.
