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Rael:

I'm having a problem with Outlook '07 calendar. The Sandy calendar appears but when it tries to update there are parsing errors. I've been able to subscribe to iCal files without problems.

Hi Darin,

I've not used Microsoft Calendar on Vista in a while, but can see if I can get it up and running again and give it a whirl. Can you do me one favor though and either download and import or subscribe to one of the iCal files over at http://icalshare.com/ (to choose one source randomly) and see if it works better for you?

Rael

Austin, Just want to thank you for hanging in with me. I really appreciated your ablity to articulate the problem so clearly. I really share your sentiment on how dependent I am on this program. I guess like a human assistant Sandy can come "down with something" and then the question becomes 'What now?"
Raul, trust me I am the Queen of reboot. When in doubt--refresh! So maybe that did make it "all better." But thanks for your help. I see others below that might need you as well! – Kb, on July 17, 2008 00:16

Rael,

I'm having a similar issue and the fix above didn't work. I'm using Microsoft Calendar on Vista Home Premium. When I try to download the calendar file, I get the following error:

Bad file formatting encountered. Only iCalendar files that conform to the RFC2445 specification are supported.

Similar message appears when I try to Subscribe instead.

Thoughts?

Darin