Cannot open .ics file in Entourage 2008

Peter C. Stockman wrote:

> Running Entourage 12.1.0 on Office for Mac 2008 and I am experiencing
> the same problem. In Entourage 2004 I simply set up .ics files to
> open with Entourage. When I got a Lotus Notes invitation I simply
> opened the .ics file attachment and everything worked. I have set up
> .ics files to open with Entourage 2008 but it doesn't work. Nada.

Hi Peter!

You're posting within an old thread and many folks like myself can't see
messages older than three months because of the server we use. Please
always begin a new thread for your own help questions rather than adding
on to someone else's thread, which may be related but doesn't always
share the same answer you're after.

See what happens if you drag the .ics file onto the Entourage icon in
the Dock.

Hope this helps!

--

bill

William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows
Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>
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What happens for me is nothing stil. Save it, drag it to the icon- nothing.
Opening the email shows that it is a "Calendar Entry", recognizes it as a
meeting update, has all the proper information but won't update the calendar
entry (originally added by "hand")


Entourage 12.1.0, OSX 10.5.3

"William Smith" wrote:

> Peter C. Stockman wrote:
>
> > Running Entourage 12.1.0 on Office for Mac 2008 and I am experiencing
> > the same problem. In Entourage 2004 I simply set up .ics files to
> > open with Entourage. When I got a Lotus Notes invitation I simply
> > opened the .ics file attachment and everything worked. I have set up
> > .ics files to open with Entourage 2008 but it doesn't work. Nada.
>
> Hi Peter!
>
> You're posting within an old thread and many folks like myself can't see
> messages older than three months because of the server we use. Please
> always begin a new thread for your own help questions rather than adding
> on to someone else's thread, which may be related but doesn't always
> share the same answer you're after.
>
> See what happens if you drag the .ics file onto the Entourage icon in
> the Dock.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> --
>
> bill
>
> William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows
> Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/>
> Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>
>
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A little more info. I can open the email using mail.app, click on the .ics
attachment and it will open properly using Entourage's calendar (which is set
as default).

"Patrick Flynn" wrote:

> What happens for me is nothing stil. Save it, drag it to the icon- nothing.
> Opening the email shows that it is a "Calendar Entry", recognizes it as a
> meeting update, has all the proper information but won't update the calendar
> entry (originally added by "hand")
>
>
> Entourage 12.1.0, OSX 10.5.3
>
> "William Smith" wrote:
>
> > Peter C. Stockman wrote:
> >
> > > Running Entourage 12.1.0 on Office for Mac 2008 and I am experiencing
> > > the same problem. In Entourage 2004 I simply set up .ics files to
> > > open with Entourage. When I got a Lotus Notes invitation I simply
> > > opened the .ics file attachment and everything worked. I have set up
> > > .ics files to open with Entourage 2008 but it doesn't work. Nada.
> >
> > Hi Peter!
> >
> > You're posting within an old thread and many folks like myself can't see
> > messages older than three months because of the server we use. Please
> > always begin a new thread for your own help questions rather than adding
> > on to someone else's thread, which may be related but doesn't always
> > share the same answer you're after.
> >
> > See what happens if you drag the .ics file onto the Entourage icon in
> > the Dock.
> >
> > Hope this helps!
> >
> > --
> >
> > bill
> >
> > William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows
> > Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/>
> > Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>
> >
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I am now having the same problem. MacMail application opens the calendar
event (in Entourage mind you), but Entourage will not open it at all. Was
there ever any resolution to this issue?

Jeff

"Patrick Flynn" wrote:

> A little more info. I can open the email using mail.app, click on the .ics
> attachment and it will open properly using Entourage's calendar (which is set
> as default).
>
> "Patrick Flynn" wrote:
>
> > What happens for me is nothing stil. Save it, drag it to the icon- nothing.
> > Opening the email shows that it is a "Calendar Entry", recognizes it as a
> > meeting update, has all the proper information but won't update the calendar
> > entry (originally added by "hand")
> >
> >
> > Entourage 12.1.0, OSX 10.5.3
> >
> > "William Smith" wrote:
> >
> > > Peter C. Stockman wrote:
> > >
> > > > Running Entourage 12.1.0 on Office for Mac 2008 and I am experiencing
> > > > the same problem. In Entourage 2004 I simply set up .ics files to
> > > > open with Entourage. When I got a Lotus Notes invitation I simply
> > > > opened the .ics file attachment and everything worked. I have set up
> > > > .ics files to open with Entourage 2008 but it doesn't work. Nada.
> > >
> > > Hi Peter!
> > >
> > > You're posting within an old thread and many folks like myself can't see
> > > messages older than three months because of the server we use. Please
> > > always begin a new thread for your own help questions rather than adding
> > > on to someone else's thread, which may be related but doesn't always
> > > share the same answer you're after.
> > >
> > > See what happens if you drag the .ics file onto the Entourage icon in
> > > the Dock.
> > >
> > > Hope this helps!
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > bill
> > >
> > > William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows
> > > Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/>
> > > Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>
> > >
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