Microsoft Outlook – Mapisvc.inf – There was an error locating one of the items needed to complete this operation. It might have been deleted.

Microsoft Outlook –  Mapisvc.inf – There was an error locating one of the items needed to complete this operation.  It might have been deleted.

Ok..so I installed Microsoft Office 2003 on a brand new computer with Windows 7 installed.  I then configure Microsoft Outlook…and lo and behold…..a freakin’ error.  It said There was an error locating one of the items needed to complete this operation.  It might have been deleted. I didn’t receive any errors during the install so …wtf??  A quick Google shows I need to delete a file called Mapisvc.inf.

Delete the file Mapisvc.inf from C:\Windows\system32 and delete it from C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAP\1033

Try creating a new Outlook profile and it should work….it worked for me!