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!
Thank you for this obscure tidbit. I had to downgrade Outlook 2k7 to 2k3 to import an old file type and ran into this issue (amongst others). With this I was finally able to make a new profile which in turn resolved all my other problems.
I miss Lotus Notes…