Description of the update for Outlook 2007: July 10, 2007

Microsoft has released an update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007. This article describes the issue that the update fixes, and it describes an issue that may occur after the update is installed. Additionally, this article describes how to obtain the update and how to determine whether the update is installed.

Update details

Issue that the update fixes

This update fixes the following issue that was not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

A calendar item that is marked as private is opened if it is found by using the Windows Desktop Search feature.

When you use Windows Desktop Search to search a shared calendar in Outlook 2007, the Desktop Search results list contains private calendar items. These private calendar items can be opened from the results list. You are not prompted to enter your credentials.

Known issue

Known issue that may occur after the update is installed

When you start one of the 2007 Microsoft Office programs on a computer that is running Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager, you may receive the following error message: For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Installation details

Important If you have Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager installed, install update 935569 before you install this update.
For more information about update 935569, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

How to obtain and to install the update

This update is located at the Microsoft Download Center. To download this update and to obtain installation instructions and deployment strategies, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

How to determine whether the update is installed

The update contains files that have the versions that are listed in the following table. You do not have to install this update if you have a later version of the files that are listed in the table.

To determine the version of the files that are installed on the computer, follow these steps.

Note Because there are several versions of Microsoft Windows, the following steps may be different on your computer. If they are, see your product documentation to complete these steps.

1. Click Start, and then click Search.
2. In the Search Results window, click All files and folders in the Search Companion pane.
3. In the All or part of the file name box, type the file name, and then click Search.
4. In the list of files, right-click the found file, and then click Properties.
5. On the Version tab, examine the version of the file that is installed on the computer.

Information for administrators about .msp files

The administrative update consists of a full-file Microsoft Windows Installer (.msp) file. The .msp file is packaged in a self-extracting executable file. The following .msp file is distributed in this update: For more information about how to install updates for the 2007 Office suites, see the 2007 Office Resource Kit. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site: For more information about the design of the 2007 Office installation and about the requirement for the local installation source, visit the following Microsoft Web site: