Friday, 11 May 2012

Outlook: Recover Hard Deleted Items

Items deleted from the 'Deleted Items' folder can be retrieved by using the 'Recover Deleted Items' option in the Tools menu.

However, you can this on other mail folders as well including Drafts and Inbox. It is enabled by creating the following registry key:

1. Start Registry Editor
2. Locate the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Exchange\Client\Options

3. Click Add Value on the Edit menu. Add the following values

Value name: DumpsterAlwaysOn
Data type: DWORD
Value data: 1

4. Close Registry Editor

Thursday, 10 May 2012

Bloomberg: Bloomberg Excel Tools is either corrupt or missing

“Bloomberg Excel Tools is either corrupt or missing. Please contact your administrator.”

Solution:

You need to install (or reinstall) the Bloomberg Excel Add-In.
To do so, perform the following steps (these are for Excel 2010):

1. Open Excel, and select File > Options > Add-Ins
2. On the bottom of the screen, where it says “Manage”, make sure “Excel Add-ins” is picked, and click Go.
3. Click Browse and browse to: C:\blp\API\Office Tools\BloombergUI.xla
4. Click OK.