CEV

I have installed Office 2007. While in Outlook in some email I have a red
bar that keeps going from left to right and the top of the email. I also
keep geeting an error that says: "Outlook could not create the work file.
Check the temp environment variable." Anytime I try to open an email this
message comes up. This message also comes up when I try to open word. Now I
had Office 2003 installed before and it was running fine. Is this a known
issue? I could not locate it on MS web-site. How can I fix this?

Thanks,

CEV

Brian Tillman

CEV <chadv@advancebkg.com> wrote:

> I have installed Office 2007. While in Outlook in some email I have a
> red bar that keeps going from left to right and the top of the email.

A bad Word document template, perhaps?

> I also keep geeting an error that says: "Outlook could not create the
> work file. Check the temp environment variable." Anytime I try to
> open an email this message comes up. This message also comes up when
> I try to open word.

See if this helps:
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...3589&SiteID=17
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

CEV

Thanks a million!! That must have been it. It's working like a charm now!!

CEV


"Brian Tillman" <tillman1952@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> CEV <chadv@advancebkg.com> wrote:
>
>> I have installed Office 2007. While in Outlook in some email I have a
>> red bar that keeps going from left to right and the top of the email.
>
> A bad Word document template, perhaps?
>
>> I also keep geeting an error that says: "Outlook could not create the
>> work file. Check the temp environment variable." Anytime I try to
>> open an email this message comes up. This message also comes up when
>> I try to open word.
>
> See if this helps:
> http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...3589&SiteID=17
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Brian Tillman

CEV <chadv@advancebkg.com> wrote:

> Thanks a million!! That must have been it. It's working like a charm
> now!!

You're welcome. Thanks for reporting back.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Simplifi

The link to a
solution--http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=823589&SiteID=17--appears
to no longer be valid. I'm getting the same error ("Outlook could not create
the work file. Check the temp environment variable.") Can you hook me up
with the solution that worked for CEV?

Thank you!


"Brian Tillman" wrote:

> CEV <chadv@advancebkg.com> wrote:
>
> > I have installed Office 2007. While in Outlook in some email I have a
> > red bar that keeps going from left to right and the top of the email.
>
> A bad Word document template, perhaps?
>
> > I also keep geeting an error that says: "Outlook could not create the
> > work file. Check the temp environment variable." Anytime I try to
> > open an email this message comes up. This message also comes up when
> > I try to open word.
>
> See if this helps:
> http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...3589&SiteID=17
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>

Brian Tillman

Simplifi <Simplifi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> The link to a
> solution-
> http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...3589&SiteID=17
> --appears
> to no longer be valid. I'm getting the same error ("Outlook could
> not create the work file. Check the temp environment variable.") Can
> you hook me up with the solution that worked for CEV?

As you say, that article is gone. However, if you check the value of your
TEMP environment variable and make suire it's pointing somewhere valid,
perhaps that will be the solution. Open a command prompt window, type SET,
then press Enter. Look for "TEMP" and "TMP" and see that they point to a
valid path. If they don't, change them to be what they should be. Also see
the "Check the TEMP Folder" section of this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309191
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Matt Traynor

I'm getting the same error but in Microsoft Word 2007. I don't know how to
tell if the value of my temp environment variable is pointing somewhere
valid. It says, %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp
Is that valid???
It won't let me save anything until it is fixed
..

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

> Simplifi <Simplifi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > The link to a
> > solution-
> > http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...3589&SiteID=17
> > --appears
> > to no longer be valid. I'm getting the same error ("Outlook could
> > not create the work file. Check the temp environment variable.") Can
> > you hook me up with the solution that worked for CEV?
>
> As you say, that article is gone. However, if you check the value of your
> TEMP environment variable and make suire it's pointing somewhere valid,
> perhaps that will be the solution. Open a command prompt window, type SET,
> then press Enter. Look for "TEMP" and "TMP" and see that they point to a
> valid path. If they don't, change them to be what they should be. Also see
> the "Check the TEMP Folder" section of this article:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309191
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>
>

Brian Tillman

Matt Traynor <Matt Traynor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I'm getting the same error but in Microsoft Word 2007. I don't know
> how to tell if the value of my temp environment variable is pointing
> somewhere valid. It says, %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp
> Is that valid???
> It won't let me save anything until it is fixed

If you open Windows Explorer and enter

%temp%

in the Address bar and click Go, do you see a valid folder? Does it contain
anything?
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

frank

Hi

Office enterprise 2007 on windows XP.

I'm getting the same error in Word (can't open work file) and Outlook 2007.
I followed all your advices but the error still occurs. Many thanks in
advance.
KR, Frank

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

> Matt Traynor <Matt Traynor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm getting the same error but in Microsoft Word 2007. I don't know
> > how to tell if the value of my temp environment variable is pointing
> > somewhere valid. It says, %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp
> > Is that valid???
> > It won't let me save anything until it is fixed
>
> If you open Windows Explorer and enter
>
> %temp%
>
> in the Address bar and click Go, do you see a valid folder? Does it contain
> anything?
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>
>

Florin ALEXE

I Have the same problem and the link
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...3589&SiteID=17
is no longer available.
Can you help me?

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

> CEV <chadv@advancebkg.com> wrote:
>
> > I have installed Office 2007. While in Outlook in some email I have a
> > red bar that keeps going from left to right and the top of the email.
>
> A bad Word document template, perhaps?
>
> > I also keep geeting an error that says: "Outlook could not create the
> > work file. Check the temp environment variable." Anytime I try to
> > open an email this message comes up. This message also comes up when
> > I try to open word.
>
> See if this helps:
> http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...3589&SiteID=17
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>