Trados 2014 opens outlook when creating returnpackage
Thread poster: Kjetil Kiran
Kjetil Kiran
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Feb 11, 2015

I'm having this kind of annoying problem where Trados Studio 2014 opens Outlook when I create a return package. I do not press the button for it to do that, I just tell the program to create the return package on my desktop. It is random if Outlook is opened or not. Since I dont use Outlook, and have no account set up, I get the set up guide for outlook every time. Is there a way to "disconnect" Trados from Outlook?

 
Kerstin Green
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Having the same problem Feb 12, 2015

Sorry I can't help you but thought it would be good to add that you are not alone with this.

I have Studio 2011. It happens the first time when I create a return package, sometimes I have to cancel the process twice. Then the next return packages on that day are fine, but the next day (so after a restart of the PC) it happens again. And this happened under XP and now under Windows 8. So it totally is a Trados problem!

I read a thread 2 years ago that Trados said that wa
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Sorry I can't help you but thought it would be good to add that you are not alone with this.

I have Studio 2011. It happens the first time when I create a return package, sometimes I have to cancel the process twice. Then the next return packages on that day are fine, but the next day (so after a restart of the PC) it happens again. And this happened under XP and now under Windows 8. So it totally is a Trados problem!

I read a thread 2 years ago that Trados said that was just the way it is, live with it.
Nice....

What a silly assumption that everyone works with Outlook and also that all packages will be emailed. Most clients have their own FTPs etc. that I upload to directly.
Trados is for translations, not for telling me how to organise my work!

Kerstin
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RWS Community
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This really has to be.... Feb 12, 2015

.... a keyboard conflict between software on your machine and Studio. I'd recommend you try the following first:


  1. Change the keyboard shortcuts in Studio (or create one if it's empty), or
  2. 2. Make sure all other software on your computer is off and try again. If it doesn't happen reintroduce your other programs one at a time and test. When it reoccurs see if you can do something with the shortu... See more
.... a keyboard conflict between software on your machine and Studio. I'd recommend you try the following first:


  1. Change the keyboard shortcuts in Studio (or create one if it's empty), or
  2. 2. Make sure all other software on your computer is off and try again. If it doesn't happen reintroduce your other programs one at a time and test. When it reoccurs see if you can do something with the shortuts in that application perhaps?


I don't think there is anything we can do in Studio until we know what software is causing this to happen. Despite the half a dozen users who have reported this I don't believe it's a common problem or many more users would be reporting this.

So if you can help to identify where the clash is coming in then it will help us to see whether we can do anything our end.

Regards

Paul
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Jonathan Fray
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Happens I guess with customers who don't have an account set up in Outlook Feb 13, 2015

Hi!

I've seen this happen before and I've notice that it happens with customers that have Outlook installed on their computers but not set up with any accounts. I don't know what happens but if you try to create a package or return package with Outlook installed and don't have an account set up it automatically triggers Outlook's accout setup page. I think it's some plug-in in the process that communicates with Outlook with the package creation.

Just one note that I thi
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Hi!

I've seen this happen before and I've notice that it happens with customers that have Outlook installed on their computers but not set up with any accounts. I don't know what happens but if you try to create a package or return package with Outlook installed and don't have an account set up it automatically triggers Outlook's accout setup page. I think it's some plug-in in the process that communicates with Outlook with the package creation.

Just one note that I think might be causing the problem. If you set up an account in Outlook even though you don't use it, I'm fairly sure it won't promt you any more during the package creation.
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Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT
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Still happens in Studio 2015! Feb 7, 2016

Unfortunately, this still happens in SDL Studio 2015! Even if you do not want to email a package and only want to create it, Studio calls Outlook and it, in turn, prompts you to create an account. This calling Outlook can also mean trouble if you use certain anti-virus software, so it really sucks. It is clearly a bug on SDL's part.

 
Oliver Pekelharing
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Netherlands
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enable outlook Feb 7, 2016

I did exactly as Jonathan said: set up outlook without an account. Only 2 seconds of work and the problem has gone away.

 
Paul Stowell
Paul Stowell
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Outlook Feb 26, 2016

With Windows 10 and Office 365 impossible to remove Outlook from the package. Are there no settings in Trados studio 2014 to stop opening Outlook?

 
mckenzee
mckenzee
United States
Another user reporting this... Jul 6, 2016

SDL Community wrote:

...I don't believe it's a common problem or many more users would be reporting this.


I'm using Studio 2015 with a new install of Win10. Every time I create a package in Studio, the Outlook wizard launches.


 
Marjolein Tamis (X)
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Not uncommon at all Jun 9, 2017

It's definitely a common problem, I've been experiencing this too since a few weeks back. And my Outlook was already set up with an account a while ago.

 
casey
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Please fix this!! Feb 5, 2018

Yes, this is getting very annoying. Who on earth even uses the "send by e-mail" function? Just disable the function all together!

 
Markus Hoedl
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Same problem still with Studio 2019... Feb 20, 2019

Now we are in February 2019 and Studio 2019 still nags opening the dialog for configuring Outlook (I use T-Bird and don't want Outlook!)
It's really sad for a big company like SDL that they are not able to fix this in meanwhile 4 versions of Trados!
Other than that, every new version has its new bugs (e. g. now there's the "Find dialog" bug that the cursor always jumps into the segment with the last found word when you close the "Find" window although you are already working in a new
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Now we are in February 2019 and Studio 2019 still nags opening the dialog for configuring Outlook (I use T-Bird and don't want Outlook!)
It's really sad for a big company like SDL that they are not able to fix this in meanwhile 4 versions of Trados!
Other than that, every new version has its new bugs (e. g. now there's the "Find dialog" bug that the cursor always jumps into the segment with the last found word when you close the "Find" window although you are already working in a new segment...)...
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Nora Diaz
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Workaround with AutoHotkey Feb 23, 2019

This article explains how to solve the Outlook issue with an AutoHotkey script:

http://noradiaz.blogspot.com/2018/11/closing-outlook-window-when-creating.html


 


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