{"id":363,"date":"2015-09-13T14:31:17","date_gmt":"2015-09-13T14:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vwoudenberg.com\/?p=363"},"modified":"2020-12-20T16:19:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T15:19:15","slug":"the-action-cannot-be-completed-the-connection-to-microsoft-exchange-is-unavailable-outlook-must-be-online-or-connected-to-complete-this-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vwoudenberg.com\/?p=363","title":{"rendered":"The Action cannot be completed."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Credit to Arjon Sonnema Netherlands.<\/em><\/p>\n

When you have an error:<\/p>\n

The Action cannot be completed. The connection to Microsoft Exchange is unavailable. Outlook must be online or connected to complete this action<\/p>\n

\"Outlook<\/a><\/p>\n

Solution:<\/span><\/p>\n

Login a user with Administrative rights to the domain.<\/span><\/p>\n

Run the scipt (LINK<\/a>) Please rename .txt to .vbs and replace @yourdomain.com to the correct domain name!<\/p>\n

 #Start<\/strong><\/p>\n

Set objSysInfo = CreateObject(“ADSystemInfo”)<\/p>\n

Set objUser = GetObject(“LDAP:\/\/” & objSysInfo.UserName)
\nSet objComputer = GetObject(“LDAP:\/\/” & objSysInfo.ComputerName)<\/p>\n

‘strMessage = objComputer.Description
\n‘strMessage = objComputer.Mail
\nstrMessage = objUser.msExchMailboxGuid
\nstrMessage = GuidToString(strMessage) &”@yourdomain.com”
\nWScript.Echo strMessage
\nSet objFileToWrite = CreateObject(“Scripting.FileSystemObject”).OpenTextFile(“d:\\guid.txt”,2,true)
\nobjFileToWrite.WriteLine(strMessage)
\nobjFileToWrite.Close
\nSet objFileToWrite = Nothing<\/p>\n

‘objUser.Description = strMessage
\n‘objUser.SetInfo<\/p>\n

‘objComputer.Description = strMessage
\n‘objComputer.SetInfo<\/p>\n

Function HexByte(b)
\nHexByte = Right(“0” & Hex(b), 2)
\nEnd Function<\/p>\n

Function GuidToString(ByteArray)
\nDim Binary, S
\nBinary = CStr(ByteArray)
\n‘ S = “{”
\nS = S & HexByte(AscB(MidB(Binary, 4, 1)))
\nS = S & HexByte(AscB(MidB(Binary, 3, 1)))
\nS = S & HexByte(AscB(MidB(Binary, 2, 1)))
\nS = S & HexByte(AscB(MidB(Binary, 1, 1)))
\nS = S & “-”
\nS = S & HexByte(AscB(MidB(Binary, 6, 1)))
\nS = S & HexByte(AscB(MidB(Binary, 5, 1)))
\nS = S & “-”
\nS = S & HexByte(AscB(MidB(Binary, 8, 1)))
\nS = S & HexByte(AscB(MidB(Binary, 7, 1)))
\nS = S & “-”
\nS = S & HexByte(AscB(MidB(Binary, 9, 1)))
\nS = S & HexByte(AscB(MidB(Binary, 10, 1)))
\nS = S & “-”
\nS = S & HexByte(AscB(MidB(Binary, 11, 1)))
\nS = S & HexByte(AscB(MidB(Binary, 12, 1)))
\nS = S & HexByte(AscB(MidB(Binary, 13, 1)))
\nS = S & HexByte(AscB(MidB(Binary, 14, 1)))
\nS = S & HexByte(AscB(MidB(Binary, 15, 1)))
\nS = S & HexByte(AscB(MidB(Binary, 16, 1)))
\n‘ S = S & “}”
\nGuidToString = S
\nEnd Function<\/p>\n

#Stop<\/strong><\/p>\n

 You will have a file saved on D drive with a value like:<\/p>\n

EA70C47D-309c-4ggg-111d-17A7386E9583@yourdomain.com<\/p>\n

Save this for later<\/p>\n

Start Outlook<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Outlook\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 Create profile<\/p>\n

\"Outlook2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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