Outlook Version 14.2.5 lost Inbox, Contacts, and Calendar data after re-installion of Mountain Lion.  I am trying to restore the data.  If I can find the related folders that were saved then I should be able to restore.  Right?  Need help.
upgraded to mt lion and using outlook 14.2.5.  i notice that emails are disappearing when i file them.  i can't find them ever again.  using exchange server and they are not showing up on the web app either.  help!  
PS:  it's also extremely slow at start-up (6+ minutes to set up identity!) and slow for search.
Since upgrading to Mountain Lion, OUTLOOK for Mac 2011 crashes every time it is opened.  Is there a solution?

TWL
Using the latest version of Outlook and Mountain Lion. Usually about 2-3 days of using my Mac Outlook loses its sound and the only way to restore it, is to reboot. This is NOT a hardware problem as I am able to play music in iTunes and MOST other apps. Perhaps this may be a OS bug, or it may be that I need to re-install Mountain Lion. What do you say?

John
I have outlook 2011 for mac. I also have mountain lion. My email works fine, but this error message keep popping up even though I can send mail without a problem.

I've tried changing my smtp settings according to the help I've found here, but I cannot find this particular error code: -8796.

I also have lion on my laptop, with the exact same account set up and am not having any issues on my laptop, just my tower.

What can I do to stop the unknown error alert that keeps popping up every time mail is checked?

Thank you.
I've done something that has caused my screen to flash every time an office reminder pops up. I'm on Office 2011 and Lion. Any ideas out there?
I have just recovered the use of my Outlook for Mac after I reinstalled Lion OS.  I have 3 copies of PST files which show up as contacts.  I made several changes the other day, and when I pulled them up today, the changes weren't there.  How can I merge, or backup these PST files into one Database of contacts?

Thanks for all your help so far.

David Kruger
I was using MS Office for MAC2011. No problems, but upgraded to Lion OS.  Now Outlook continually crashes with different error codes.  Tried to uninstall MS Office and reload.  Still same problem.

Any ideas?
os x 10.8.2
outlook 2011 14.2.3

have tried pretty much tried every suggestion i've found in this forum, and numerous others.
i've rebuilt indexes a dozen times, triple-checked spotlight config, checked permissions, verified disk, reinstalled office 2011, checked for the MS mdimport plugin, reinstalled mountain lion from scratch (aka. re-partition and install). same result.

last known working config: latest Lion (not Mountain Lion) version, Outlook 2011 14.2.2.

HDD crashed, replaced HDD and OS (to mountain lion), restored MUD from backup and problem has existed since.

my IT dept (who i've found friendly but unable to help) have only indicated that they've "seen a few cases of this problem since ML was released, and that a rebuild from scratch is the only way to fix it".

the problem is, as i've stated, i did the rebuild and that hasn't changed anything, just wasted another day.

must be a bug is what i'm thinking. unless someone far better than me has found the cure?
how do we know if MS is working on a bug fix?

awesome-est part? i partially trashed my exchange inbox mucking around with outlook exports n imports n stuff. 
but anyway, i'll be happy just to get my search mojo back. its not till its gone do you realise just how much you use it.

gurus, heeelp!!!!