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GaetanDolige
Copper Contributor
Dec 11, 2023

CreateObject("Outlook.Application") with New Outlook

Hello, I've just noticed that when using the New Outlook, the VBA command CreateObject("Outlook.Application") generates the following error: "-2146959355 (80080005) Server execution failed".   Am...
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Daniel_Kubesa
Copper Contributor
Dec 27, 2023

Hi GaetanDolige 

i have the same issue. When i turned back to "Old" Outlook 365 it works. So it seems to be issue of the New (web based) one.

 

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    GaetanDolige
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 21, 2024

    Daniel_Kubesa 

    Sorry, I didn't see your response.

    I absolutely agree with your answer.
    This is becoming problematic and no solution found at the moment...

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      AndySwain
      Copper Contributor
      Aug 20, 2025

      So, as I am finding out more and more, the (wonderful?) "New" Applications/features, that Microsoft are pushing us towards, have more and more limitations, omissions or 'bugs' than the "Classic" versions, which therefore stop various of us from continuing with our previous ways of working...

      I now can't even return to using "Classic" Outlook, as it won't let me. 

      And yet the prices for these Microsoft 'privileges' are rising...

    • HansVogelaar's avatar
      HansVogelaar
      MVP
      Feb 21, 2024

      GaetanDolige 

      New Outlook does not - and will not - support COM automation, since it is intended as a platform-independent app. COM automation depends on locally installed code libraries that work only on Windows.

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        GaetanDolige
        Copper Contributor
        Feb 21, 2024
        Hello Hans,

        Thank you for this information.
        Is there an equivalent to work around the problem?

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