Outlook out of office assistant not available

Microsoft Outlook sometimes disables certain Addins because they prevented Outlook from functioning correctly.

The steps below might help you when your Outlook out of office assistant not available.

1. Open Outlook.
2. Click on Tools.
3. Click on About Microsoft Outlook.
4. Click on the Disabled Items entry.
You will see a Disabled Items window open. The items were disabled because they prevented Outlook from functioning correctly. Select the ones you wish to re-enable.

5. If you see “Addin: outex.dll (outex.dll)” listed, click on it to highlight it and then click on the Enable button. Then click on the Close button. Then click on the OK button to close the About Microsoft Office Outlook window.

Please note that you may have to restart Outlook for these changes to take place.