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Emails not filing to HowNow

When sending emails from Outlook, the email is not filed to HowNow.  Check the following: Check that the email is in the...

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When sending emails from Outlook, the email is not filed to HowNow.

Check the following:


Check that the email is in the registry

Is the email is in the temporary location?

- %appdata%\businessfitness\HOWNOW TEMP FILES

Does the filing wizard display in HowNow?

Check that there is a version number for the Email Manager

From Outlook, go to File and click HowNow, About HowNow Email Manager

Office 2010 - Outlook Manifest file

Users of Office 2010 experiencing problems opening or saving emails to HowNow may be missing some dependencies in the Outlook Manifest file. To fix this, you will need to update the Outlook Manifest file.

.NET Framework

Windows 8/10

NET Framework 4.5 is enabled by default in Windows 8 and Windows 10 [Windows 10 comes with .NET 4.5 framework available] - check that it is enabled

Windows 7

Check whether .NET Framework > 4.5.2 is installed

There are three ways to determine what version of .Net Framework are installed:

- from the Registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP

Ensure to click to expand the version installed - ie v4 > Full

- from Windows explorer: %windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\

- from the Command prompt : dir %windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework /AD

To view further information in relation to .Net Framework - From Google, you can search 'check .net framework'

Other Solutions:

  • Uninstall the Add-Ins from Program Files

  • Update the UNC file path within the registry and on the destop shortcut [or any other HowNow.exe icons]

  • Reinstall the Add-ins

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