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Another hurried fix for an Outlook 2013 bug apparently caused by the November security patch

Posted on December 20, 2018 at 19:15 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

Another stinker for the pile.

Microsoft just released this little gem: KB 4011029 December 20, 2018, update for Outlook 2013. According to the KB article:

This update fixes the following issue:

Mail delivery rules stop working. When you try to open the Manage Rules & Alerts dialog box in Outlook 2013, you receive the following error message:

The operation failed because of a registry or installation problem. Restart Outlook and try again. If the problem persists, reinstall.

Here’s the weird part. On December 17, Microsoft posted this bug notice:

Last Updated: December 17, 2018

ISSUE

When you click Rules > Manage Rules & Alerts…, the following error occurs:

Error: “The operation failed because of a registry or installation problem. Restart Outlook and try again. If the problem persists, reinstall.”

The issue may occur after installing the following perpetual updates:
- Outlook 2016: November Security Update KB https://support.microsoft.com/help/4461506.
- Outlook 2013: November Security Update KB https://support.microsoft.com/help/4461486.
- Outlook 2010: November Security Update KB https://support.microsoft.com/help/4461529.
Could someone explain to me why there are three acknowledged bugs, but only one of them was fixed?

Office Patches/Security KB 4011029, operation failed because of a registry or installation problem, Outlook 2013 bug

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