> Apologies for my delayed reply - I've been experimenting each time I
> turn the pc on.
>
> Your suggestion sort of works. When I restart outlook, and I follow
> your instructions (which I have to do every time I start outlook) it
> resets the colours/labels to what it thinks it should be, usually
> using a combination of 2 categories - it gives it 2 categories - the
> one I gave it, but with a different colour, and another with the
> colour I wanted it to be but with a different name. For example, if i
> create Birthdays as light green and Important is orange, if I change
> Birthdays to orange and even if I delete the Important category, when
> I come back, it's a category called Personal (which was also light
> green) and has another category called Important as well which is
> orange. I don't think I've explained it very well - basically, it
> chooses the colours while reverting some and adding others.
>
> I've fiddled each time I restart and nearly got it right, and will
> keep trying til it co-operates the way I want it to.
>
> Thanks again
> k