HT204150 outlook dav config stopped working

Question

Hi. Every time I try and set up the iClound Control panel and tick contacts mail etc, it stops at 720 of 725 contacts and I get following message 'Apple Outlook DAV config has stopped working'. Have latest updates. I suspect that one of my Contacts has an error of some sort. How do I find which Contact is causing the error and what the error is? Thank you.

Answer 1

Here is what you can do to get this working:
I deleted old calendar items, up to the end of last month, the current month seems to sync ok (some will delete up through yesterday). I used a details view in Outlook and sorted it by date, and deleted past calendar items. In the case of recurrent appointments, I chose to delete only the instances, not the recurring event.
I then used the Microsoft PST Repair tool, usually located in (depending on your office version, 12,14 and x86 or x64):
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\scanpst.exe
run it on your PST , usually located:
disk drive:\users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook
After performing both of these functions, I was able to setup iCloud without a problem.
YMMV but hope this helps.
Steve