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brighdan1 - 05 Mar 2008 11:44 GMT

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I warn you now, my technical jargon
may not be very exact...
My computer recently seemed to lose all conection with our server and I was
unable to access emails in Outlook 2003. I 'reset the pathway' (told you the
jargon may not be exact) and can now open emails as i could before. However,
my archive and old mail archive folders disapeared from the list on the left
hand pane in Outlook. They now appear to be on the desktop as pst. files
which I am unable to open with any programs that I have on the computer or
can find on the internet.
Is there any way that I can put the archived material pst. files back into
Outlook or have any access to reading them?

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Gordon - 05 Mar 2008 12:06 GMT

> Any help would be greatly appreciated. I warn you now, my technical jargon
> may not be very exact...
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> Is there any way that I can put the archived material pst. files back into
> Outlook or have any access to reading them?

Firstly, move the pst files from your desktop to another folder. The desktop
is not designed to hold data files.
Then, in Outlook, do File-open-Outlook Data File and navigate to where you
put them.

QED!

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brighdan1 - 05 Mar 2008 13:38 GMT

Hi Gordon
Thanks for that, i really thought that was going to work. Unfortunately
after following your instructions nothing became readable from the files.
That is when I noticed the file sizes were only 265KB. I assume that means
that there is nothing there, certainly not a few hundred old e-mails?
I can't find anything anywhere else that could be the old mail. Any ideas of
where to look?
Kind Regards

> > Any help would be greatly appreciated. I warn you now, my technical jargon
> > may not be very exact...
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>
> QED!

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Gordon - 05 Mar 2008 13:45 GMT

> Hi Gordon
> Thanks for that, i really thought that was going to work. Unfortunately
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> where to look?
> Kind Regards

Do a search for *.pst, You will need to enable hidden and system folders.
The default location (assuming XP) is:
C:\Documents and Settings\{Your User Name}\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook

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Pat Willener - 06 Mar 2008 04:27 GMT

Yes, a 265KB-sized PST file is a perfectly empty file; you can just
delete those. Then follow Gordon's advice and search for *.PST files. If
you find multiple, use the date and size to determine which is your
Personal Folders file.

> Hi Gordon
> Thanks for that, i really thought that was going to work. Unfortunately
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>>
>> QED!

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DL - 05 Mar 2008 12:36 GMT

Within Outlook, File>Open>Data File........browse to location
IMO the desktop is not the place to store data

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calista - 06 Mar 2008 09:52 GMT

brighdan1 wrote on Wed, 05 March 2008 06:44

> Any help would be greatly appreciated. I warn you now, my technical jargon
> may not be very exact...
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> Is there any way that I can put the archived material pst. files back into
> Outlook or have any access to reading them?

Your .pst file may be corrupted when you lose all connections. If you are not able to find your .pst files, you should use inbox repair tool to repair your .pst file. If inbox repair tool repair your .pst file, your problem can be solve. But if this tool can not help you, you can try outlook pst repair software to recover all information from corrupted .pst files. You can try Stellar Phoenix Outlook http://www.repair-outlook-pst.com/ software's demo version to test the utilities and get ful version to restore data.

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