how to restore what "detect and repair" destroyed and removed

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jerome mandel - 10 Mar 2005 17:21 GMT

When I clicked 'detect and repair' in Outlook, I thought it would detect
problems and repair them. Instead, 'detect and repair' wiped everything and
gave me a new Outlook. Can I restore the original version and retrieve my
calendar?

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] - 11 Mar 2005 16:19 GMT

Look for .pst files on your computer (enable searching hidden/system files)
and then open it in Outlook. D&R never destroys data.

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After furious head scratching, jerome mandel asked:

| When I clicked 'detect and repair' in Outlook, I thought it would
| detect problems and repair them. Instead, 'detect and repair' wiped
| everything and gave me a new Outlook. Can I restore the original
| version and retrieve my calendar?

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jerome mandel - 11 Mar 2005 22:03 GMT

> Look for .pst files on your computer (enable searching hidden/system files)
> and then open it in Outlook. D&R never destroys data.

Thanks, Milly. I searched for .pst files and came up with several titled
'Outlook.' The largest, 1536 KB, is probably the one I want. But what does
it mean to "open it in Outlook"? I go into Outlook, click on "File," click
on "Open," click on "Outlook Data File," select the 1536 KB Outlook file, and
nothing happens. I come up with a blank screen. Is there some other way to
"open it in Outlook"?

Thanks, you're great.

Jerry

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> | everything and gave me a new Outlook. Can I restore the original
> | version and retrieve my calendar?

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] - 12 Mar 2005 06:10 GMT

A blank screen or a blank .pst file? Have you tried running scanpst.exe
against the file?

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After furious head-scratching, jerome mandel asked this group:

|| Look for .pst files on your computer (enable searching hidden/system
|| files) and then open it in Outlook. D&R never destroys data.
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||| everything and gave me a new Outlook. Can I restore the original
||| version and retrieve my calendar?

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jerome mandel - 12 Mar 2005 11:21 GMT

Sorry: it's a blank Outlook calendar, completely virgin (just as it was after
I did "detect and repair"), as if clicking on the "Outlook" file I found in
Search accomplished nothing. And sorry to be so stupid: I don't know what
"running scanpst.exe against the file" means.

> A blank screen or a blank .pst file? Have you tried running scanpst.exe
> against the file?
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> ||| everything and gave me a new Outlook. Can I restore the original
> ||| version and retrieve my calendar?

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] - 12 Mar 2005 17:31 GMT

Search your system for scanpst.exe (inbox repair tool) and run it - ensure
you show hidden and system folders to find the .pst file.

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| Sorry: it's a blank Outlook calendar, completely virgin (just as it
| was after I did "detect and repair"), as if clicking on the "Outlook"
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||||| wiped everything and gave me a new Outlook. Can I restore the
||||| original version and retrieve my calendar?

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