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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Calendaring / August 2006How to stop outlook from auto deleting my past calendar entries?
and is there a way to get back what it deleted?? Right click on the Calendar folder, choose Properties and go to the AutoArchive tab and change the configuration there. The 'deleted' items might be in the Calendar folder of your Archive PST file. Go to the File menu > Open > Outlook Data File command and open your archive PST file and see if the entries are there. You can drag/drop them into your regular Calendar folder > and is there a way to get back what it deleted?? thank you so much, I changed the setting. On getting the old stuff back: when I pressed 'ok' to open the archive file, I was brought back to the outlook today page but nothing seemed different than my normal everyday view, and nothing is showing in the calendar still for the time when it was autoarchived. I did note that permanently deleting the files was not checked - is there something else I can do to get my old appts back? > Right click on the Calendar folder, choose Properties and go to the > AutoArchive tab and change the configuration there. The 'deleted' items [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > > and is there a way to get back what it deleted?? > thank you so much, I changed the setting. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I did note that permanently deleting the files was not checked - is > there something else I can do to get my old appts back? Did you examine the Folder List view to see if the archive PST was listed?  SignatureBrian Tillman when I click 'file', 'open', 'outlook data file', I have one option. It says 'outlook' and has the outlook symbol next to it. It doesn't have a file extension or anything. By files of type, it says 'personal folders files'. When I choose to see 'all files', the only add'l thing that comes up is a file called 'extend'. When I go to properties for the calendar, the autoarchive was set to archive to: C:\Documents and Settings\Mom\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\archive.pst --- but when I try to open an archive file saved at that location, there isn't one. It was set to archive using default settings but when I clicked on the default settings tab, nothing was selected. > > thank you so much, I changed the setting. > > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Did you examine the Folder List view to see if the archive PST was listed? > when I click 'file', 'open', 'outlook data file', I have one option. > It says 'outlook' and has the outlook symbol next to it. It doesn't > have a file extension or anything. You have the hiding of file types enabled, then. Control Panel>Appearance and Themes>Folder Options>View. Uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types". While you're there, also consider selecting the "Show hidden files and folders" radio button just above that. Click OK. > By files of type, it says > 'personal folders files'. When I choose to see 'all files', the only > add'l thing that comes up is a file called 'extend'. Your archive PST doesn't have to be in that folder. > When I go to properties for the calendar, the autoarchive was set to > archive to: C:\Documents and Settings\Mom\Local Settings\Application > Data\Microsoft\Outlook\archive.pst --- but when I try to open an > archive file saved at that location, there isn't one. It was set to > archive using default settings but when I clicked on the default > settings tab, nothing was selected. Perhaps because of the hidden files and folders setting in Control Panel you weren't properly browsing this folder. Open Windows Explorer and enter C:\Documents and Settings\Mom\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook in the Address field and click Go. If you don't have an Address field, right-click the menu bar and check "Address Bar". See if any PSTs other than "Outlook.pst" reside there. SignatureBrian Tillman Thanks a ton for your help. After I changed the settings in my CP, the only two files that show are 'extend.dat' and 'outlook.pst'. I did a search for 'archive.pst' on my hard drives and it came up with nothing. I don't think this looks good for me? Do you know of any other settings that will automatically delete my stuff without asking? This is a big deal that all my stuff's gone from last November and prior, I can't imagine why settings are defaulted this way without even prompting the user. > > when I click 'file', 'open', 'outlook data file', I have one option. > > It says 'outlook' and has the outlook symbol next to it. It doesn't [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > an Address field, right-click the menu bar and check "Address Bar". See if > any PSTs other than "Outlook.pst" reside there. > After I changed the settings in my CP, the only two files that show > are 'extend.dat' and 'outlook.pst'. I did a search for 'archive.pst' > on my hard drives and it came up with nothing. I don't think this > looks good for me? I'd agree. It sounds like you have no archive PST. > Do you know of any other settings that will automatically delete my > stuff without asking? Not from the calendar. First, make sure there are no filters on yuor calendar view. Try displaying it in a table view to see if there's any difference in the amount of data displayed. Also were I in your shoes, I'd consider using an undelete utility (http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/ is one) to look for any prior PSTs that may have been deleted. You'd also do well going forward to periodically back up your PST. The simplest way is to copy it while Outlook is closed and then, perhaps, burn the copy to a CD. You can keep adding subsecquent PSTs to this CD if you do't finalize the session or if you use a CD-RW so that you can go back to any point you wish in the event of a failure. If you don't want to burn to a CD, just keeping copies in another folder will suffice in cases where your hard drive is still available. SignatureBrian Tillman
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