Where can I find my contact list?

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Dan - 08 Jan 2005 02:53 GMT

I recently reinstalled windows and all the programs and when I ran the
recovery disk for my computer it placed all of the old files in one large one
for back up purposes.

Now I'm trying to find my contact list so I can move it to the proper file
so I can delete the old ones. I've tried searching for *.pst files but the
windows search was unable to find any.

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 08 Jan 2005 03:41 GMT

That's the only place they could be. Did you enable search and display of
hidden folders?

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Russ Valentine
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>I recently reinstalled windows and all the programs and when I ran the
> recovery disk for my computer it placed all of the old files in one large
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> so I can delete the old ones. I've tried searching for *.pst files but the
> windows search was unable to find any.

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Dan - 08 Jan 2005 07:35 GMT

I did expand the search to include hidden and system files but it still came
up empty.

Another question that is related. Where are my archived files? I've got a
bunch of saved emails and things. I'm assuming they would be where the
contact list is. Is it possible that these things are under "My Documents"?

> That's the only place they could be. Did you enable search and display of
> hidden folders?
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> > so I can delete the old ones. I've tried searching for *.pst files but the
> > windows search was unable to find any.

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 08 Jan 2005 10:37 GMT

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm

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Russ Valentine
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>I did expand the search to include hidden and system files but it still
>came
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>> > the
>> > windows search was unable to find any.

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