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MS Office Forum / Outlook / New Users / December 20052 Personal folders??
Hi. I've just pasted my saved PST file into a newly formatted and newly installed Outlook 2003. Copied it into Me>local settings>application data>Microsoft>Outlook The trouble is, on opening Outlook, I now have 2 Personal folders, they are identical. All my stuff is there but twice. Could you please tell me how I can get rid of one Thank you Hi JB, maybe you have a Ghost PST file: http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/ghosts.htm -- Oliver Vukovics Outlook Groupware without Exchange: Public ShareFolder Synchronization for laptops: Public SyncTool http://www.publicshareware.com > Hi. > I've just pasted my saved PST file into a newly formatted and newly [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Could you please tell me how I can get rid of one > Thank you Except this won't work if he's created a new UNICODE PST file. He won't be able to identify the keys. He'll have to create a new profile to fix this and migrate his data correctly. Never copy the PST file you want to use to the default directory, because you will most likely overwrite and existing PST and corrupt the profile.  SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Hi JB, > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >> Could you please tell me how I can get rid of one >> Thank you Thanks Russ. So should I delete the pst folder that Oulook is using and then import the backed up pst ? Jen > Except this won't work if he's created a new UNICODE PST file. He won't be > able to identify the keys. [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >>> Could you please tell me how I can get rid of one >>> Thank you Hi Russ, thank you for this information. > Except this won't work if he's created a new UNICODE PST file. He won't be > able to identify the keys. On the outlook-tips website is the sentence: I have an archive pst that I'd like to right-click/close in OL2003. I thought this article is also for Outlook 2003. Sorry. -- Oliver Vukovics Outlook Network without Exchange: Public ShareFolder Awarded by ZDNet UK and ZDNet DE with the "Editors Choice". http://www.publicshareware.com > Except this won't work if he's created a new UNICODE PST file. He won't be > able to identify the keys. [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > >> Could you please tell me how I can get rid of one > >> Thank you It does apply to Outlook 2003 if one is using an ANSI PST file. It just doesn't apply if one is using a UNICODE PST, because those reg keys cannot be identified. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Hi Russ, > [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] >> >> Could you please tell me how I can get rid of one >> >> Thank you Thanks, Thing is I didn't upgrade, I formatted. And the pst file is from the same Version of Outlook which I've reinstalled. In Help there is steps that refers to Duplicate personal folder and how to delete one, you rightclick on personal folder and choose close. But that option is greyed out on both. According to the link you gave me, the scenario is an archive folder, whereas here both folders are identical and seem to be linked. when I do something on one it does exactly the same on the other. Do you think the steps in the link applies to this as well? Thanks for your time > Hi JB, > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >> Could you please tell me how I can get rid of one >> Thank you Open Outlook program, go to Tools>Options>Mail Setup>Data Files. You should have 2 x personal folders if I am correct. Delete the one not required. Most likely the one with no description in the comments column. Close Outlook and then reopen and everthing should be fixed. Regards, tdprado. > Hi. > I've just pasted my saved PST file into a newly formatted and newly [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Could you please tell me how I can get rid of one > Thank you MAGIC!!! It worked. Thank you tons > Open Outlook program, go to Tools>Options>Mail Setup>Data Files. > You should have 2 x personal folders if I am correct. Delete the one not [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> Could you please tell me how I can get rid of one >> Thank you > I've just pasted my saved PST file into a newly formatted and newly > installed Outlook 2003. Copied it into Me>local settings>application > data>Microsoft>Outlook And by doing so, you've corrupted your mail profile. This is not the proper way to restore Outlook data. See this: http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm To create a new mail profile, see this: http://www.howto-outlook.com/Faq/newprofile.htm SignatureBrian Tillman You're absolutely right. I have lost my Contacts folder. Not only that I've uninstalled and reinstalled Outlook, I've deleted, moved pasted and spent hours trying to get it back. I'm getting everything but the contacts list. Not even the Contacts folder itself??? Got Mail Calendar and everything else. Luckily I still have a copy of my pst on another computer. How can this be so complicated???????. I've done this so many times when I've changed PCs or reformatted and never had problems. But this is just a big PAIN. Please help >> I've just pasted my saved PST file into a newly formatted and newly >> installed Outlook 2003. Copied it into Me>local settings>application [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > To create a new mail profile, see this: > http://www.howto-outlook.com/Faq/newprofile.htm Ok . I found my Contacts and it is intact. But I'm back to 2 personal folders which is going to do my head in. >> I've just pasted my saved PST file into a newly formatted and newly >> installed Outlook 2003. Copied it into Me>local settings>application [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > To create a new mail profile, see this: > http://www.howto-outlook.com/Faq/newprofile.htm Alls well and how it should be. I'm Happy now. I don't know what I did, totally confused now. So I'm not much use to anyone who may have the same problem. I tried all the tips, I think the moving tip was the one. Thanks > Ok . I found my Contacts and it is intact. But I'm back to 2 personal > folders which is going to do my head in. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> To create a new mail profile, see this: >> http://www.howto-outlook.com/Faq/newprofile.htm I talked to soon I can't send/receive as a message comes up The operation failed. an object could not be found. Also although I have my contacts folder and my contacts, when I click 'TO' I get an empty address book and when I click 'Show names from' menu its empty. I've done a repair on Office but still no luck. Should I uninstall Office and start again. Should I leave my pst file in the Me>local settings>application data>Microsoft>Outlook Please help > Alls well and how it should be. I'm Happy now. > I don't know what I did, totally confused now. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >>> To create a new mail profile, see this: >>> http://www.howto-outlook.com/Faq/newprofile.htm > I talked to soon > I can't send/receive as a message comes up [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > 'TO' I get an empty address book and when I click 'Show names from' > menu its empty. Click Tools>E-mail Accounts>View ir change existing directories or address books>Next. Select Outlook Address Book and click Remove, then Finish. Stop and restart Outlook. Click Tools>E-mail Accounts>Add a new directory or address book>Next. Select Additional Address Books and click Next. Select Outlook Address Book, click Next, then Finish. Stop and restart Outlook. Now see if your address book behaves. SignatureBrian Tillman Again, you must first create a new Outlook profile. Then, assuming you still have a good backup of your original PST file, you must configure that profile to use that PST file. There is only one correct way to do this: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx The only part you must do differently than this article states is to make sure you do NOT copy your old PST file to Outlook's default location. In all likelihood, Outlook will already contain a PST file by the same name. If you overwrite a PST file you will corrupt your profile (which is what you did the first time). SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] >I talked to soon > I can't send/receive as a message comes up [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >>>> To create a new mail profile, see this: >>>> http://www.howto-outlook.com/Faq/newprofile.htm |
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