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Dorian C. Chalom - 20 Feb 2006 15:40 GMT

I made a huge mistake....

In restoring my .pst files I attached to the incorrect one and now i have a
lot of information in the incorrect one that I need to have moved to the
correct one. Providing I even know what the correct one is...then there are
emails still on the email server that need to be downloaded also.

Can someone please walk me through what I need to do to clean up this
herendous mess! Please?

Thank you

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 20 Feb 2006 16:10 GMT

Before we waste a lot of time giving you instructions that may or may not
apply, start by specifying your Outlook version and decide which PST file
you'd like to keep as your default.

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Dorian C. Chalom - 20 Feb 2006 16:47 GMT

Alrighty...thanks for taking the time to help

Outlook 2002 (XP)
Well the one I would like to keep as my defasult one is in :
C:\Documents and Settings\DChalom\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook

The other one which has the emails I need to bring over from is in:
C:\Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Thanks again for your help. I would like to get this cleaned up today if at
all possible.

Is it possible to resolve this issue?

Thanks again for your help.

> Before we waste a lot of time giving you instructions that may or may not
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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 20 Feb 2006 17:33 GMT

Easy to resolve.
First make sure both PST files are open in your profile and that you know
the name and location of the file you want as your default delivery store,
then designate it a such here:
1.. On the Tools menu, click E-mail Accounts.
2.. Click View or change existing e-mail accounts, and then click Next.
3.. In the Deliver new e-mail to the following location list, select where
you want new messages delivered. (If you never specified a custom display
name for this .pst file, you probably see two entries for Personal Folders
files. Select the one that is not highlighted if you want to change to the
other. When you click the arrow to show the list of files, click the second
Personal Folders entry in the list.)
Then just drag and drop any entries from your old default PST file into your
new one. Once you're done, just R click and close the PST file that is no
longer your default.

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Dorian C. Chalom - 20 Feb 2006 17:38 GMT

I will try...
Thanks for your help...

I will let you know if i need more help.

> Easy to resolve.
> First make sure both PST files are open in your profile and that you know
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Dorian C. Chalom - 20 Feb 2006 19:18 GMT

I am not totally confident I can do this on my own. I mean I messed it up
so how do i think I can fix this. I would appreciate it if i could call you
and walk through it with someone as knowledgable as you.

> Easy to resolve.
> First make sure both PST files are open in your profile and that you know
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] - 20 Feb 2006 20:53 GMT

Questions asked in the public forums are answered in the public forums. How
else would someone with a similar problem know how to resolve it if we all
called each other for assistance, not that it would happen anyway?

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Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
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Dorian C. Chalom - 22 Feb 2006 01:38 GMT

I am sorry.
Consider my hand slapped

Thank you.

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