Hi: I'm running Outlook 2003 and have configured an e-mail account to
access my AOL e-mail via IMAP. Works fine. But, I can't change the
location Outlook uses for its associated PST file.

It uses "C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlookimap.aol.com-00000002.pst" and refuses to
let me move it.

I want the PST file to reside on another hard drive with the other PST
files I use.

How can I move this PST file so that Outlook can still use it with my
AOL imap?

thanks,
russ

AFAIK, IMAP .pst files cannot be moved.

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After furious head scratching, Russ asked:

| Hi: I'm running Outlook 2003 and have configured an e-mail account to
| access my AOL e-mail via IMAP. Works fine. But, I can't change the
| location Outlook uses for its associated PST file.
|
| It uses "C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application
| Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlookimap.aol.com-00000002.pst" and refuses
| to let me move it.
|
| I want the PST file to reside on another hard drive with the other PST
| files I use.
|
| How can I move this PST file so that Outlook can still use it with my
| AOL imap?
|
| thanks,
| russ

I don't know about IMAP but the pst file can be moved.

Before you open Outlook move the pst file to the location you want it to be,
then open Outlook. Outlook will give you a message that it can not locate
the file and you can browse to the new location. This method may work with
other type of files, but I do not know that.

Neil

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> AFAIK, IMAP .pst files cannot be moved.
>
> --�
> Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
>
> Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
> unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
> reading.
>
> After furious head scratching, Russ asked:
>
> | Hi: I'm running Outlook 2003 and have configured an e-mail account to
> | access my AOL e-mail via IMAP. Works fine. But, I can't change the
> | location Outlook uses for its associated PST file.
> |
> | It uses "C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application
> | Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlookimap.aol.com-00000002.pst" and refuses
> | to let me move it.
> |
> | I want the PST file to reside on another hard drive with the other PST
> | files I use.
> |
> | How can I move this PST file so that Outlook can still use it with my
> | AOL imap?
> |
> | thanks,
> | russ
>
>

IMAP .pst files cannot be moved, period.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, (E-Mail Removed) asked:

| I don't know about IMAP but the pst file can be moved.
|
| Before you open Outlook move the pst file to the location you want it
| to be, then open Outlook. Outlook will give you a message that it
| can not locate the file and you can browse to the new location. This
| method may work with other type of files, but I do not know that.
|
| Neil
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
| <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
| news:(E-Mail Removed)...
|| AFAIK, IMAP .pst files cannot be moved.
||
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|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
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|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
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|| After furious head scratching, Russ asked:
||
||| Hi: I'm running Outlook 2003 and have configured an e-mail account
||| to access my AOL e-mail via IMAP. Works fine. But, I can't change
||| the location Outlook uses for its associated PST file.
|||
||| It uses "C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local
||| Settings\Application
||| Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlookimap.aol.com-00000002.pst" and
||| refuses to let me move it.
|||
||| I want the PST file to reside on another hard drive with the other
||| PST files I use.
|||
||| How can I move this PST file so that Outlook can still use it with
||| my AOL imap?
|||
||| thanks,
||| russ

Milly,

I have moved my pst files for many years.

Neil


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> IMAP .pst files cannot be moved, period.
>
> --�
> Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
>
> Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
> unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
> reading.
>
> After furious head scratching, (E-Mail Removed) asked:
>
> | I don't know about IMAP but the pst file can be moved.
> |
> | Before you open Outlook move the pst file to the location you want it
> | to be, then open Outlook. Outlook will give you a message that it
> | can not locate the file and you can browse to the new location. This
> | method may work with other type of files, but I do not know that.
> |
> | Neil
> |
> | "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
> | <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> | news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> || AFAIK, IMAP .pst files cannot be moved.
> ||
> || --�
> || Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
> ||
> || Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
> || unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
> || reading.
> ||
> || After furious head scratching, Russ asked:
> ||
> ||| Hi: I'm running Outlook 2003 and have configured an e-mail account
> ||| to access my AOL e-mail via IMAP. Works fine. But, I can't change
> ||| the location Outlook uses for its associated PST file.
> |||
> ||| It uses "C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local
> ||| Settings\Application
> ||| Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlookimap.aol.com-00000002.pst" and
> ||| refuses to let me move it.
> |||
> ||| I want the PST file to reside on another hard drive with the other
> ||| PST files I use.
> |||
> ||| How can I move this PST file so that Outlook can still use it with
> ||| my AOL imap?
> |||
> ||| thanks,
> ||| russ
>
>

I tried to move the PST file and restart Outlook in hopes that Outlook
would come lookin' for it. It didn't, it just created another PST file
in the same location with the same name. :-(

Looks like its impossible to move an IMAP related PST file like i want
to do.

later,
russ

p.s. I searched the registry for the PST name and came up with
nothing. Not sure where Outlook stores the filename but that was a
rabbit trail.

Russ <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I tried to move the PST file and restart Outlook in hopes that Outlook
> would come lookin' for it. It didn't, it just created another PST
> file in the same location with the same name. :-(
>
> Looks like its impossible to move an IMAP related PST file like i want
> to do.

I've posted how to move the IMAP PST several times. It's also in the
Microsoft Knowledgebase. Look for how to move the Hotmail PST. The same
method works for the IMAP PST. I've done it.
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Brian Tillman

> I've posted how to move the IMAP PST several times. It's also in the
> Microsoft Knowledgebase. Look for how to move the Hotmail PST. The same
> method works for the IMAP PST. I've done it.
> --
> Brian Tillman

Brian: Thanks - that worked - and was stupidly simple. The only
problem is you can't rename the PST to somethng a little more sensible
than "Outlookimap.aol.com-00000002.pst". Anyway, this achieves my goal
- thanks again. Below is the link to the page you refered me toward:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300593/en-us

russ