One computer of 9 in our office crashed. The PST file was not located in the
defualt location. I was able to pull the hard drive out, put it in an
external drive and I am currently able to read any file on the hard drive,
but not boot from the hard drive because it was an OLD version of Windows XP
Home on an OLD eMachine.

In any case I have searched the drive for a PST file using the windows
utility as well as google desktop with no luck. All I really need to do is
recover the path that outlook was using to access the PST file and I can fix
it from there. Since I cant boot from the drive, I cant simply click on mail
>> data files because that gives me the information for the current machine
not the machine that I recovered the data from. HELP

Justin

It's a hidden file, so you have to select View Hidden files or use commands
to unhide it. When you find it, copy to the new drive and use File, Open OL
Data file to access it.

"JSKCO" wrote:

> One computer of 9 in our office crashed. The PST file was not located in the
> defualt location. I was able to pull the hard drive out, put it in an
> external drive and I am currently able to read any file on the hard drive,
> but not boot from the hard drive because it was an OLD version of Windows XP
> Home on an OLD eMachine.
>
> In any case I have searched the drive for a PST file using the windows
> utility as well as google desktop with no luck. All I really need to do is
> recover the path that outlook was using to access the PST file and I can fix
> it from there. Since I cant boot from the drive, I cant simply click on mail
> >> data files because that gives me the information for the current machine
> not the machine that I recovered the data from. HELP
>
> Justin

I am aware of that. I did unhide all files.

"Mary" wrote:

> It's a hidden file, so you have to select View Hidden files or use commands
> to unhide it. When you find it, copy to the new drive and use File, Open OL
> Data file to access it.
>
> "JSKCO" wrote:
>
> > One computer of 9 in our office crashed. The PST file was not located in the
> > defualt location. I was able to pull the hard drive out, put it in an
> > external drive and I am currently able to read any file on the hard drive,
> > but not boot from the hard drive because it was an OLD version of Windows XP
> > Home on an OLD eMachine.
> >
> > In any case I have searched the drive for a PST file using the windows
> > utility as well as google desktop with no luck. All I really need to do is
> > recover the path that outlook was using to access the PST file and I can fix
> > it from there. Since I cant boot from the drive, I cant simply click on mail
> > >> data files because that gives me the information for the current machine
> > not the machine that I recovered the data from. HELP
> >
> > Justin

can you search or export the registry? the path to the pst is in binary
format in the registry.

Find HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\profile_name
look for the 001f6700 value - the path is stored here and you'll have one
for every pst.

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"JSKCO" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:62566EAF-2265-4FCE-8E65-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am aware of that. I did unhide all files.
>
> "Mary" wrote:
>
>> It's a hidden file, so you have to select View Hidden files or use
>> commands
>> to unhide it. When you find it, copy to the new drive and use File, Open
>> OL
>> Data file to access it.
>>
>> "JSKCO" wrote:
>>
>> > One computer of 9 in our office crashed. The PST file was not located
>> > in the
>> > defualt location. I was able to pull the hard drive out, put it in an
>> > external drive and I am currently able to read any file on the hard
>> > drive,
>> > but not boot from the hard drive because it was an OLD version of
>> > Windows XP
>> > Home on an OLD eMachine.
>> >
>> > In any case I have searched the drive for a PST file using the windows
>> > utility as well as google desktop with no luck. All I really need to do
>> > is
>> > recover the path that outlook was using to access the PST file and I
>> > can fix
>> > it from there. Since I cant boot from the drive, I cant simply click
>> > on mail
>> > >> data files because that gives me the information for the current
>> > >> machine
>> > not the machine that I recovered the data from. HELP
>> >
>> > Justin

JSKCO <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I am aware of that. I did unhide all files.

Well, unless they moved it, its default location is x:\Documents and
Settings\{user}\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook If you
have changed File Options in Control Panel to show hidden files and
folders, then you should be able to see that folder. If you merely enabled
it in the search, but neglected to specify "subfolders" as well, then you'll
miss it.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Diane Poremsky <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> can you search or export the registry? the path to the pst is in
> binary format in the registry.
>
> Find HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
> NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\profile_name
> look for the 001f6700 value - the path is stored here and you'll have
> one for every pst.

Do you know of any tools that will open a non-active registry? I don't.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Diane Poremsky <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> can you search or export the registry? the path to the pst is in
> binary format in the registry.
>
> Find HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
> NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\profile_name
> look for the 001f6700 value - the path is stored here and you'll have
> one for every pst.

Oh! I found the instructions! Aparently, that ability is built into
regedit.
http://www.rwin.ch/xp-live/regedit.htm
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]