OL98 and Win98se.
Is there a way to correct the <path> to a personal .pst file that is no
longer where it was in the past?

A number of personal .pst's were on a separate HD.
The drive died.
I was able to get them off a backup CD and put them to a different
partition/folder on the working drive.
When I open OL the previously opened personal folders are listed (from the
last open before the drive died).
When I try to access any one of them I get a "Unable to expand folder. The
set of folders could not be opened. The file: <old-path>.pst could not be
found." error message.

I found and corrected several registry entries.
No joy.
I've tried copying the restored .pst's to a USB stick using the "missing"
path and .pst's.
No joy.
Not expecting anything different, I tried links on the stick pointing to the
files on the HD.
No joy.
I've searched various ascii/iny files I could think of or find.
No joy.

Does anyone know where [else] I might be able to find the old path so I can
correct it to the new path?

[Hopefully I've provided enough to go on]

Thanks.
Geo. Salisbury
Long Valley, NJ

Use File > Open and browse to the PST in question. Or use the mail applet in
the Control panel.

--
Kathleen Orland - MVP Outlook
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
http://www.howto-outlook.com/



"GSalisbury" wrote:

> OL98 and Win98se.
> Is there a way to correct the <path> to a personal .pst file that is no
> longer where it was in the past?
>
> A number of personal .pst's were on a separate HD.
> The drive died.
> I was able to get them off a backup CD and put them to a different
> partition/folder on the working drive.
> When I open OL the previously opened personal folders are listed (from the
> last open before the drive died).
> When I try to access any one of them I get a "Unable to expand folder. The
> set of folders could not be opened. The file: <old-path>.pst could not be
> found." error message.
>
> I found and corrected several registry entries.
> No joy.
> I've tried copying the restored .pst's to a USB stick using the "missing"
> path and .pst's.
> No joy.
> Not expecting anything different, I tried links on the stick pointing to the
> files on the HD.
> No joy.
> I've searched various ascii/iny files I could think of or find.
> No joy.
>
> Does anyone know where [else] I might be able to find the old path so I can
> correct it to the new path?
>
> [Hopefully I've provided enough to go on]
>
> Thanks.
> Geo. Salisbury
> Long Valley, NJ
>
>
>

Thank you.
The File/Open... did the trick.
Bit of a duhhh I guess - I was looking for something tricky and ignored the
obvious.
Geo. S.

"K. Orland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:C6B99C91-8F53-45AA-BC98-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Use File > Open and browse to the PST in question. Or use the mail applet
> in
> the Control panel.
>
> --
> Kathleen Orland - MVP Outlook
> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
>
>
>
> "GSalisbury" wrote:
>
>> OL98 and Win98se.
>> Is there a way to correct the <path> to a personal .pst file that is no
>> longer where it was in the past?
>>
>> A number of personal .pst's were on a separate HD.
>> The drive died.
>> I was able to get them off a backup CD and put them to a different
>> partition/folder on the working drive.
>> When I open OL the previously opened personal folders are listed (from
>> the
>> last open before the drive died).
>> When I try to access any one of them I get a "Unable to expand folder.
>> The
>> set of folders could not be opened. The file: <old-path>.pst could not be
>> found." error message.
>>
>> I found and corrected several registry entries.
>> No joy.
>> I've tried copying the restored .pst's to a USB stick using the "missing"
>> path and .pst's.
>> No joy.
>> Not expecting anything different, I tried links on the stick pointing to
>> the
>> files on the HD.
>> No joy.
>> I've searched various ascii/iny files I could think of or find.
>> No joy.
>>
>> Does anyone know where [else] I might be able to find the old path so I
>> can
>> correct it to the new path?
>>
>> [Hopefully I've provided enough to go on]
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Geo. Salisbury
>> Long Valley, NJ
>>
>>
>>