This is because the Data Files... button in the Mail applet shows the one of
your default mail profile only.
To the ones from the other mail profiles, click Show Profiles... and access
the account properties from there.
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"Mike H" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:15prv7kocrmp7$.oz8g2odhcdir$.(E-Mail Removed)...
> Using Outlook 2003, Outlook Hotmail Connector, Multiple accounts of
> various
> types (1 Hotmail, 2 POP3, 5 IMAP)
>
> In the course of trouble shooting recurring PST file (the one that
> contains
> my personal folders) corruption I created a new profile from scratch and
> created each account new, except for the Hotmail account. I then started
> Outlook, selected my new profile, and Connector prompted me to enter
> information for my Hotmail account. All well and good at this point.
>
> After creation of the Hotmail account, Outlook then downloaded messages
> for
> all those accounts. This was lengthy, but successful.
>
> HOWEVER...when I start the Mail control panel applet and click the "Data
> Files" button the files I see are those from only my first profile. There
> was a complete set of new files created when I made that new profile, but
> I
> don't see those.
>
> Why is this, and should I care?
>
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> Mike H