I accidentely deleted an Outlook profile and now although I can get the pst
file to view emails, I have lost all the login info for my email accounts.
Therefore, I figure I need to somehow recover the deleted profile, right?

How can I do this? What is the file extension for profiles or are they
registry entries? If registry entries, can I import or copy and paste a
backup reg entry or something? Do I need data recovery software?

Thanks!

Jon

"Jon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I accidentely deleted an Outlook profile and now although I can get the
> pst file to view emails, I have lost all the login info for my email
> accounts. Therefore, I figure I need to somehow recover the deleted
> profile, right?
>
> How can I do this? What is the file extension for profiles or are they
> registry entries? If registry entries, can I import or copy and paste a
> backup reg entry or something? Do I need data recovery software?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jon
>

By the time you had typed and posted, and I had replied, you could have
re-entered your account data in the new Outlook profile....

Yes, but I can't remember all the emails, pop info, passwords etc. There are
quite a few of them.

"Gordon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "Jon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:4ad3909c$0$2526$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I accidentely deleted an Outlook profile and now although I can get the
>> pst file to view emails, I have lost all the login info for my email
>> accounts. Therefore, I figure I need to somehow recover the deleted
>> profile, right?
>>
>> How can I do this? What is the file extension for profiles or are they
>> registry entries? If registry entries, can I import or copy and paste a
>> backup reg entry or something? Do I need data recovery software?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Jon
>>
>
> By the time you had typed and posted, and I had replied, you could have
> re-entered your account data in the new Outlook profile....
>

Your .pst files should still be there.

1. From the Control Panel, open the Mail applet
2. Click the Add button to create a new profile; enter your login into
the name field for the new profile and click OK
3. Ensure that your email address is correct in the E-Mail Address field,
then click Next
4. Click Finish
5. Close the Mail window and re-launch Outlook
6. If you store mail locally in a Personal Folders File, you will want to
re-add those to your view by the following procedure:
1. Click File
2. Choose Open
3. Click Outlook Data File
4. Use the dialogue to open the appropriate .pst file

Hope this helps!

"Jon" wrote:

> I accidentely deleted an Outlook profile and now although I can get the pst
> file to view emails, I have lost all the login info for my email accounts.
> Therefore, I figure I need to somehow recover the deleted profile, right?
>
> How can I do this? What is the file extension for profiles or are they
> registry entries? If registry entries, can I import or copy and paste a
> backup reg entry or something? Do I need data recovery software?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jon
>
>
>

Are you saying that this will recover my profile or just set up Outlook with
my pst file? I need to recover the actual profile since I have many email
accounts linked to it and I don't have all the passwords etc for them. I've
already got Outlook setup so I can view my emails, but its the login info
that I need too. So that is why I am asking to recover the profile data.

"Phoenix" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Your .pst files should still be there.
>
> 1. From the Control Panel, open the Mail applet
> 2. Click the Add button to create a new profile; enter your login into
> the name field for the new profile and click OK
> 3. Ensure that your email address is correct in the E-Mail Address
> field,
> then click Next
> 4. Click Finish
> 5. Close the Mail window and re-launch Outlook
> 6. If you store mail locally in a Personal Folders File, you will want
> to
> re-add those to your view by the following procedure:
> 1. Click File
> 2. Choose Open
> 3. Click Outlook Data File
> 4. Use the dialogue to open the appropriate .pst file
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> "Jon" wrote:
>
>> I accidentely deleted an Outlook profile and now although I can get the
>> pst
>> file to view emails, I have lost all the login info for my email
>> accounts.
>> Therefore, I figure I need to somehow recover the deleted profile, right?
>>
>> How can I do this? What is the file extension for profiles or are they
>> registry entries? If registry entries, can I import or copy and paste a
>> backup reg entry or something? Do I need data recovery software?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Jon
>>
>>
>>

"Jon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:4ad395ed$0$2492$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Are you saying that this will recover my profile or just set up Outlook
> with my pst file? I need to recover the actual profile since I have many
> email accounts linked to it and I don't have all the passwords etc for
> them. I've already got Outlook setup so I can view my emails, but its the
> login info that I need too. So that is why I am asking to recover the
> profile data.
>

Mail account info is not held in the pst file, it's in the Registry AFAIK.
Whether a System Restore to a point prior to when you deleted the Profile
would restore these entries in the Registry I'm not qualified to say...

It will rebuild your profile and link to your old .pst (profile).

"Jon" wrote:

> Are you saying that this will recover my profile or just set up Outlook with
> my pst file? I need to recover the actual profile since I have many email
> accounts linked to it and I don't have all the passwords etc for them. I've
> already got Outlook setup so I can view my emails, but its the login info
> that I need too. So that is why I am asking to recover the profile data.
>
> "Phoenix" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:C1EA29E1-439F-478B-AD6E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Your .pst files should still be there.
> >
> > 1. From the Control Panel, open the Mail applet
> > 2. Click the Add button to create a new profile; enter your login into
> > the name field for the new profile and click OK
> > 3. Ensure that your email address is correct in the E-Mail Address
> > field,
> > then click Next
> > 4. Click Finish
> > 5. Close the Mail window and re-launch Outlook
> > 6. If you store mail locally in a Personal Folders File, you will want
> > to
> > re-add those to your view by the following procedure:
> > 1. Click File
> > 2. Choose Open
> > 3. Click Outlook Data File
> > 4. Use the dialogue to open the appropriate .pst file
> >
> > Hope this helps!
> >
> > "Jon" wrote:
> >
> >> I accidentely deleted an Outlook profile and now although I can get the
> >> pst
> >> file to view emails, I have lost all the login info for my email
> >> accounts.
> >> Therefore, I figure I need to somehow recover the deleted profile, right?
> >>
> >> How can I do this? What is the file extension for profiles or are they
> >> registry entries? If registry entries, can I import or copy and paste a
> >> backup reg entry or something? Do I need data recovery software?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Jon
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

"Phoenix" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> It will rebuild your profile and link to your old .pst (profile).
>
> "Jon" wrote:
>
>> Are you saying that this will recover my profile or just set up Outlook
>> with
>> my pst file? I need to recover the actual profile since I have many email
>> accounts linked to it and I don't have all the passwords etc for them.
>> I've
>> already got Outlook setup so I can view my emails, but its the login info
>> that I need too. So that is why I am asking to recover the profile data.
>>
>> "Phoenix" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:C1EA29E1-439F-478B-AD6E-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Your .pst files should still be there.
>> >
>> > 1. From the Control Panel, open the Mail applet
>> > 2. Click the Add button to create a new profile; enter your login
>> > into
>> > the name field for the new profile and click OK
>> > 3. Ensure that your email address is correct in the E-Mail Address
>> > field,
>> > then click Next
>> > 4. Click Finish
>> > 5. Close the Mail window and re-launch Outlook
>> > 6. If you store mail locally in a Personal Folders File, you will
>> > want
>> > to
>> > re-add those to your view by the following procedure:
>> > 1. Click File
>> > 2. Choose Open
>> > 3. Click Outlook Data File
>> > 4. Use the dialogue to open the appropriate .pst file
>> >
>> > Hope this helps!
>> >
>> > "Jon" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I accidentely deleted an Outlook profile and now although I can get
>> >> the
>> >> pst
>> >> file to view emails, I have lost all the login info for my email
>> >> accounts.
>> >> Therefore, I figure I need to somehow recover the deleted profile,
>> >> right?
>> >>
>> >> How can I do this? What is the file extension for profiles or are they
>> >> registry entries? If registry entries, can I import or copy and paste
>> >> a
>> >> backup reg entry or something? Do I need data recovery software?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks!
>> >>
>> >> Jon
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

"Phoenix" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> It will rebuild your profile and link to your old .pst (profile).
>

Err no. The Mail PROFILE is completely different to the pst file. The pst
file has NO profile information in it.

System Restore fixed it. Thank you.
"Gordon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "Jon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:4ad395ed$0$2492$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Are you saying that this will recover my profile or just set up Outlook
>> with my pst file? I need to recover the actual profile since I have many
>> email accounts linked to it and I don't have all the passwords etc for
>> them. I've already got Outlook setup so I can view my emails, but its the
>> login info that I need too. So that is why I am asking to recover the
>> profile data.
>>
>
> Mail account info is not held in the pst file, it's in the Registry AFAIK.
> Whether a System Restore to a point prior to when you deleted the Profile
> would restore these entries in the Registry I'm not qualified to say...