After Upgrade XP->2003 nameless Mail folders

[Christoph Brecht]

Hi there,

I just upgraded from XP to 2003. Now I have to nameless mailfolders inside
my Outlook. I am not able to delte them. When I right click on them, I can
see that their name is <0w#25>.
When to close them, I get the message that I can not close the Mail folder
wich contains my contacts, calender and so on.

Under E-mail Accounts, I have three option to choose into what folder my
mails should be delivered: My Mailbox and two empty lines.

Where can I delete this fales entries? I already checked the registry for
<0w#25> but did not find anything.

Thank you very much for tipps.

Cheers
Christoph

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

They sound like ghosts. You can try closing it using File, Data File
management but if that fails, the easiest way to fix it is to create a new
profile using control panel, mail. You can try to edit the registry to
remove the ghost, but it takes guess work and can result in a bad profile,
requiring you to create a new one.

To remove ghosts:

Each pst has two different keys in the profile at
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Messaging Subsystem\Profiles. The ghost only has one. You need to find the
key for the ghost and remove it. With 1 ghost, you have a 50-50 chance of
deleting the right key.

since you can't find names in the registry matching the psts, creating a new
profile will probably be the best solution.


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)



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