Duplicate Outlook 2003 Personal Folders

[Mike Myers]

I am transferring my outlook into my new 2003 Outlook and
ended up with three duplicate Personal Folders. How do I
get rid of two of them?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

If you can't close them by right-clicking their root folders (in the Folder
List) and clicking Close, and you also can't remove them via File | Data
File Management, the easiest thing to do is to create a new profile and
delete the old one.

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MVP - Outlook

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[Mike]

Thanks for the tip... I'll try it!

-----Original Message-----
If you can't close them by right-clicking their root folders (in the Folder
List) and clicking Close, and you also can't remove them via File | Data
File Management, the easiest thing to do is to create a new profile and
delete the old one.

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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[John Brandt]

Can you please provide step by step directions for Office 2003. I've
tried this and now I have three personal folders and some have deleted
items that I cannot empty. It is a real mess now.

Please help.

jeb

 

[mike]

-----Original Message-----
Can you please provide step by step directions for Office 2003. I've
tried this and now I have three personal folders and some have deleted
items that I cannot empty. It is a real mess now.

Please help.

jeb



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Keep outlook closed, right click on the outlook icon, go

to properties and you will see all three personal folders
listed. Remove two of them.

 

[John Brandt]

Sorry, when I check this there is only one Personal Folder listed in
the Outlook Data Files. However, when I open the program there is the
mail PF and at the bottom of the list there is on called Personal
Folders(2).

Other pertinent info. This is Outlook 2003 and I had to import the PST
from Outlook 2000.

I ended up re-installing the program (after saving a copy of the most
recent PF in a separate directory. Not sure if this is what caused the
problem.

Also, I think the actual directory where the files are located have
all of the other PF that were created while i was trying to fix this.
I had assumed that the re-install would have deleted them, but I think
there are all still there.

jeb


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[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

In Windows, go to Control Panel and click the Mail icon. If you're using
Windows XP and you have Control Panel set to use the Category view, it may
be hard to find the Mail icon (I've been told it doesn't always appear in
the same category from computer to computer -- weird!), so try switching to
Classic View if you can't see the Mail icon.

Once you're in the Mail section, you should see a button called Show
Profiles. Click that button, then click the Add button to add a new
profile. Follow the prompts to add your e-mail account(s) to the new
profile. Outlook will create a new .PST file for this profile, but don't
worry -- you'll be able to add your original .PST to it later.

Now you have a choice -- you can either go ahead and delete your old mail
profile right away, or you can make sure the new one is as you want it
before you delete the old one. If you want to test the new one, before you
exit the Profiles dialog box (which actually says Mail in the title bar),
tell Outlook to prompt you for a profile when you next start it. Restart
Outlook and choose the new profile -- it will open up with a blank set of
Personal Folders. To add your original .PST file, click File | Open |
Outlook Data File, then browse to the file. It will open in your Folder
List. You can make it your default by clicking Tools | E-mail Accounts,
selecting View or change existing e-mail accounts, clicking Next, and
choosing the old file in the "Deliver new e-mail to the following location"
box. Click Finish. Now you can detach the blank .PST -- right click its
root folder and select Close.

Once you're sure the new profile is OK, go back to the Profiles dialog and
delete the old profile.

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Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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