Duplicate Personal Folder

[Mike]

I have been searching the board but have not found a
suitable fix for duplicate personal folders in outlook
2003. It shows me the deleted items drafts inbox junk
email and all the rest. They are all identical and when
the mail comes in it can be found in either of the
personal folders.
One post suggested I delete my email profile. I tried that
and re created it and opened up the pst file that I was
using before.
I did not like that idea because 1. It deleted all my
email accounts and I had to re-enter them. 2. I got all of
my email that was on the server resent to me.
For those of you that are wondering, No I did not IMPORT
the pst file. I just opened it up. I have read several
posts that suggest opening up the pst and importing it
will do the same thing.
I am pretty frustrated with this one.
Mike

 

[Patrick Reed [MVP - Outlook]]

Unfortunately, a new profile is the only "clean" way to do it. If you feel
adventerous, however, you can try this:

Close Outlook.

Select Start | Run

Select Start | Run

Enter Regedit and select OK

Check

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Windows
Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\profilename\ (Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT if
Windows NT, 2000, or XP)

The subkeys are hexidecimal numbers. Find the one(s) that reference the PST
file in question and select it. Export that key (from the Registry menu) to
a .REG file for backup purposes, then delete it.

If you seem to have multiple keys pointing to the same PST, try opening
Outlook after you delete the first one. If you find you deleted a "good" PST
entry, import the key from the REG file to which you exported it, then try
the next one.

 

[Mike]

My hats off to you.
It took me several keys to find the right one, but once I
hit the correct key the second personal folder was indeed
gone and everything works fine.
Thank You.

-----Original Message-----
Unfortunately, a new profile is the only "clean" way to do it. If you feel
adventerous, however, you can try this:

Close Outlook.

Select Start | Run

Select Start | Run

Enter Regedit and select OK

Check

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersio n\Windows
Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\profilename\

(Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT if

Windows NT, 2000, or XP)

The subkeys are hexidecimal numbers. Find the one(s) that reference the PST
file in question and select it. Export that key (from the Registry menu) to
a .REG file for backup purposes, then delete it.

If you seem to have multiple keys pointing to the same PST, try opening
Outlook after you delete the first one. If you find you deleted a "good" PST
entry, import the key from the REG file to which you exported it, then try
the next one.


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PATRICK REED [Outlook - MVP]~~~~~~
-Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
-Have you checked http://www.slipstick.com?
-Please post your Outlook version!

I have been searching the board but have not found a
suitable fix for duplicate personal folders in outlook
2003. It shows me the deleted items drafts inbox junk
email and all the rest. They are all identical and when
the mail comes in it can be found in either of the
personal folders.
One post suggested I delete my email profile. I tried that
and re created it and opened up the pst file that I was
using before.
I did not like that idea because 1. It deleted all my
email accounts and I had to re-enter them. 2. I got all of
my email that was on the server resent to me.
For those of you that are wondering, No I did not IMPORT
the pst file. I just opened it up. I have read several
posts that suggest opening up the pst and importing it
will do the same thing.
I am pretty frustrated with this one.
Mike

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