if you use Control Panel->MAil Icon->Accounts, can you see the location of the .pst file?
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
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After furious head scratching, ladywnch asked:
| As posted in my original note, I can't find PST files anywhere on my
| laptop. I run a search (including hidden files) for *.pst and
| nothiing is returned. this has happened on 2 different laptops.
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| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
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|| All contact information is contained in the .pst file. The .pab
|| file has been obsolete since outlook 2000.
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|| After furious head scratching, ladywnch asked:
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||| I searched for hidden files and found nothing. what am I looking
||| for if not pab and pst files? what are personal folders and
||| address book/contacts called these days?
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||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
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|||| SEarch using hidden files/folders in Windows search. Depending on
|||| the version you used, the .pab may not exist as it has been extinct
|||| for several versions.
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|||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
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|||| After furious head scratching, ladywnch asked:
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||||| I've always been able to find pst and pab files in older versions
||||| but in 2003 I can't fine them anywhere.
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||||| I've looked where the help file claims they should be and I've
||||| done a search for *.pst and *.pab and absolutely nothing come
||||| back.
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||||| I used the standard install when I loaded 2003, nothing special or
||||| different.
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||||| I've already lost my mail and address book from one lap top and
||||| I'd really like to not lose those files a second time when I move
||||| off of this machine.