Can't close folder

[J Lunis]

XP SR2 / Outlook 2002
Hope my terminology is correct.
I have a folder (pst file?) on the left hand pane of Outlook titled
'Personal folder.' It is an extra folder - not in use. But when I
right-click and try to close it I get 'Operation failed. An object
could not be found.'
How do I close this folder?

 

[Brian Tillman]

XP SR2 / Outlook 2002
Hope my terminology is correct.
I have a folder (pst file?) on the left hand pane of Outlook titled
'Personal folder.' It is an extra folder - not in use. But when I
right-click and try to close it I get 'Operation failed. An object
could not be found.'
How do I close this folder?

If you can't remove it with File>Data File Management (i.e., it doesn't
appear there), then you have a corrupt mail profile and you must create a
new one. The Mail applet in Control Panel permits that.

 

[J Lunis]

If you can't remove it with File>Data File Management (i.e., it doesn't
appear there), then you have a corrupt mail profile and you must create
a new one. The Mail applet in Control Panel permits that.

Thanks for the reply.
Maybe I'm doing something wrong.
When I open Outlook, I have 4 folders in the left column - Archive, one
for me, one for my wife, and Personal Folders.
Under Control Panel|Mail, all I see is Archive and the one for my wife.
How do I delete the Personal Folder?
(and where is the reference to mine?)

 

[Brian Tillman]

When I open Outlook, I have 4 folders in the left column - Archive,
one for me, one for my wife, and Personal Folders.
Under Control Panel|Mail, all I see is Archive and the one for my
wife. How do I delete the Personal Folder?

Does Control Panel's Mail applet show the same thing with the "Data Files"
button? If so, you need to create a new mail profile.

(and where is the reference to mine?)

Which of the PSTs is your delivery location?

 

[J Lunis]

Does Control Panel's Mail applet show the same thing with the "Data
Files" button? If so, you need to create a new mail profile.

Unsure what I am doing. Mail applet shows only my wife's pst.
Now, in the left panel, I have my folder, 2 of my wife's, and 1 Personal
folder. Instead of making progress, I am adding folders. I seem unable
to delete any of the folders - one is default, the others 'object not
found.'
I have tried a slipstick 'how-to' to delete folders but it doesn't seem
to work.

Which of the PSTs is your delivery location?

my wife's

 

[Brian Tillman]

Unsure what I am doing. Mail applet shows only my wife's pst.
Now, in the left panel, I have my folder, 2 of my wife's, and 1
Personal folder. Instead of making progress, I am adding folders. I
seem unable to delete any of the folders - one is default, the others
'object not found.'
I have tried a slipstick 'how-to' to delete folders but it doesn't
seem to work.

You seem to have a very corrupt mail profile. TIme for a new one.
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/newprofile.htm