Can't close Personal Folder that was deleted

[Guest]

I opened an archieve. THen I exited Outlook. The archieve was then deleted
and not recoverable. WHen I started Outlook again it shows up as a "Personal
Folder" and when I try to access it I get an error that it can't be opened. I
have no way to get it off my folder list.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You corrupted your profile. You must create a new one.
Always close the folder in Outlook before you delete it.

 

[Guest]

I guess I should have said that the archieve was on a network drive and
beyond my control. I didn't delete, the network drive went away. Not my
fault. Becuase of this Outlook should handle this cleanly and it appears not
to!

Is there a way to make outlook think the archieve is there? Can I recreate
it? As a folder it only says "Personal Folders" but the archieve had an
actual name. If I copied another archieve and renamed it would that work? Is
there any way to find out what named and path archieve it wants? The error
message does not tell me that. If I knew what and where it wants I may be
able to recreate it.

If I create a new profile will I loose my existing mail folders?

You corrupted your profile. You must create a new one.
Always close the folder in Outlook before you delete it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I opened an archieve. THen I exited Outlook. The archieve was then deleted
and not recoverable. WHen I started Outlook again it shows up as a
"Personal
Folder" and when I try to access it I get an error that it can't be
opened. I
have no way to get it off my folder list.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

So now you see why accessing PST files on network drives is neither
recommended nor supported.
Having an invalid reference to a PST file is of no consequence. If it
bothers you, then just create a new profile. Creating a new profile does
nothing to your data. Just configure the new profile to use the same data
file as the old one.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I guess I should have said that the archieve was on a network drive and
beyond my control. I didn't delete, the network drive went away. Not my
fault. Becuase of this Outlook should handle this cleanly and it appears
not
to!

Is there a way to make outlook think the archieve is there? Can I recreate
it? As a folder it only says "Personal Folders" but the archieve had an
actual name. If I copied another archieve and renamed it would that work?
Is
there any way to find out what named and path archieve it wants? The error
message does not tell me that. If I knew what and where it wants I may be
able to recreate it.

If I create a new profile will I loose my existing mail folders?

You corrupted your profile. You must create a new one.
Always close the folder in Outlook before you delete it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I opened an archieve. THen I exited Outlook. The archieve was then
deleted
and not recoverable. WHen I started Outlook again it shows up as a
"Personal
Folder" and when I try to access it I get an error that it can't be
opened. I
have no way to get it off my folder list.