Ghost folders

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I had two problems while importing my Outlook Express data to Outlook
2003...

The first import failed and killed Outlook when the pst file size got
to more than 2gb... so I created a new Personal Folders file of the new
2003 Unicode type, pointed my Outlook accounts to use it, then redid
the import.

1) During the import, in a number of my imported folders, I got
hundreds of "undeliverable in the subject line" messages that never
existed in my old Express folders. ANy idea why this would happen?

2) I not have everything working fine with my main Unicode Personal
Folders file... but after all the fiddling I did at teh .pst file
llevel and within Outlook, I have 2 additional "Personal Folders"
entries in the folder tree in Outlook. The .pst files they used to
point to are long gone... and if I try to Close these entried from
within Outlook I get an error saying "Object not found"... which I am
guessing is attributed to the .pst file they used to point to not being
there any more. Question is, how can I get these ghost folders
removed? Where are these entries stored?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Jeff
 
From what I've read, the process of copying Outlook Express data to Outlook
seems to work better if you export from the OE side rather than importing
from the Outlook side. I haven't heard of that particular issue with
"undeliverable", though.

For your second question, see if the information on the following page
helps:

http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/oltrble.htm#disconnectpst

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Thanks for the link... I looked in the registry areas indicated and did
not find any stray references to the ghost folders.

I am sure this is related to the fact that I had moved, renamed,
deleted .pst files directly and Outlook still references them somehow.

I have even gone and tried to put back some old .pst file names... this
actually gets me one step further... now when I right click on the
"Personal FOlders" entry and select Properties, I get a dialog up...
but when I try to go to Advanced... or close the folder, I get an error
messag ("The operation failed. An object could not be found.").. Very
informative! :)

Any idea when else I can do to get rid of these entries?

Thanks,
Jeff
 
Actually, since the Slipstick article I sent you to doesn't specifically
mention any Windows versions besides 95 and NT, you may not be looking in
the right place for your Windows Messaging Subsystem registry key and its
subkeys. I am using Windows XP Pro and my key is found here:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook

Within the Outlook folder, there are a bunch of folders with long
hexadecimal values for names -- those are the ones you need to look in to
see if you can find the ghost .PST names. If you delete one of the keys and
it points to your real .PST file instead of one of the ghosts, it's not the
end of the world -- your data won't be gone. The worst you would have to do
is recreate your Outlook profile.

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Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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