How do I create local folders?

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Laurel

I've done it before, but am trying to re-create environment after computer
crashed, and have no notes anymore on how to do stuff...

Also what is the name of the local folder file? I'm pretty sure it's being
regularly backed up, but I don't know what to look for tor restore.

And.... when I find it and restore it, how can I get Outlook to look at it?
 
Are you truly talking about Outlook (from the Office suite) or Outlook
Express? The reason I ask is that you refer to "Local Folders", a term
usually used in OE.

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Yes, I'm talking about OUtlook. Before my pc crashed, I had all of my
Outlook folders on my own pc, not on the server. (I guess the term "local
folders" is misleading, because the effect wasn't to see a set of Local and
duplicate set on the server, as you see in Outlook Express.)
 
Laurel said:
Yes, I'm talking about OUtlook. Before my pc crashed, I had all of my
Outlook folders on my own pc, not on the server. (I guess the term
"local folders" is misleading, because the effect wasn't to see a set
of Local and duplicate set on the server, as you see in Outlook
Express.)
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All your folders are stored in a single file called a "Personal Folders
File". The file type of this file is ".pst" If you computer crashed, you
had this file on your local hard drive, and you had to replace that hard
drive, chances are that your previous file is gone. Backups o local drives
generall do not happen automatically. If you didn't back it up, it probably
wasn't backed up.

At any rate, to see if you still have one, enable showing hidden files and
folders and search you hard drive for "*.pst". You can check to see if this
is the same one you're currently using by comparing the path to the file you
find with the path to the file Outlook is using. Right-click on "Personal
Folders" or "Outlook Today" or "Mailbox" (the first if you have more than
one of these names) and choose Propertied. Click "Advanced" and the path to
the file will be displayed.
 
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