How do I delete a duplicate "Personal Folder" file in Outlook?

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While this has apparently happened to other users, I cannot seem to (re)solve
my version of the problem. I have a duplicate "Personal Folder" file in
Outlook, including all of the standard folders -- inbox, sent, contacts, etc.
There is only one large pst file called "Outlook" which came across in the
conversion from Outlook 2000. My laptop runs on Windows 2000. Any help or
assistance will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Erick
 
Erick, I just found this possible answer today, after many attempts to
resolve this same issue and following other very complicated instructions.
I have been actively searching for an answer for 2 days straight. This was
posted by someone who's name I didn't keep so I can't offer proper
acknowledgement to them, but their suggestion worked for me and very quickly
and easily at that.


Close Outlook | START | CONTROL PANEL | MAIL | SHOW PROFILES | Click your
Profile | PROPERTIES| DATA FILES | click the duplicate personal folder |
REMOVE | YES | CLOSE | CLOSE | OK
Start Outlook and they will not be present anymore

I just removed the data file that DIDN"T say *mail delivery location* and
the second set of folders was gone.........................

And THANK YOU to whomever the kind person was that presented this simple
fix. I'll try and find the original post again and get your name so I can
offer accolades to the right person...
 
While this will work for some earlier versions of Outlook, it may not do so
well with current versions.
The solution is equally simple however.
Just create a new profile.
 
I did that. Several times. I then asked further questions since the second
set of folders was still appearing while in the process of importing my pst
file. I asked if perhaps there was some other way, on this board, waited
for a day and a half, meanwhile continuing my search for answers. I found
this one and it worked-on Outlook 2003, fully patched, updated, etc. I just
moments ago found the thread asking about "pointing" to the pst file and
after reading that answer, I was probably doing something wrong with
importing rather than following the instructions from Robert Sparnaaij that
I have pasted here :

Search for pst-files on your harddisk and use File-> Open-> Outlook Data
File... connect to it

I haven't looked at these steps yet to see if my inexperienced self can
accomplish the directions, but they weren't made clear to me previously.
You could follow my previous thread from 3/6/2005 6:56 am to see what I am
referencing.

I realize and appreciate all the time and effort the volunteers put into
these groups as I lurk on about 14 different groups, which are all computer
related, and have learned much. This particular group, however, seems to
assume the OP's know what the jargon means ie:pointing, and that what is
simple to them is not so simple to the rest of us. Perhaps that's a rash
judgment since I only found this group yesterday morning and haven't read
every post or reply, but the ones I have read seem to be a bit hard to
follow.

Please keep up the good work, kind help and extra effort; just remember some
of us need it to be KISSed (keep it simple stu***) in order to fully
appreciate your efforts.

Thank you all.........n



Russ Valentine said:
While this will work for some earlier versions of Outlook, it may not do
so well with current versions.
The solution is equally simple however.
Just create a new profile.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
nancie said:
Erick, I just found this possible answer today, after many attempts to
resolve this same issue and following other very complicated
instructions. I have been actively searching for an answer for 2 days
straight. This was posted by someone who's name I didn't keep so I can't
offer proper acknowledgement to them, but their suggestion worked for me
and very quickly and easily at that.


Close Outlook | START | CONTROL PANEL | MAIL | SHOW PROFILES | Click your
Profile | PROPERTIES| DATA FILES | click the duplicate personal folder |
REMOVE | YES | CLOSE | CLOSE | OK
Start Outlook and they will not be present anymore

I just removed the data file that DIDN"T say *mail delivery location* and
the second set of folders was gone.........................

And THANK YOU to whomever the kind person was that presented this simple
fix. I'll try and find the original post again and get your name so I
can offer accolades to the right person...
Click to expand...
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Please read the post I made to another of your inquiries.
It should explain why you are having problems.
Let me know if it does not.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
nancie said:
I did that. Several times. I then asked further questions since the second
set of folders was still appearing while in the process of importing my
pst file. I asked if perhaps there was some other way, on this board,
waited for a day and a half, meanwhile continuing my search for answers. I
found this one and it worked-on Outlook 2003, fully patched, updated, etc.
I just moments ago found the thread asking about "pointing" to the pst file
and after reading that answer, I was probably doing something wrong with
importing rather than following the instructions from Robert Sparnaaij that
I have pasted here :

Search for pst-files on your harddisk and use File-> Open-> Outlook Data
File... connect to it

I haven't looked at these steps yet to see if my inexperienced self can
accomplish the directions, but they weren't made clear to me previously.
You could follow my previous thread from 3/6/2005 6:56 am to see what I am
referencing.

I realize and appreciate all the time and effort the volunteers put into
these groups as I lurk on about 14 different groups, which are all
computer related, and have learned much. This particular group, however,
seems to assume the OP's know what the jargon means ie:pointing, and that
what is simple to them is not so simple to the rest of us. Perhaps that's
a rash judgment since I only found this group yesterday morning and
haven't read every post or reply, but the ones I have read seem to be a
bit hard to follow.

Please keep up the good work, kind help and extra effort; just remember
some of us need it to be KISSed (keep it simple stu***) in order to fully
appreciate your efforts.

Thank you all.........n



Russ Valentine said:
While this will work for some earlier versions of Outlook, it may not do
so well with current versions.
The solution is equally simple however.
Just create a new profile.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
nancie said:
Erick, I just found this possible answer today, after many attempts to
resolve this same issue and following other very complicated
instructions. I have been actively searching for an answer for 2 days
straight. This was posted by someone who's name I didn't keep so I
can't offer proper acknowledgement to them, but their suggestion worked
for me and very quickly and easily at that.


Close Outlook | START | CONTROL PANEL | MAIL | SHOW PROFILES | Click
your
Profile | PROPERTIES| DATA FILES | click the duplicate personal folder |
REMOVE | YES | CLOSE | CLOSE | OK
Start Outlook and they will not be present anymore

I just removed the data file that DIDN"T say *mail delivery location*
and the second set of folders was gone.........................

And THANK YOU to whomever the kind person was that presented this simple
fix. I'll try and find the original post again and get your name so I
can offer accolades to the right person...



While this has apparently happened to other users, I cannot seem to
(re)solve
my version of the problem. I have a duplicate "Personal Folder" file
in
Outlook, including all of the standard folders -- inbox, sent,
contacts, etc.
There is only one large pst file called "Outlook" which came across in
the
conversion from Outlook 2000. My laptop runs on Windows 2000. Any
help or
assistance will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Erick
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Thank you Russ- I did find your other reply and will wade through the MS
jargonese when time permits. Perhaps it's a reading comprehension thing but
those MS pages trigger a reaction of dread because I don't understand their
information. They have got to be the worst possible way of communication if
someone doesn't learn well from reading (is not visual learner). Simple
outlined steps are much easier to comprehend.

Again, thank you.
 
We can do that if you post what isn't clear in the jargonese.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
nancie said:
Thank you Russ- I did find your other reply and will wade through the MS
jargonese when time permits. Perhaps it's a reading comprehension thing
but those MS pages trigger a reaction of dread because I don't understand
their information. They have got to be the worst possible way of
communication if someone doesn't learn well from reading (is not visual
learner). Simple outlined steps are much easier to comprehend.

Again, thank you.
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