How do I perform a compltely clean re-install of Outlook?

[Guest]

Outlook 2003 stopped showing calender items, so I copied items to new pst,
removed Outlook and deleted outlook.ost and then reinstalled. Now when I
start Outook it looks for the copied pst. How do I make Outlook install as a
brand new install so that the messy history is not copied into the new
version? Thanks!

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Egads, talk about the exact wrong way to get Outlook to use a new data file.

The first thing you should have done is go to Control Panel and create a new
Profile and configure it to use a new Outlook Data File.

I have no idea what kind of hodge-podge you have now created.


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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Outlook_reinstall asked:

| Outlook 2003 stopped showing calender items, so I copied items to new
| pst, removed Outlook and deleted outlook.ost and then reinstalled.
| Now when I start Outook it looks for the copied pst. How do I make
| Outlook install as a brand new install so that the messy history is
| not copied into the new version? Thanks!

 

[Brian Tillman]

Outlook 2003 stopped showing calender items, so I copied items to new
pst, removed Outlook and deleted outlook.ost and then reinstalled.
Now when I start Outook it looks for the copied pst.

You didn't remove that PST from the mail profile.

 

[Guest]

Thanks to you both!