No, that does not work. I get the ubiquitous message that the operation
failed and an object could not be found
Thanks for the pointer to the
ghosts.htm but I am leary of tinkering with the registry. I should point
out
that the personal folder that I imported from my pc is intact and working,
at
least in the sense that my incoming mail goes there and all the files
including my Contacts are ok. The two unwanted personal folders both
contain
the old files that were in Outlook before the import. These are the two
that
I can not delete. I note that in a related discussion it was suggested to
re-create the profile. Is that my best option?
Re Gordon's comment about the proper way to move outlook.pst between
computers, I am afraid that I never stumbled on the suggested site. In the
past I used to locate the file via Documents and Settings and replace it
with
the new one. However, in this case I was copying to a Vista and was unable
to
locate Outlook.pst!
Diane Poremsky said:
if you right click on the folder can you close it? if not, see if the
methods at
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/ghosts.htm get rid of it.
NickR wrote on Fri, 02 January 2009 21:19
I have a similar problem to the one discussed here. I imported the
Outlook.pst file from my other computer and set the resulting personal
file
folder to be the default (i.e. incoming mail goes to its in box).
However, in
the process I ended up with TWO copies of the old personal folder, and
I am
unable to delete them. I tried this also using, as suggested, control
panel >
mail but these folders do not show up there. Can anyone help me with
this?
:
That is one of the reasons importing from PST files is not advised.
You now have a corrupt profile. You must create a new one and connect
it to
your data file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
After installing Outlook 2003, I imported data from two .pst data
files
(Outlook 2003 format). I now have three Personal Folders, mirror
images of
each other, even though I only have one data file. The two "new"
Personal
Folders share the same icon, while the first have a different one.
--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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