How to use and/or import existing outlook.pst in a newly installed Outlook 2003, data store location

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After saving my existing Outlook 2003 PST file, I re-installed Windows XP
Pro SP2 on my notebook. Of course, I also had to re-install Outlook 2003.
Now I would like to Import and/or otherwise start using my "old" outlook.pst
file with my newly installed Outlook 2003. How can I accomplish this?

 

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Ok, I seem to have figured out out to Point Outlook 2003 to a second
Personal Folders file (Outlook.pst on my D: drive), but now I have 2
personal folders appearing under the navigation panel on the left hand side
of my newly installed Outlook 2003. I only want the one, "old" personal
folders and I don't want the "new" largely empty personal folders.

Regards/Peter Sale

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[Guest]

Open Outlook,
Go to tools
Email accounts
Select "Next" to view or change existing email accounts
On the email accounts page select the drop down box by "New Outllok Data File"
Choose the other personal folder
Hit finish
close Outlook
reopen Outlook
Now right mouse on the empty Personal folder and select "Close Personal
Folder"
Done

Clayton
Cheers

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP Outlook/OneNote]

Ok, I seem to have figured out out to Point Outlook 2003 to a second
Personal Folders file (Outlook.pst on my D: drive), but now I have 2
personal folders appearing under the navigation panel on the left hand
side of my newly installed Outlook 2003. I only want the one, "old"
personal folders and I don't want the "new" largely empty personal
folders.

Regards/Peter Sale

Tools | Options | Mail Setup | Data Files...

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[Brian Tillman]

After saving my existing Outlook 2003 PST file, I re-installed
Windows XP Pro SP2 on my notebook. Of course, I also had to
re-install Outlook 2003. Now I would like to Import and/or otherwise
start using my "old" outlook.pst file with my newly installed Outlook
2003. How can I accomplish this?

Open your mail profile (Control Panel>User Accounts>Mail). Click the Data
Files button and point your profile at your old PST.