Issues with Outlook 2003

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Eric C. Vogel

Win XP MCE 2k4 all patchs.

I have a ghost PST attached. How do I get rid of it?

The set of folders could not be opened.

Also I got a ghost dupe of Contacts in there.

Thanks to AJSystems Outback painful restore. I already had to create a new
profile.

I think Outlook 2003 is becoming on of the worst e-mail clients. I think I
am almost to the point of painfully exporting each set of folders and
starting from scratch. What is worse I do not have the time, but I NEED to.
I have a resume to update, lack of time, and I cannot keep in touch if I
have to weed thought spam.

I did remove the pst from the data folder I can put them back in but I still
cannot remove it.

I would hate to leave Outlook, but if I cannot have a working e-mail client
who cannot dl messages fast (S-L-O-W) and not have these goof ups. OE can
piles these e-mails in in no time. I hae a 4 or more Mbs connection.

Right now I want to work on this spare listing, cause it is throwing off my
spam filter (which is now removed) and the wrong contact folder. I went into
the e-mail accounts folder and it is on the right one there. I select the
other tells me the store is not there.
Eric
 
The easiest way to get rid of a ghost PST file is to start over with a new clean mail profile. If the first one didn't do the trick, try another one. There is no need to do any exporting. Just use the PST file that stores your existing data as the default store for the new profile.
 
I think I did that. After I create the new profile, what do I do?

The easiest way to get rid of a ghost PST file is to start over with a new
clean mail profile. If the first one didn't do the trick, try another one.
There is no need to do any exporting. Just use the PST file that stores your
existing data as the default store for the new profile.
 
Have you opened the old .pst file in the new profile? If not, use File | Open | Outlook Data File. Once it's working, go to Tools | E-mail Accounts and make your old PST file the default. You can then close the ..pst file that Outlook created automatically for the new profile.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
Thank you works now. Outlook seems a little faster, but not by much.

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Thank you,
Eric Vogel

Have you opened the old .pst file in the new profile? If not, use File |
Open | Outlook Data File. Once it's working, go to Tools | E-mail Accounts
and make your old PST file the default. You can then close the .pst file
that Outlook created automatically for the new profile.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
The mysterious Personal Folders poped up again. I get the standard error
message. What needs to be done to get this fix correctly so it does not
happen again?
 
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