Lost Outlook.pst file link in new profile

[Tom]

I inadvertantly "changed" an XP user profile which was
part of already joined to a domain and joined it to a new
domain belonging to a seperate LAN in another site.
This obviously changes my entire original profile! I
managed to copy most of the orginalt profiled directory
structure and access "manually" However, accessing Outlook
it began to re-install as if it where a new Outlook
account. How do I point the new user profile to access the
original Outlook.pst file and configuration? I visited the
knowledge base and it referred to the outlook.pst being
linked to it's original profile for it to work? What if I
don't want the original profile that was part of the
original domain? Can't I just copy the .pst file from the
old profile to the locations folder of the new profile and
overwrite that .pst? Desperatley in need of advice.

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

Don't overwrite one .PST with another; it's unnecessary and it can cause
problems. Your preferred .PST file can go anywhere you want it to. Open
Outlook, then go to File | Open | Outlook Data File. Find your old .PST
file and open it -- you'll see it in your Folder List. Then go to Tools |
E-mail Accounts, click View or change existing e-mail accounts, click Next,
and specify your preferred .PST as the default in the dropdown box
underneath the mail accounts list.

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[Guest]

Thanks Jocelyn,

Will this work even if the profile user names have
changed ? Thanks, Tom

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

Yes -- just make sure the .PST file is in a folder accessible by the user of
the new Windows profile. .PST files themselves are not profile-specific.

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MVP - Outlook

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