outlook.pst deleted by Outlook after moving the file between profiles

[Ed]

Windows XP Pro SP2
Outlook 2002 10.6516.6735 SP3

I just imported email from Eudora to Outlook via Outlook Express. Took
hours, but it worked. Left me with an 800MB outlook.pst file. I opened
Outlook and everything worked fine. Then, I noticed that Outlook had
stored the outlook.pst file under my previous profile: Joe User
I now use profile named: joe.user

So, I closed Outlook, and moved the outlook.pst and extend.dat files
from:
C:\Documents and Settings\Joe User\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook
to
C:\Documents and Settings\joe.user\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook

So, "Joe User" profile had no outlook.pst at this point.
Then, I started up Outlook.
It didn't ask for an outlook.pst file, it just created a new empty one
under "Joe User".
No problem, I went to tell Outlook to look for it's outlook.pst file in
the new profile, "joe.user".
Then I noticed that the 800MB outlook.pst was missing.

I ran a google desktop search, a MS search of system and private
folders and subfolders and found nothing. Nothing in the recycle bin.
Boom, all gone.

Any ideas what happened?

Thanks,

Ed

 

[William Lefkovics [MVP]]

Outlook should have prompted you for the new .pst file location. (and you
didn't need to move extend.dat).

Also, in creating a new one, it won't overwrite an existing one, but it will
append something to the file name. What files now reside in:
C:\Documents and Settings\joe.user\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook

 

[Gordon]

Windows XP Pro SP2
Outlook 2002 10.6516.6735 SP3

I just imported email from Eudora to Outlook via Outlook Express.

Why? there's a direct import from Eudora to Outlook.

 

[Ed]

just extend.dat

 

[Ed]

I tried the one in Outlook, and it said it couldn't import. The user
has Eudora 7.x, and Outlook Importer says it it made to handle Eudora
2.x, 3.x and 4.x.

Outlook Express says the same, however, OE let's me import the Eudora
piece by piece. i.e. settings, address book, mail, as separate imports.

I used this tutorial:
http://anrcs.ucdavis.edu/Email_Opti...1/Windows_email-_Import_Eudora_to_Outlook.htm

 

[Gordon]

I tried the one in Outlook, and it said it couldn't import. The user
has Eudora 7.x, and Outlook Importer says it it made to handle Eudora
2.x, 3.x and 4.x.

I think you'll find however, that if you navigate to where the Eudora files
are, then it'll still work. It certainly used to with Eudora 6......

 

[planb]

I think you'll find however, that if you navigate to where the Eudora files
are, then it'll still work. It certainly used to with Eudora 6......

When import just the mail from Eudora, Outlook is looking for three
files for each mailbox.

The mbox, the associated toc, and the descmap.pce file.

As long as Eudora hasn't changed their TOC format so that Outlook can't
parse it, the version won't make a difference.