Outlook settings from old Windows profile

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Sjaakie Helderhorst

Hi,
All of a sudden Windows decided to create a new profile, causing my Outlook
settings to disappear into oblivian. I have more than 12 e-mail accounts
with corresponding rules stored in this old account. Is there a util
available which can extract these settings from my old profile and restore
them into my new?

Thanks in advance!
 
Sjaakie Helderhorst said:
All of a sudden Windows decided to create a new profile, causing my
Outlook settings to disappear into oblivian. I have more than 12
e-mail accounts with corresponding rules stored in this old account.
Is there a util available which can extract these settings from my
old profile and restore them into my new?
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Windows doesn't "decide" to so anything. It does only what it's told to do.

If this "profile" you mention a Windows user profile or a mail profile? If
the latter, see if your prior profile still exists with Control Panel's Mail
applet. Control Panel>Mail>Show Profiles.
 
No, not possible.

Also; if it created a new profile doesn't that mean the old one has been
deleted?

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Brian Tillman said:
Windows doesn't "decide" to so anything. It does only what it's told to
do.
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I'm aware it doesn't do something on its own. So it must have something to
do with a corrupt windows profile (or something similar). Thing is, there's
no obvious reason why this profile should be corrupt. Windows shut down
without any error.... (Yes, I pressed Start to shut the system down)
If this "profile" you mention a Windows user profile or a mail profile?
If the latter, see if your prior profile still exists with Control Panel's
Mail applet. Control Panel>Mail>Show Profiles.
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It's the Windows profile, 'Show Profiles' only shows the new profile.
 
Sjaakie Helderhorst said:
It's the Windows profile, 'Show Profiles' only shows the new profile.
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The Mail applet's Show Profile has nothing to do with the Windows user
profile. If you have a new Windows profile, the Mail applet won't show
another user's mail profile

Does the new Windows user have Administrator privileges? If so, look in
"C:\Documents and Settings" for the old Windows user. Your old PST should
be under "C:\Documents and Settings\olduser\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook. It's a hidden folder, so be sure to modify the
Folder Options to enable viewing hidden files and folders.
 
Brian Tillman said:
The Mail applet's Show Profile has nothing to do with the Windows user
profile. If you have a new Windows profile, the Mail applet won't show
another user's mail profile

Does the new Windows user have Administrator privileges? If so, look in
"C:\Documents and Settings" for the old Windows user. Your old PST should
be under "C:\Documents and Settings\olduser\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook. It's a hidden folder, so be sure to modify the
Folder Options to enable viewing hidden files and folders.
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Found the pst-file.
To save time I gave up searching for a solution and started manually
defining new accounts and rules.
Thanks for you support!
 
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