question about mailbox.pst file

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emily

I recently got a new computer and transferred my Outlook mailbox.
All the mail folders were intact and everything worked fine except
that all my calendar notations were somehow lost in the shuffle. If
anyone has any clues about where they might have gone, I'd appreciate
hearing them.

A more vexing problem is that when I looked for the mailbox file in
the new computer today, I found that the last one was dated about ten
days ago, the day it was transferred to this computer. In the past, I
think Outlook undated this file whenever I closed the program. Can
someone tell me why this isn't happening now, or how to make Outlook
produce one which is current?

Thanks for any help,

Emily
 
1) What type of notations are we talking about here? Typed, attachment,
other?

2) When you start Outlook the modified date of the pst-file will change to
the current time and date. What do you mean with "undate" the file?

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1) What type of notations are we talking about here? Typed, attachment,
other?
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Sorry, Outlook calls them Events. Appointments, reminders, that sort
of thing. Birthdays and anniversaries from the Contact folder do show
up (although after transferring the .pst file to the new computer, all
these dates had mysteriously changed to one day earlier), but no
Events that I had entered, either past or future.
2) When you start Outlook the modified date of the pst-file will change to
the current time and date. What do you mean with "undate" the file?
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"Undate" was a typo which made it by the spell checker.

No, Outlook is not modifying the date when I open (or close) the
program. That's my problem. I use Outlook every day and open and
close the program a number of times each day. The date of the .pst
file remains 12-29-04. Unless WinXP means something entirely
different by "date modified" than all previous versions of Windows, it
seems to me this date should change as it always did before.

Emily
 
It all depends on how you changed between the computers. The method to do it
correctly is copying the pst-file from one computer to the other while
Outlook is closed. Then make a connection on the new computer by File->
Open-> Outlook Data File. Optionally you can set it as your default delivery
location by Tools-> E-mail Accounts-> button Next-> dropdownlist at the
bottom.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

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It all depends on how you changed between the computers. The method to do it
correctly is copying the pst-file from one computer to the other while
Outlook is closed. Then make a connection on the new computer by File->
Open-> Outlook Data File.
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I can't remember for sure how I did it. Maybe I just put the old .pst
file in the folder and Outlook found it, but based on your suggestion,
I opened the old file and copied the intact Calendar to the new
Calendar where it became a sub-folder. It also solved the problem of
the date modified not being updated when I closed the program. I
definitely do not understand why copying the calendar had any effect
on this, but since it seems to be working correctly now, thanks very
much.
Optionally you can set it as your default delivery
location by Tools-> E-mail Accounts-> button Next-> dropdownlist at the
bottom.
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I have no idea what you mean by this. On my Tools, there's an Account
choice where my ISP information is, but there is no Next button
anywhere that I can find. What do you mean by "delivery location"?

Emily

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

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I have no idea what you mean by this. On my Tools, there's an Account
choice where my ISP information is, but there is no Next button
anywhere that I can find. What do you mean by "delivery location"?
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The only Outlook that had the "Accounts" item on the Tools menu in the main
window was Outlook 2000 in Internet Mail Only mode. I don't see where you
ever mentioned your Outlook version, so people were guessing.
 
The only Outlook that had the "Accounts" item on the Tools menu in the main
window was Outlook 2000 in Internet Mail Only mode. I don't see where you
ever mentioned your Outlook version, so people were guessing.
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Sorry. You're right, it's 2000. I think the friend who set up our
network may have gotten the update files and run them, something I'd
never done. If he did, it doesn't seem to have made in difference in
anything.

I'm not sure what you mean about Internet Mail Only mode. Where is
that?

Emily
 
I'm not sure what you mean about Internet Mail Only mode. Where is
that?
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Outlook 98 and 2000 had two installation modes: "Internet Mail Only" and
"Corporate and Workgroup". The former mode configured Outlook behave
similarly to and have menu items similar to Outlook Express. The latter was
intended for businesses to use Exchange as the server. You can see your
mode on Help>About.
 
I can't remember for sure how I did it. Maybe I just put the old .pst
file in the folder and Outlook found it, but based on your suggestion,
I opened the old file and copied the intact Calendar to the new
Calendar where it became a sub-folder. It also solved the problem of
the date modified not being updated when I closed the program. I
definitely do not understand why copying the calendar had any effect
on this, but since it seems to be working correctly now, thanks very
much.
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Now I'm confused again. The date did change on the 10th, but I looked
at it this morning and it's still dated the 10th, even though the
program has been opened and closed numerous times since then. The
contents of the file are correct, and nothing is being lost, but why
doesn't the date on the .pst file change? This is driving me
crazier.

Thanks,

Emily
 
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