Reconstructing Outlook

[Ignoramus]

I had accidentally deleted my main Outlook (mail) profile from the
control panel. Now I created a new profile and tried to open the old
files and settings by simply going to File | Open and pointing to the
old Outlook.PST file (which is about 500 MB in size). Unfortunately
nothing seems to happen - there is no disk activity and my old folders
do not appear.

I understand importing my old Outlook.pst file is not a good idea - so
what is the best way to use the old data in my new profile?

Could someone perhaps point me to any KB article or other detailed
instructions?

Thanks

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Go back to control panel->mail icon->profiles. Highlight your profile and select properties, then data files. Is the data file shown the one you use? If not, then browse to the one you do use and make it the default.

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After furious head scratching, Ignoramus asked:

| I had accidentally deleted my main Outlook (mail) profile from the
| control panel. Now I created a new profile and tried to open the old
| files and settings by simply going to File | Open and pointing to the
| old Outlook.PST file (which is about 500 MB in size). Unfortunately
| nothing seems to happen - there is no disk activity and my old folders
| do not appear.
|
| I understand importing my old Outlook.pst file is not a good idea - so
| what is the best way to use the old data in my new profile?
|
| Could someone perhaps point me to any KB article or other detailed
| instructions?
|
| Thanks

 

[Ignoramus]

Thanks so much for the prompt response. Understood your instructions,
but could you please advise how I can select a specific data file as the
default? My OL2003 automatically defaults to a new data file which was
created when I created the new profile, but I need to have it use the
old .PST file as the default. How do I do that?

 

[Ignoramus]

Thanks so much for the prompt response. Understood your instructions,
but could you please advise how I can select a specific data file as the
default? My OL2003 automatically defaults to a new data file which was
created when I created the new profile, but I need to have it use the
old .PST file as the default. How do I do that?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

You did not mention that you were using Outlook 2003 - ALWAYS include your Outlook version when posting.

Since it has been a long time since I used 2003, try creating a new mail profile and configure it DURING THE PROFILE CREATION process to use the ..pst file you want. Hint: If you give the preferred .pst file a non-generic name like "ignoramus.pst" it will be easier to locate and make the default. Renaming is always done with OUtlook completely closed.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Ignoramus asked:

| Thanks so much for the prompt response. Understood your instructions,
| but could you please advise how I can select a specific data file as
| the default? My OL2003 automatically defaults to a new data file
| which was created when I created the new profile, but I need to have
| it use the old .PST file as the default. How do I do that?
|
|
| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] wrote:
|| Go back to control panel->mail icon->profiles. Highlight your
|| profile and select properties, then data files. Is the data file
|| shown the one you use? If not, then browse to the one you do use
|| and make it the default.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]