restoring addresses and sent files

[Guest]

Hi,

I can not access my old sent files or address book.
Before I went through an XP restore, I saved all .pst
files (all eight)and copied them successfully back to the
Documents and Settings/owner/local settings/application
data/microsoft/outlook directory. Here are the file
names:

1. archive - 48 KB
2. mailbox - 32 KB
3. Outlook - 106 MB
4. Outlook1 - 103 MB
5. Outlook2 - 109 MB
6. Outlook3 - 32 KB
7. Ted_Home - 69 KB
8. Outlookold - 900 KB

When I go to "Tools" and "E-mail accounts" and then click
on "Directory and "view or change existing directories or
address books", and further, mouse-click "change", I find
that the path leads to "mailbox.PAB". If I "browse" to
find any of the other files in that Outlook directory, I
do not see them and do not have an option to any files
but the .PAB files (e.g. to the .pst files for the other
files in the directory).

How do to access or open any of the .pst files, e.g.
Outlook2 which looks like it has the most files, where I
believe are my most recent addresses and sent files?

Ted Ricks

 

[leskiepie]

Click on "new outlook data file" right by the delivery
area towards the bottom and search for pst there.

Lisa

 

[Brian Tillman]

I can not access my old sent files or address book.
Before I went through an XP restore, I saved all .pst
files (all eight)and copied them successfully back to the
Documents and Settings/owner/local settings/application
data/microsoft/outlook directory. Here are the file
names:

First, it's not _required_ that you have the PSTs in that folder.

When I go to "Tools" and "E-mail accounts" and then click
on "Directory and "view or change existing directories or
address books", and further, mouse-click "change", I find
that the path leads to "mailbox.PAB".

The PAB file is no longer used.

\> How do to access or open any of the .pst files, e.g.

Outlook2 which looks like it has the most files, where I
believe are my most recent addresses and sent files?

File>Open>Personal Folder File (or Outlook Data File). Browse to the
various files.

 

[Ted Ricks]

Hi Lisa,

Could you give me more information? Where in Outlook
is "new outlook data file"?

Ted

 

[Brian Tillman]

Could you give me more information? Where in Outlook
is "new outlook data file"?

File>New>Outlook Data File. It will say "Personal Folders File" if you're
using OL2000 or earlier.