Too many Personal folders

[Shane Nation]

I have copied my Outlook folder from my desktop to my laptop. Now on my
laptop I have three personal folders which contain all the same data
"Calendar, Contacts etc" and I can not delete any of them. When I 1st right
clicked on two of them and click Close personal folder, I go a message
saying it could find this folder, now I don't get the option of closing the
personal folder.

PLease, please can anyone help. I only have the one personal folder on my
desktop PC.

I am using 2003

Thanks

Shane

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You really did not explain what you did. Simply "copying" a PST file without
configuring Outlook to use it will invariably cause profile corruption among
other problems. That is why Microsoft provided ample instructions on how to
migrate Outlook data in its Help Files. Please read them:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

 

[Lee Rich]

Russ,

Thanks for this link. As I was reading some of the posts your response
caught my eye.

Lee

You really did not explain what you did. Simply "copying" a PST file
without configuring Outlook to use it will invariably cause profile
corruption among other problems. That is why Microsoft provided ample
instructions on how to migrate Outlook data in its Help Files. Please read
them:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have copied my Outlook folder from my desktop to my laptop. Now on my
laptop I have three personal folders which contain all the same data
"Calendar, Contacts etc" and I can not delete any of them. When I 1st
right clicked on two of them and click Close personal folder, I go a
message saying it could find this folder, now I don't get the option of
closing the personal folder.

PLease, please can anyone help. I only have the one personal folder on my
desktop PC.

I am using 2003

Thanks

Shane

 

[Shane Nation]

Thank you.
I copied the whole outlook folder from C:\Documents and Settings\Shane\Local
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft and placed it in the same location on
the laptop.

Will I have to un-install Outlook from my laptop to correct the corruption?

And will I be able to use this method on a weekly basis to transfer the file
from desktop to laptop?

Shane

You really did not explain what you did. Simply "copying" a PST file
without configuring Outlook to use it will invariably cause profile
corruption among other problems. That is why Microsoft provided ample
instructions on how to migrate Outlook data in its Help Files. Please read
them:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have copied my Outlook folder from my desktop to my laptop. Now on my
laptop I have three personal folders which contain all the same data
"Calendar, Contacts etc" and I can not delete any of them. When I 1st
right clicked on two of them and click Close personal folder, I go a
message saying it could find this folder, now I don't get the option of
closing the personal folder.

PLease, please can anyone help. I only have the one personal folder on my
desktop PC.

I am using 2003

Thanks

Shane

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

No need to uninstall. Just create a new profile and configure it to use the
PST you want.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thank you.
I copied the whole outlook folder from C:\Documents and
Settings\Shane\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft and placed it in
the same location on the laptop.

Will I have to un-install Outlook from my laptop to correct the
corruption?

And will I be able to use this method on a weekly basis to transfer the
file from desktop to laptop?

Shane

You really did not explain what you did. Simply "copying" a PST file
without configuring Outlook to use it will invariably cause profile
corruption among other problems. That is why Microsoft provided ample
instructions on how to migrate Outlook data in its Help Files. Please
read them:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have copied my Outlook folder from my desktop to my laptop. Now on my
laptop I have three personal folders which contain all the same data
"Calendar, Contacts etc" and I can not delete any of them. When I 1st
right clicked on two of them and click Close personal folder, I go a
message saying it could find this folder, now I don't get the option of
closing the personal folder.

PLease, please can anyone help. I only have the one personal folder on
my desktop PC.

I am using 2003

Thanks

Shane