two copies of Archive.pst: which one is the right one?

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My Outlook 2003 has 2 Archive Folders. When I open Data File Management I
see that I have 2 archive.pst files listed in 2 different subdirectories.
1. ...\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook and the other
2. ...\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Which one should I keep and which one should I remove? I should mention here
that I have a roaming profile i.e. I frequently log on from multiple
different machines in our domain.
 
I should also add that the copy in the ...\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook is in hte new format while the file in the
....\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook is 97-2002 format.
 
Open each of them and compare the data - or just compare the modified date
to find your most recent.

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After furious head scratching, Leon asked:

| My Outlook 2003 has 2 Archive Folders. When I open Data File
| Management I see that I have 2 archive.pst files listed in 2
| different subdirectories.
| 1. ...\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook and the other
| 2. ...\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
|
| Which one should I keep and which one should I remove? I should
| mention here that I have a roaming profile i.e. I frequently log on
| from multiple different machines in our domain.
 
Thanks for the sugestion but this is not really what I was after. I want to
know the proper/default location of the archive.pst.


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
 
Leon said:
My Outlook 2003 has 2 Archive Folders. When I open Data File
Management I see that I have 2 archive.pst files listed in 2
different subdirectories.
1. ...\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook and the other
2. ...\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Which one should I keep and which one should I remove?
Click to expand...

You may need to keep them both, as each could contain distinct data archived
at different times. They could also be archiving different folders, as each
folder can have a unique archive file specified.
 
Leon said:
Which one should I keep and which one should I remove?
Click to expand...

Another thought: click FIle>Archive and compare the value for the PST there
with what's under Data File Management. The one that matches is most likely
the currently active one.
 
Leon said:
Thanks for the sugestion but this is not really what I was after. I
want to know the proper/default location of the archive.pst.
Click to expand...

The second one you posted would be the default path.
 
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