TWO COPIES OF OUTLOOK.PST

[NORM]

I just reconfigured my computer so the :C drive has basically XP and a few
operating programs with a separate hard drive containing all my data and the
rest of my programs.

OFFICE is on :C .

In :C\doc&set\me\localset\app data\ms\outllok is a 7.9KB outlook.pst file
date 8/26

In :c\prog files\msoffice is a 6.7KB outlook.pst file dated today

on F (where Office was and was the old "C drive) is:

Doc&sets\user1 13.657KB file dated TODAY

docand set\user1\local set\app data\microsoft\outlook 2.7KB file dated 7/6

What gives with the multiple files and why is the one on F the largest and
updating when the OFFICE is loaded on C and I'm archiving to C.

Should I be backing up the ARCHIVE file or the OUTLOOK.PST file anyway?

Thanks,

NORM

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Impossible to say since we have no idea what you actually did. What steps
did you use to back up and transfer your Outlook data file to your new
installation? Surely you didn't think Outlook would just do that all by
itself. Suggest reading the many posts here that tell you how to back up and
transfer Outlook data and follow those instructions.

 

[Lorien]

Go to File and then Data Management. On the Data Files tab, select the file
you want to check (personal folders) and then click on it and then click on
set as default to set it as the default (if you don't want the one on F to be
the default anymore.). This will give you control of where you want your data
files located. Then you can set backup to go to these locations during
backup. Personally, I store my outlook.pst file in My Documents so I don't
need to specify a separate location. At least that's how it works in Outlook
2007. I'm sure there's a data management option somewhere in the menus (or in
one of the sub-menus).

Your files aren't very big so I suspect you can use almost any one of them
(probably the one saying today's date) without losing much data - but if not
then check each of them to see which you want as the default and save that
one as the default.