Unable to bring back folders after clicking on "close folders"

[Jacob]

I need help with the following problems:<BR>
<BR>
1. A few weeks ago I nuked my hard drive and another tech reinstalled
a lot of programs, including some backed up, very important Microsoft
Outlook files. Since then, I have doubles of a lot of programs and all
this stuff needs to be cleaned up, deleted, etc., on my hard
drive.<BR>
<BR>
2. This morning, a huge amount of folders disappeared in My Microsoft
Outlook section. This section was separate from the base section of
Outlook Today [Personal Folders]. While in the base section, I clicked
on "close folders" and this caused all the other separate folders to
vanish. I've spent a couple of hours trying to bring these back but
cannot locate them. They have not been deleted, so I am hoping these
missing folders are still there...somewhere.<BR>
<BR>
3. For some reason, all of my jpeg photographs are in a "read-only"
format. They need to be changed back to a normal setting.<

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

Search your system for .pst files. If the data still exists, then it will be in one of those files, which you can open with the File | Open | Outlook Data File command in Outlook.

If you don't see any .pst files after you search, you may need to adjust the settings in Windows Explorer to show hidden and system files. Choose Tools | Folder Options, then switch to the View tab, and select "Show hidden files and folders."

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