What happened? Outlook says it cannot find any folders?

[Mike]

I just tried to open outlook and it says it cant find the folders. It worked
fine earlier in the day. What's up? I can access my contacts, calendar,
notes etc. It just wont find the inbox or email

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Version of Outlook? Exact error message?

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Mike asked:

| I just tried to open outlook and it says it cant find the folders.
| It worked fine earlier in the day. What's up? I can access my
| contacts, calendar, notes etc. It just wont find the inbox or email

 

[Mike]

Outlook 2002

"Unable to display the folder. Microsoft Outlook could not access the
specified folder location."

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Sounds like you have a damaged profile - try creating a new mail profile
here: Control Panel->Mail Icon. Do not copy your old profile - it is
corrupt.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Mike asked:

| Outlook 2002
|
| "Unable to display the folder. Microsoft Outlook could not access the
| specified folder location."
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Version of Outlook? Exact error message?
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|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
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|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
|| How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
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|| After furious head scratching, Mike asked:
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||| I just tried to open outlook and it says it cant find the folders.
||| It worked fine earlier in the day. What's up? I can access my
||| contacts, calendar, notes etc. It just wont find the inbox or email

 

[Argent6978]

I'm getting this same error. It was wierd, I wasn't even using my mail
program, I was playing a video game and the screen went black. I reset the
computer after it didn't do anything and after trying Ctrl+Alt+Del and
Alt+F4, and when windows started back up, it tries to do a ScanDisk check. I
let it try the first time, but it encountered an error, and it tries
everytime I start my computer now. After that it loads into Windows, but
when I go to my E-mail, I get the same error message as Mike. I'm using
Windows XP Pro x64 Edition, and my Outlook is from Office 2003, version
11.5608.5606. I tried finding this mail profile thing you mentioned, but I
don't know where it is. Is there any help you could provide for my problem
short of wiping out my HDD and starting over with a fresh install?

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I'm using
Windows XP Pro x64 Edition, and my Outlook is from Office 2003, version
11.5608.5606. I tried finding this mail profile thing you mentioned, but
I
don't know where it is.

In order to see the Mail applet in Control Panel on a 64 bit system, you
must first enable the 32 bit Control Panel.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888832