Why 2 identical Personal Folders?

[Guest]

I used "import" to gather some Inbox and Sent items from my traveling laptop
and put them on my home desktop. Now I have two identical personal folders.
Can't get rid of one of them. Why is this and how do I fix it?
Thanks for any help.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Posted here countless times. You never import Outlook data. Importing
Outlook data corrupts your profile and creates a ghost PST file. You can
either live with it or create a new profile and migrate your data correctly,
the methods for which have also been posted here countless times: open the
data file and copy what you need from it. Instructions:
File > Open > Outlook Data File...

 

[Guest]

Posted here countless times. You never import Outlook data. Importing
Outlook data corrupts your profile and creates a ghost PST file. You can
either live with it or create a new profile and migrate your data correctly,
the methods for which have also been posted here countless times: open the
data file and copy what you need from it. Instructions:
File > Open > Outlook Data File...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I used "import" to gather some Inbox and Sent items from my traveling
laptop
and put them on my home desktop. Now I have two identical personal
folders.
Can't get rid of one of them. Why is this and how do I fix it?
Thanks for any help.

Thanks, for telling me how very stupid I am (a newbie), who found that MS offered to inport from a pst file - it seemed logical to me). I want you to tell me where I can find out how to correct my mistake. Opening the pst from the laptop as you suggest will not allow me to see and integrate that data with the old info I have on my desktop.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

What part of my instructions do you not understand? Why do you think it
doesn't work?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Posted here countless times. You never import Outlook data. Importing
Outlook data corrupts your profile and creates a ghost PST file. You can
either live with it or create a new profile and migrate your data
correctly,
the methods for which have also been posted here countless times: open
the
data file and copy what you need from it. Instructions:
File > Open > Outlook Data File...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I used "import" to gather some Inbox and Sent items from my traveling
laptop
and put them on my home desktop. Now I have two identical personal
folders.
Can't get rid of one of them. Why is this and how do I fix it?
Thanks for any help.

Thanks, for telling me how very stupid I am (a newbie), who found that MS
offered to inport from a pst file - it seemed logical to me). I want you
to tell me where I can find out how to correct my mistake. Opening the
pst from the laptop as you suggest will not allow me to see and integrate
that data with the old info I have on my desktop.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Perhaps you meant to ask how to see and integrate your data? You can most
certainly see it, so I doubt you meant what you posted.
The data file is right there. Do whatever you wish with it:
1. Copy and paste information from it into your current file.
2. Reuse your old file and close the new one by setting your previous file
as the default.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

What part of my instructions do you not understand? Why do you think it
doesn't work?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Posted here countless times. You never import Outlook data. Importing
Outlook data corrupts your profile and creates a ghost PST file. You can
either live with it or create a new profile and migrate your data
correctly,
the methods for which have also been posted here countless times: open
the
data file and copy what you need from it. Instructions:
File > Open > Outlook Data File...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I used "import" to gather some Inbox and Sent items from my traveling
laptop
and put them on my home desktop. Now I have two identical personal
folders.
Can't get rid of one of them. Why is this and how do I fix it?
Thanks for any help.

Thanks, for telling me how very stupid I am (a newbie), who found that
MS offered to inport from a pst file - it seemed logical to me). I want
you to tell me where I can find out how to correct my mistake. Opening
the pst from the laptop as you suggest will not allow me to see and
integrate that data with the old info I have on my desktop.

 

[Guest]

Russ, having a bad day? You may be frustrated that you're answering a
question again, but I've found the search function here to be less than
usefull. So I suggest if you're going to take the time to post an answer, cut
the attitude. To me, a totally disinterested party, it reaks of condisention.

Matt

Perhaps you meant to ask how to see and integrate your data? You can most
certainly see it, so I doubt you meant what you posted.
The data file is right there. Do whatever you wish with it:
1. Copy and paste information from it into your current file.
2. Reuse your old file and close the new one by setting your previous file
as the default.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

What part of my instructions do you not understand? Why do you think it
doesn't work?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

:

Posted here countless times. You never import Outlook data. Importing
Outlook data corrupts your profile and creates a ghost PST file. You can
either live with it or create a new profile and migrate your data
correctly,
the methods for which have also been posted here countless times: open
the
data file and copy what you need from it. Instructions:
File > Open > Outlook Data File...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I used "import" to gather some Inbox and Sent items from my traveling
laptop
and put them on my home desktop. Now I have two identical personal
folders.
Can't get rid of one of them. Why is this and how do I fix it?
Thanks for any help.

Thanks, for telling me how very stupid I am (a newbie), who found that
MS offered to inport from a pst file - it seemed logical to me). I want
you to tell me where I can find out how to correct my mistake. Opening
the pst from the laptop as you suggest will not allow me to see and
integrate that data with the old info I have on my desktop.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Indeed. The search function here is useless. That does not, however, render
you helpless, does it? There are many robust search methods for these
newsgroups. I'd suggest becoming acquainted with at least one.
http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?sel=33607886&expand=1
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ, having a bad day? You may be frustrated that you're answering a
question again, but I've found the search function here to be less than
usefull. So I suggest if you're going to take the time to post an answer,
cut
the attitude. To me, a totally disinterested party, it reaks of
condisention.

Matt

Perhaps you meant to ask how to see and integrate your data? You can most
certainly see it, so I doubt you meant what you posted.
The data file is right there. Do whatever you wish with it:
1. Copy and paste information from it into your current file.
2. Reuse your old file and close the new one by setting your previous
file
as the default.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

What part of my instructions do you not understand? Why do you think it
doesn't work?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]


:

Posted here countless times. You never import Outlook data. Importing
Outlook data corrupts your profile and creates a ghost PST file. You
can
either live with it or create a new profile and migrate your data
correctly,
the methods for which have also been posted here countless times:
open
the
data file and copy what you need from it. Instructions:
File > Open > Outlook Data File...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I used "import" to gather some Inbox and Sent items from my
traveling
laptop
and put them on my home desktop. Now I have two identical personal
folders.
Can't get rid of one of them. Why is this and how do I fix it?
Thanks for any help.

Thanks, for telling me how very stupid I am (a newbie), who found
that
MS offered to inport from a pst file - it seemed logical to me). I
want
you to tell me where I can find out how to correct my mistake.
Opening
the pst from the laptop as you suggest will not allow me to see and
integrate that data with the old info I have on my desktop.

 

[***TominFL***]

Russ, having a bad day? You may be frustrated that you're answering a
question again, but I've found the search function here to be less than
usefull. So I suggest if you're going to take the time to post an answer, cut
the attitude. To me, a totally disinterested party, it reaks of condisention.

Matt

Perhaps you meant to ask how to see and integrate your data? You can most
certainly see it, so I doubt you meant what you posted.
The data file is right there. Do whatever you wish with it:
1. Copy and paste information from it into your current file.
2. Reuse your old file and close the new one by setting your previous file
as the default.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

What part of my instructions do you not understand? Why do you think it
doesn't work?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]


:

Posted here countless times. You never import Outlook data. Importing
Outlook data corrupts your profile and creates a ghost PST file. You can
either live with it or create a new profile and migrate your data
correctly,
the methods for which have also been posted here countless times: open
the
data file and copy what you need from it. Instructions:
File > Open > Outlook Data File...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I used "import" to gather some Inbox and Sent items from my traveling
laptop
and put them on my home desktop. Now I have two identical personal
folders.
Can't get rid of one of them. Why is this and how do I fix it?
Thanks for any help.

Thanks, for telling me how very stupid I am (a newbie), who found that
MS offered to inport from a pst file - it seemed logical to me). I want
you to tell me where I can find out how to correct my mistake. Opening
the pst from the laptop as you suggest will not allow me to see and
integrate that data with the old info I have on my desktop.

Prior to taking a trip with my laptop, would it be OK to copy the current pst file from my desktop to my laptop, delete the pst that is on the laptop, then use the one that was copied from the desktop while on a trip? Then when I return just reverse that procedure? Reason I want to do this is because I have many folders that i keep current in the pst file, so it is lots of work to copy and paste each one before and after each trip. Surely this must be a common problem?

 

[Brian Tillman]

Prior to taking a trip with my laptop, would it be OK to copy the
current pst file from my desktop to my laptop, delete the pst that
is on the laptop, then use the one that was copied from the desktop
while on a trip?

You shouldn't simply delete PSTs or overwrite one with another of the same
name, in case they're a part of an existing mail profile. Instead, put the
PST in some folder, like My Documents, or some other folder you create
specifically for the purpose, and then use the Mail applet in Control Panel
to change the delivery location PST. Since you don't state your Outlook
version (or I missed in in the thread), this is for OL 2003. First, use the
Data Files button to add the copied PST to the mail profile, then use the
E-mail Accounts button to select that PST as the delivery location (E-mail
Accounts>View or change existing E-mail accounts>Next. Change the "Delivery
new e-mail to the following location" drop-down to point to the added PST.
Close the applet and start Outlook. You'll have the moved PST as your
default folders.

Then when I return just reverse that procedure?
Reason I want to do this is because I have many folders that i keep
current in the pst file, so it is lots of work to copy and paste
each one before and after each trip. Surely this must be a common
problem?

There are other ways as well of synching two Outlooks. See
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.asp