Why do my emails "disappear" as soon as I retrieve them?

[Guest]

I encountered this problem only today. As soon as I click on send/retrieve,
the process starts, however, it doesn't show in my inbox. The emails
"disappear". When I do a search for an email, an alert window opens with the
following message: The file C:\Documents and settings\M Botes\Local
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst is in use and could
not be accessed. Close any application using this file and try again. There
is no other application open - as far as I know!

Second question, how can I save email folders that is on one computer to
also show with all emails on another computer when I use my Outlook?

 

[F.H. Muffman]

I encountered this problem only today. As soon as I click on
send/retrieve, the process starts, however, it doesn't show in my
inbox. The emails "disappear". When I do a search for an email, an
alert window opens with the following message: The file C:\Documents
and settings\M Botes\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst is in use and could not be
accessed. Close any application using this file and try again. There
is no other application open - as far as I know!

How are you doing the search?

Anyways, in Outlook, down on the status bar (go to view-status bar if it
isn't visible), all the way over on the left, does it say 'Filter Applied'?

Second question, how can I save email folders that is on one computer
to also show with all emails on another computer when I use my
Outlook?

You can shut outlook down, use task manager to make sure it isn't running,
and copy the PST file from one machine to the other.