Why does Outlook create multiple archive folders?

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I have just changed my laptop and moved my archive.pst file onto the new
laptop. The new laptop (same version of Outlook2003) has its hard drive
partitioned into C: for program files (where Outlook is located) and D: for
data files. The archive.pst file was placed into D:Documents and
settings.../outlook (the same location as it would have been on the C: drive
on the previous computer).The archive settings point to the correct location
for the archive.pst file.

When I then archive, Outlook creates 2 new (identical) archive folders. One
is in the same folder as the original archive.pst file (in this case Outlook
creates archive1.pst) and the other is on the C: drive in the same root
folder. If I close these new files, close outlook, delete the new .pst files
and restart Outlook, when I try to archive it creates the same two files.

I have tried moving the original archive.pst into the C: drive directory and
changed the location setting on Outlook, but on archiving it still creates
two new files, one on the C: drive and one on the D: drive.

Can anyone help?
 
Mark B said:
I have just changed my laptop and moved my archive.pst file onto the
new laptop. The new laptop (same version of Outlook2003) has its hard
drive partitioned into C: for program files (where Outlook is
located) and D: for data files. The archive.pst file was placed into
D:Documents and settings.../outlook (the same location as it would
have been on the C: drive on the previous computer).The archive
settings point to the correct location for the archive.pst file.

When I then archive, Outlook creates 2 new (identical) archive
folders. One is in the same folder as the original archive.pst file
(in this case Outlook creates archive1.pst) and the other is on the
C: drive in the same root folder. If I close these new files, close
outlook, delete the new .pst files and restart Outlook, when I try to
archive it creates the same two files.
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Perhaps one of your folders has archive settings that differ from the
general settings. Every folder can have its own.
 
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