You dont want to copy the default folders, only the data within them.
Within OL FileOpenData File......browse to 'old pst'
Then copy a batch of data at a time, and test your 'new' data file before
copying some more
(It may be that something/data in the old file is corrupt)

"TonyR" wrote in message
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I did that and it setup the new data file correctly and I made it the
default and it can be compressed.

I tried to copy the stuff from the old data file to the new one but it
will
not copy things like Inbox, Calendar, Contacts etc. Is there a way to copy
them to the new data file?
Tony

"DL" address@invalid wrote in message
...
For the time being, using the mail applet in control panel (with OL
closed)
create a new data file and designate it the default.
Does OL then function correctly?

"TonyR" wrote in message
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Yes i tried that and it has not helped.


"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
...
have you tried making a new profile and adding the old pst to it as
the
default delivery location at the time you create the profile?

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"TonyR" wrote in message
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See below for my original post and a reply, here are some more
details.

I installed Optlook 2003 on my new PC then copied my Outlook.pst
file
from my old machine to the new machine and that resulted in 2
Personal
Folders appearing.
I don't recall now exactly how but I managed to get rid of one of
them
and Outlook uses the other one (copied from old PC) just fine until
I
try
to access the Advanced Options for the folder so I can compress the
data
file.

By "Second Mail Folder" I mean that I have a Personal Folders where
I
have all my personal emails and I also have a Work Related folder
for
all
my work emails. I have some rules setup to move emails to my Work
folder.
I have no problems compressing this data file.

Any advice on fixing my problem would be welcone.

Thanks,
Tony

__________________________________________________ ___________________

Unclear post. "Second Mail Folder" means what precisely?
From your incomplete description, you appear to be trying to access
an
Outlook data file that has a corrupt connection to your profile.
Only
you
could know how you corrupted this profile. Tell us the rest of the
story.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"TonyR" wrote in message
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I'm running Outlook 2003 and it is working fine except that when I
try
to
go to the Advanced options of the properties of my Personal Folders
I
get
the message "Operation failed. An object could not be found". What
I'm
trying to do is go in there to compress the data file.

I have a second mail folder and I have no problem compressing it.

Any suggestions on how I can fix this?

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