Trish wrote:

Hello again, I am tearing my hair out!! :-( I have followed
eveything it says in the instructions. I still cannot connect my
Outlook.pst file to Outlook. In Outlook if I go to File Open
Outlook Data File, I can see the .pst file. It gives me the option
to use a file association and when I bring up the list, Outlook isn't
there, so I cannot even open it.


Then you're not doing it correctly. Only if you are trying to open the file
from within Windows Explorer will you be asked for the file association.
You must open the file from WITHIN OUTLOOK or from the Mail applet in
Control Panel.

Every time I select the .pst file
I get the following messages "Personal folders - This information has
not been configured. Select an existing file to configure, or type
the name of a new file to create" and "Properties for this
information service must be defined prior to use".

Describe EXACTLY the steps you are using from the beginning when you create
a new mail profile to the point when you get this error.

I have also
purchased a new laptop and wanted to copy the Outlook.pst file to the
new laptop, but I am afraid it may be corrupted and I don't wish to
transfer corrupted files in case I recreate this nightmare on the new
machine. I really hope someone out there can help me with this.
Many thanks in advance. Trish

The sympttoms you describe are not indicative of corruption in the PST and I
don't believe you'll cause problems on the new PC by using the old PST on it
unless you do not configure the mail profile on new PC correctly.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]