I get the following error when trying to start Outlook, I checked and
verified the specified file contains no data. What are my options here?

Unable to display the folder. Microsoft Outlook could not access the
specified folder location. The file C:\Documents and Settings\Shawn
Speelman\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst is
not a personal folders file.
--

I ran the inbox repair tool on the missing file and got the following
message: "This file cannot be reocvered because it is not large enough to
contain any useful data."

search your drive for *.pst - use the advanced option for finding hidden
files and folders. Is there another larger pst?

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"Shawn Speelman" wrote in message
...
I ran the inbox repair tool on the missing file and got the following
message: "This file cannot be reocvered because it is not large enough to
contain any useful data."

Shawn Speelman wrote:

I get the following error when trying to start Outlook, I checked and
verified the specified file contains no data. What are my options
here?
Unable to display the folder. Microsoft Outlook could not access the
specified folder location. The file C:\Documents and Settings\Shawn
Speelman\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst is not a personal folders file.

I ran the inbox repair tool on the missing file and got the following
message: "This file cannot be reocvered because it is not large
enough to contain any useful data."


Something happened to your PST that has corrupted it seemingly beyond
repair. Without knowing what has happend on your PC recently, there's no
way to tell how this corruption occurred. You may simply have to bite the
bullet and start a new PST, making it your new delivery location.
--
Brian Tillman

The folder is still there but contains no data, so what 'exactally' do I do
here to at least get Outlook to function, as it opens but I get the
mentioned error when I try to send receive or select another folder.

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"Brian Tillman" wrote in message
...
Shawn Speelman wrote:

I get the following error when trying to start Outlook, I checked and
verified the specified file contains no data. What are my options
here?
Unable to display the folder. Microsoft Outlook could not access the
specified folder location. The file C:\Documents and Settings\Shawn
Speelman\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst is not a personal folders file.

I ran the inbox repair tool on the missing file and got the following
message: "This file cannot be reocvered because it is not large
enough to contain any useful data."


Something happened to your PST that has corrupted it seemingly beyond
repair. Without knowing what has happend on your PC recently, there's no
way to tell how this corruption occurred. You may simply have to bite the
bullet and start a new PST, making it your new delivery location.
--
Brian Tillman

Since this one is toast, create a new mail profile and let Outlook create a
new data storage file.

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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reading.

After furious head scratching, Shawn Speelman asked:

| The folder is still there but contains no data, so what 'exactally'
| do I do here to at least get Outlook to function, as it opens but I
| get the mentioned error when I try to send receive or select another
| folder.
|
|| Shawn Speelman wrote:
||
||| I get the following error when trying to start Outlook, I checked
||| and verified the specified file contains no data. What are my
||| options here?
||| Unable to display the folder. Microsoft Outlook could not access the
||| specified folder location. The file C:\Documents and Settings\Shawn
||| Speelman\Local Settings\Application
||| Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst is not a personal folders file.
||
||| I ran the inbox repair tool on the missing file and got the
||| following message: "This file cannot be reocvered because it is not
||| large enough to contain any useful data."
||
||
|| Something happened to your PST that has corrupted it seemingly beyond
|| repair. Without knowing what has happend on your PC recently,
|| there's no way to tell how this corruption occurred. You may simply
|| have to bite the bullet and start a new PST, making it your new
|| delivery location. --
|| Brian Tillman