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Recreate a new PST file
Hi folks,
A friend of mine seems to have a corrupted Outlook setup. His 500Mb or so PST file appears twice on the left-hand pane, and when he tries to view properties on either of them he gets an error. I've verified for sure that only one PST file physically exists on the PC. This also causes problems with his address book, and he gets an error when he tries to access it. Although he can cancel this and then it works. I've tried moving the PST file, but when Outlook starts it cannot find it (of course) and exits. It doesn't give the option to create a new PST file. I was thinking of moving the contents to a separate "archive" PST file, and then trying to generate a new blank PST file. Anyone have any ideas how to do this? I'm loathed to uninstall Office if it all does when I reinstall is use the same settings and file. Any ideas? Thanks |
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Recreate a new PST file
The user corrupted his profile, most likely by migrating his data
incorrectly. Just create a new profile and set it to use the correct PST file as its default. I assume you know how. You failed to post your Outlook version. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "StainlessSteelRat" wrote in message ... Hi folks, A friend of mine seems to have a corrupted Outlook setup. His 500Mb or so PST file appears twice on the left-hand pane, and when he tries to view properties on either of them he gets an error. I've verified for sure that only one PST file physically exists on the PC. This also causes problems with his address book, and he gets an error when he tries to access it. Although he can cancel this and then it works. I've tried moving the PST file, but when Outlook starts it cannot find it (of course) and exits. It doesn't give the option to create a new PST file. I was thinking of moving the contents to a separate "archive" PST file, and then trying to generate a new blank PST file. Anyone have any ideas how to do this? I'm loathed to uninstall Office if it all does when I reinstall is use the same settings and file. Any ideas? Thanks |
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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
The user corrupted his profile, most likely by migrating his data incorrectly. Just create a new profile and set it to use the correct PST file as its default. I assume you know how. You failed to post your Outlook version. The PST file was backed up when the PC was installed, then replaced when Outlook (2003) was reinstalled. All was fine for the first few days, and then this happened. Although they're not sure how. I'm not sure how you would create a new profile offhand, is it straightforward? |
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It is.
http://support.microsoft.com/default...roduct=out2003 But be aware that this new profile will still create its own new default PST file and you will still need to migrate the old PST file correctly: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...771141033.aspx -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "StainlessSteelRat" wrote in message ... Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote: The user corrupted his profile, most likely by migrating his data incorrectly. Just create a new profile and set it to use the correct PST file as its default. I assume you know how. You failed to post your Outlook version. The PST file was backed up when the PC was installed, then replaced when Outlook (2003) was reinstalled. All was fine for the first few days, and then this happened. Although they're not sure how. I'm not sure how you would create a new profile offhand, is it straightforward? |
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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
It is. http://support.microsoft.com/default...roduct=out2003 But be aware that this new profile will still create its own new default PST file and you will still need to migrate the old PST file correctly: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...771141033.aspx OK, thanks for your help, I'll give this a try... |
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