Hello all.

Outlook 2000

I have successfully moved the location of my outlook.pst to My Documents,
using the artcile 257831 kindly mentioned here.

Everthing works OK EXCEPT when I try to move messages from the Inbox to a
sub-folder I previously used OK. The system still llooks for subfolder in
its previous place under Application Data. How can I hnage this please?

###thanks

How are you trying to move it? if the subfolder a folder within the current
pst or is it in a different pst?

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"Moi" wrote in message ...
Hello all.

Outlook 2000

I have successfully moved the location of my outlook.pst to My Documents,
using the artcile 257831 kindly mentioned here.

Everthing works OK EXCEPT when I try to move messages from the Inbox to a
sub-folder I previously used OK. The system still llooks for subfolder in
its previous place under Application Data. How can I hnage this please?

###thanks

Moi wrote:

Everthing works OK EXCEPT when I try to move messages from the Inbox
to a sub-folder I previously used OK. The system still llooks for
subfolder in its previous place under Application Data. How can I
hnage this please?

Are you choosing the entry on the "Move to Folder" drop-down? Rechoose the
folder by navigating to it to update that entry.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

"Brian Tillman" wrote in message
...
Moi wrote:

Everthing works OK EXCEPT when I try to move messages from the Inbox
to a sub-folder I previously used OK. The system still llooks for
subfolder in its previous place under Application Data. How can I
hnage this please?

Are you choosing the entry on the "Move to Folder" drop-down? Rechoose
the folder by navigating to it to update that entry.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

To Brian and Diane

Thanks for the reply. I am using the 'organise' function within Outlook to
try and move messages from the Inbox to the subsidiary folders I had set up.
They were working Ok previously. I'd appreciate step-by-step guidance on
this.

Moi wrote:

Thanks for the reply. I am using the 'organise' function within
Outlook to try and move messages from the Inbox to the subsidiary
folders I had set up. They were working Ok previously. I'd
appreciate step-by-step guidance on this.

Did you recreate your Organize filters?
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

"Brian Tillman" wrote in message
...
Moi wrote:

Thanks for the reply. I am using the 'organise' function within
Outlook to try and move messages from the Inbox to the subsidiary
folders I had set up. They were working Ok previously. I'd
appreciate step-by-step guidance on this.

Did you recreate your Organize filters?
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

No. Well, this is what I just did. Created new subfolders with slightly
different names, eg BloggsNew instead of Bloggs. Under organise moved all
messages from eg Bloggs to BloggsNew, and then deleted the folder Bloggs!
Worked a treat. Thank heaps Brian!

"Brian Tillman" wrote in message
...
Moi wrote:

Thanks for the reply. I am using the 'organise' function within
Outlook to try and move messages from the Inbox to the subsidiary
folders I had set up. They were working Ok previously. I'd
appreciate step-by-step guidance on this.

Did you recreate your Organize filters?
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Thanks Brian. I have now, with complete success. Only one problem remains:
Although, after moving the messages, I have deleted the old sub folders
under Folder View, they still remain when I invoke the drop-down box in
Organise. Can you help with this?

And a partly unrelated thing. I always thought the pst file also held
newsgroups. But mine were not in the backed up pst file. I think Outlook
2000 actually invokes Outlook Express for Newsgroups. Where is the newsgroup
detail held? Can this file also be moved to My Documents, and thus be backed
up when I routinely do My Documents? Can you help with this too?

"Moi" wrote in message ...

Thanks Brian. I have now, with complete success. Only one problem remains:
Although, after moving the messages, I have deleted the old sub folders
under Folder View, they still remain when I invoke the drop-down box in
Organise. Can you help with this?

I believe that's the "Move to Folder" MRU. You can find its location in the
Registry by visiting http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/mru.htm

And a partly unrelated thing. I always thought the pst file also held
newsgroups. But mine were not in the backed up pst file. I think Outlook
2000 actually invokes Outlook Express for Newsgroups. Where is the
newsgroup detail held? Can this file also be moved to My Documents, and
thus be backed up when I routinely do My Documents? Can you help with this
too?

Plain vanilla Outlook doesn't do newsgroups. It, as you observe, uses
Outlook Express (with the /outnews command switch). News items are kept in
Outlook Express's message store, not in PSTs.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

"Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message
...
"Moi" wrote in message ...

Thanks Brian. I have now, with complete success. Only one problem
remains: Although, after moving the messages, I have deleted the old sub
folders under Folder View, they still remain when I invoke the drop-down
box in Organise. Can you help with this?

I believe that's the "Move to Folder" MRU. You can find its location in
the Registry by visiting http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/mru.htm

And a partly unrelated thing. I always thought the pst file also held
newsgroups. But mine were not in the backed up pst file. I think Outlook
2000 actually invokes Outlook Express for Newsgroups. Where is the
newsgroup detail held? Can this file also be moved to My Documents, and
thus be backed up when I routinely do My Documents? Can you help with
this too?

Plain vanilla Outlook doesn't do newsgroups. It, as you observe, uses
Outlook Express (with the /outnews command switch). News items are kept
in Outlook Express's message store, not in PSTs.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

So, if it's in the registry, no doubt I cannot simply change its location to
My Documents, for example (which I back up frequently)?

"Moi" wrote in message ...

So, if it's in the registry, no doubt I cannot simply change its location
to My Documents, for example (which I back up frequently)?

What I said was in the registry and what you asked about was the list of
Outlook folders that appear in the "Move message selected below to"
drop-down of the Organize wizard. This drop-down cannot point to a Windows
file system folder.

If you mean by the above that you want to back up the Outlook Express files
generated when you read news, see this: http://www.insideoe.com/backup/
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]