Bad move. You should never copy an Outlook data file to the default
location. It's very likely you'll overwrite another PST file and corrupt
your profile, which you appear to have done. Why else would the file now be
called Outlook(1).pst?
Start over with a new Outlook profile. Connect it to a good copy of your
original file that you placed in a different location by opening it in the
new profile and setting it as your default. Restart Outlook and then
configure the Outlook Address Book to your new default using the standard
procedu
http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=ol2002
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Russ Valentine
"Jethro Pull" wrote in message
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Moved the .pst file from the external backup drive to
C:\Users\phil\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook.

Selected Account Settings\Data Files and selected Outlook(1).pst located
in Personal Folders, as the Default file.

On 1/16/2010 4:12 PM, Russ Valentine wrote:
No. Reinstalling won't help a thing.
We still need to know exactly how you connected the new Outlook profile
to your old data file and how you then configured the Outlook Address
Book Service in this profile.