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Where else to find folders of emails on a computer?
We are using Outlook 2007 with Exchange server. We have a user who has been
moving his emails off of the Exchange server to some folders he created or by Auto Archive feature in Outlook 2007. He basically drag and drop the emails from his Exchange server Inbox to his folders on the left side. The question is, where are all of these folders full of emails located on the local computer? At first I thought it must have been the Auto Archive feature that kicks in every 14 days and created those folders for him to be able to drag and drop, but when I check the following location the archive.pst file size is very small. C:\Documents and Settings\%your username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\ The total folders of emails must be about 1 to 2GB in file size. Where else on the local machine could Outlook had put it? Any help is much appreciated. |
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Where else to find folders of emails on a computer?
Outlook will set up any archive, or other data file it creates in the
location specified by the user I would do a search for *.pst to include hidden locations "Charlie" wrote in message news We are using Outlook 2007 with Exchange server. We have a user who has been moving his emails off of the Exchange server to some folders he created or by Auto Archive feature in Outlook 2007. He basically drag and drop the emails from his Exchange server Inbox to his folders on the left side. The question is, where are all of these folders full of emails located on the local computer? At first I thought it must have been the Auto Archive feature that kicks in every 14 days and created those folders for him to be able to drag and drop, but when I check the following location the archive.pst file size is very small. C:\Documents and Settings\%your username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\ The total folders of emails must be about 1 to 2GB in file size. Where else on the local machine could Outlook had put it? Any help is much appreciated. |
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Where else to find folders of emails on a computer?
"Charlie" wrote in message
news We are using Outlook 2007 with Exchange server. We have a user who has been moving his emails off of the Exchange server to some folders he created or by Auto Archive feature in Outlook 2007. He basically drag and drop the emails from his Exchange server Inbox to his folders on the left side. The question is, where are all of these folders full of emails located on the local computer? At first I thought it must have been the Auto Archive feature that kicks in every 14 days and created those folders for him to be able to drag and drop, but when I check the following location the archive.pst file size is very small. C:\Documents and Settings\%your username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\ The total folders of emails must be about 1 to 2GB in file size. Where else on the local machine could Outlook had put it? Ask Outlook where those files are. FileData File Management and ToolsOptionsOtherAutoArchive. It's conceivable he also has other archive PSTs assigned to specific folders, and you can find that by examining the properties of the Exchange folders. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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Where else to find folders of emails on a computer?
Right now the computer has been partitioned, formatted and install Windows XP
on it. I'm using a data recovery software to recover any .pst files but so far I have not found any credible .pst files that contains 4-6 years of emails. The archive.pst file size is quite small. For now, I will assume that the user does not know how to redirect the Auto archive folder to other places on the machine or network drive. |
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Where else to find folders of emails on a computer?
"Charlie" wrote in message
... Right now the computer has been partitioned, formatted and install Windows XP on it. I'm using a data recovery software to recover any .pst files but so far I have not found any credible .pst files that contains 4-6 years of emails. The archive.pst file size is quite small. For now, I will assume that the user does not know how to redirect the Auto archive folder to other places on the machine or network drive. Good luck with that. I think it's unlikely you'll get the data back. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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Where else to find folders of emails on a computer?
Have you considered that the user may have saved each email as a .msg file
or even an .htm file? They could be stored anywhere on the computer. "Charlie" wrote in message news We are using Outlook 2007 with Exchange server. We have a user who has been moving his emails off of the Exchange server to some folders he created or by Auto Archive feature in Outlook 2007. He basically drag and drop the emails from his Exchange server Inbox to his folders on the left side. The question is, where are all of these folders full of emails located on the local computer? At first I thought it must have been the Auto Archive feature that kicks in every 14 days and created those folders for him to be able to drag and drop, but when I check the following location the archive.pst file size is very small. C:\Documents and Settings\%your username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\ The total folders of emails must be about 1 to 2GB in file size. Where else on the local machine could Outlook had put it? Any help is much appreciated. |
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Where else to find folders of emails on a computer?
If your using Exchange also look for .OST
-- Dan Field (Reg Grad Surveyor) "Kathleen Orland" wrote in message ... Have you considered that the user may have saved each email as a .msg file or even an .htm file? They could be stored anywhere on the computer. "Charlie" wrote in message news We are using Outlook 2007 with Exchange server. We have a user who has been moving his emails off of the Exchange server to some folders he created or by Auto Archive feature in Outlook 2007. He basically drag and drop the emails from his Exchange server Inbox to his folders on the left side. The question is, where are all of these folders full of emails located on the local computer? At first I thought it must have been the Auto Archive feature that kicks in every 14 days and created those folders for him to be able to drag and drop, but when I check the following location the archive.pst file size is very small. C:\Documents and Settings\%your username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\ The total folders of emails must be about 1 to 2GB in file size. Where else on the local machine could Outlook had put it? Any help is much appreciated. |
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Where else to find folders of emails on a computer?
"News from OZ" wrote in message
... If your using Exchange also look for .OST No need. The OST is simply a reflection of what's in the Exchange mailbox and will be recreated to match when the account is created. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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