I work at various computers using of a usb flash drive storage device. I have
all my information stored in this device with the exception of the outlook
information and more specifically my contact information located at each of
the computers that I work at. I have copied the outlook pst file into the
contents of the usb drive but I can not get the outlook software to read from
this pst file instead of the pst file located in each computer. It would be
ideal if I could have the contact information to be pulled and edited
directly from the pst file that I have pulled into my usb drive.

Is there anyone out there that can assist me?

Do you have Outlook configured to open the second .pst file on the USB
drive? File-Open-Outlook Data File. Be sure to close it before
disconnecting the USB drive from the computer or it will corrupt.

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After furious head scratching, SteveC asked:

| I work at various computers using of a usb flash drive storage
| device. I have all my information stored in this device with the
| exception of the outlook information and more specifically my contact
| information located at each of the computers that I work at. I have
| copied the outlook pst file into the contents of the usb drive but I
| can not get the outlook software to read from this pst file instead
| of the pst file located in each computer. It would be ideal if I
| could have the contact information to be pulled and edited directly
| from the pst file that I have pulled into my usb drive.
|
| Is there anyone out there that can assist me?

I am not sure what you mean by configured. I can see the pst file by going as
you sugrested to Fileopenoutlook datafile. What is next? after I folow the
above steps and I open the file, it brings me back into the outlook window
and opens the contacts stored in the computer pst.

Thank-you
Steve

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

Do you have Outlook configured to open the second .pst file on the USB
drive? File-Open-Outlook Data File. Be sure to close it before
disconnecting the USB drive from the computer or it will corrupt.

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, SteveC asked:

| I work at various computers using of a usb flash drive storage
| device. I have all my information stored in this device with the
| exception of the outlook information and more specifically my contact
| information located at each of the computers that I work at. I have
| copied the outlook pst file into the contents of the usb drive but I
| can not get the outlook software to read from this pst file instead
| of the pst file located in each computer. It would be ideal if I
| could have the contact information to be pulled and edited directly
| from the pst file that I have pulled into my usb drive.
|
| Is there anyone out there that can assist me?

Do you see a second set of Personal Folders? What happens if you expand
that tree?

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, SteveC asked:

| I am not sure what you mean by configured. I can see the pst file by
| going as you sugrested to Fileopenoutlook datafile. What is next?
| after I folow the above steps and I open the file, it brings me back
| into the outlook window and opens the contacts stored in the computer
| pst.
|
| Thank-you
| Steve
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Do you have Outlook configured to open the second .pst file on the
|| USB drive? File-Open-Outlook Data File. Be sure to close it
|| before disconnecting the USB drive from the computer or it will
|| corrupt.
||
|| --�
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, SteveC asked:
||
||| I work at various computers using of a usb flash drive storage
||| device. I have all my information stored in this device with the
||| exception of the outlook information and more specifically my
||| contact information located at each of the computers that I work
||| at. I have copied the outlook pst file into the contents of the usb
||| drive but I can not get the outlook software to read from this pst
||| file instead of the pst file located in each computer. It would be
||| ideal if I could have the contact information to be pulled and
||| edited directly from the pst file that I have pulled into my usb
||| drive.
|||
||| Is there anyone out there that can assist me?