Hi Milly,
Thank you for your great help.
Anyway I can get my Contacts, e-mail account settings, and rules back.

Tks & Merry Christmas
Ben



"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message
...
If you were using a .pst file for your mail storage, it may have a different
name than outlook.pst - search for any .pst file that you can find (search
hidden folders as well). Once the .pst(s) are found, open Outlook and use
File-Open-Outlook Data File. Open your old .pst and you should be up and
running again.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Ben asked:

| My PC was a stand alone PC that previously belonged to a domain (that
| was no more in use). I had Outlook running on it that could get my
| e-mails from several web e-mail services using POP3 (no Exchange). I
| had a few thousand e-mails in this outlook. For some reason I removed
| my PC from the Domain and join a workgroup.
| Now when I launch my Outlook, it wants to start from scratch.
| Can my previous e-mail accounts, rules, contacts, and vital e-mails be
| re-stored?
| Thank you in advance,
| Ben