I am running Windows XP SP2 and Outlook 2003 SP2.

Thanks
Ben


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message
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If an older version of Outlook, your rules are in a separate file with a
..rwz extension. Your account settings are in the registry. What version of
Outlook are you using (note - it always helps to post this information in
the initial post - it cuts down on the guess work from folks trying to
help)?

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Ben asked:

| Sorry for the confusion.
| I see that I have my contacts and calendar, but I have not been able
| to locate my rules and e-mail account settings.
| Are they lost?
|
| Thanks again.
| Ben
|
| "Ben" wrote in message
| ...
|| 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
||
||
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|| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message
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|| 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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|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
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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