I see. How do I get rid of a ghost?
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Jackie D
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
The second PST file was a ghost, by the way, not your archive PST file.
Ghosts are created whenever you try to migrate your data file by importing
it or by just pasting it into Outlook's default location. You must migrate
PST files by opening them in Outlook. Also, it does not matter which format
a PST file is in. Both formats are valid Outlook Data Files.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Jackie D" wrote in message
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Thanks Russ for this help file. I'll give it a go.
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Jackie D
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
You corrupted your profile by migrating data incorrectly. You must create
a
new profile from scratch and migrate your data file correctly. The Help
files tell you how.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...771141033.aspx
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Jackie D" wrote in message
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Hi
I'm using Outlook 2003 on my laptop (OS XP) and I have the old style
pst
folder and not the outlook data file. Recently I noticed that I have
two
folders called Personal Folders File. The main one is at the top and
the
second one (with an identical copy of all the folders) is underneath.
After
much head scratching I realized that the second one is usually my
archive
folders. I thought I could go into Properties and rename the file but I
can't
modify anything. Also, when I navigate to the C: drive where the
personal
folders files are stored, only one is showing. And I do have 'show all
hidden
files' selected.
I tried to uninstall and reinstall Outlook from the original CD but the
duplicate personal folders files are still present. Does anyone know
what's
happend and how I can get it back to factory settings?
By the way, this all started because I was planning on creating a new
style
personal data file but even though I delete the old ones, they still
appear
in the left-hand pane when I open Outlook.
Thanks
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Jackie D