I've already told you twice. Create a new profile.
http://support.microsoft.com/default...roduct=out2003

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Jackie D" wrote in message
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Russ,
I'm afraid creating a new data file isn't solving the problem of my
corrupt
personal folders files. The problem is, I can't close or delete the
corrupt
one or its ghost. I can create a new data file and that works fine but the
old ones are still visible.

Can you suggest a way of getting rid of these files? I don't need to keep
any old emails or contacts. I rwad the article you suggested but I'm none
the
wiser. Nothing I try is working.
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Jackie D


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

The way I already told you. You must create a new profile. In older
versions
you could remove the reg key that referenced the file, but not in Outlook
2003 or 2007.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Jackie D" wrote in message
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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