You did not mention that you were using Outlook 2003 - ALWAYS include your Outlook version when posting.

Since it has been a long time since I used 2003, try creating a new mail profile and configure it DURING THE PROFILE CREATION process to use the ..pst file you want. Hint: If you give the preferred .pst file a non-generic name like "ignoramus.pst" it will be easier to locate and make the default. Renaming is always done with OUtlook completely closed.


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After furious head scratching, Ignoramus asked:

| Thanks so much for the prompt response. Understood your instructions,
| but could you please advise how I can select a specific data file as
| the default? My OL2003 automatically defaults to a new data file
| which was created when I created the new profile, but I need to have
| it use the old .PST file as the default. How do I do that?
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| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] wrote:
|| Go back to control panel-mail icon-profiles. Highlight your
|| profile and select properties, then data files. Is the data file
|| shown the one you use? If not, then browse to the one you do use
|| and make it the default.
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