Brian - thank you!

It worked - although it took some time, as for a while there when
opening Outlook I had 3 identical sets of folders & wasn't able to
delete any! Oddly enough, there were different outlook.pst files & some
duplicate files in different directories on my PC. Finally though, I
was able to identify 1 copy that had all my imported messages & folders
from Outlook Express & another that simply contained the standard
folders that Outlook creates, which was copied to my wife's &
daughter's directories. (My wife & daughter used to keep all mail
messages on their respective msn.com web mailboxes; I was the only one
using OE).

You mentioned it looked like I upgraded from 98. Close, but not quite -
I upgraded from ME.

On the topic of monitoring my daughter's mail, I'd love to - but at 24
years old I don't think she'll deal well with me trying to put some
parental controls on her messages! I'm trying to do just that
concerning the guy she is dating & I'm not getting very far.

Again thank you very much for taking the time out to help me!

Regards,

Kevin

Brian Tillman wrote:

By default, Outlook should create new PSTs in the
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook folder.
Each person should use the Mail applet in Control Panel to make sure their
Outlook points to the correct PST. The one you named (not in this post, but
in your prior one) sounds like you upgraded from Windows 98

With Outlook closed in everyone's account, rename the Outlook.pst currently
in your Windows user profile and the rename the one in the C:\Windows\...
folder back to your Windows user profile. It doesn't have to be in the
...\Application\Microsoft\Outlook folder, but it should be in your own user
profile. Start Outlook and when it complains that it can't find the
folders, browse to where you moved them, select them and click OK. Your
Outlook should be back to normal.

Now, go to each person's login and create a mail profile for them that
points to a PST in their own Windows user profile path.

Off-topic, but as one father to another - monitor your daughter's
mail.regularly, depending on her age, of course. A minor child should not
have his or her own mailbox that you can't access.
--
Brian Tillman