2 suggestions:
1. Reset your rules by stepping through them and directing them to the
proper Folders. I do not understand why rules would be affected if all you
did was copy data from another PST file. There must be more to this story.
Did you change the default delivery location for this profile?
2. Reset your Outlook Address Book by removing it from the profile,
restarting Outlook, and re-adding it. I do not understand why search
functions would be affected if all you did was copy data from another PST
file. There must be more to this story. Did you change the default delivery
location for this profile?
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Jim McGowan" wrote in message
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On Sun, 21 May 2006 06:42:17 -0400, "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]"
wrote:

The most reliable way is simply to copy the contents of one folder to
another (Select All Copy to Folder...). Copying the folder itself will
create a second folder which cannot be set as default. Many users are
tempted to use Outlook's import routine to transfer data. Avoid it. It is
flawed. It will lose data and have other unintended consequences such as
creating a duplicate PST file.
For folders such as calendar, you'll need to create a list view (e.g., "By
category") so you can select all appointments at once. --
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Well, all has been moved to the new PST. Good and bad news:

Good - it all went relatively painlessly. A heck of a lot of copying,
dragging, etc. Re-creating rules, search folders, etc. But
eventually I finished.

Bad news: Outlook 2003 is acting up now that I am using the
2003-format PST. Rules keep failing. I have rules set up to move
messages to certain folders for certain email accounts. I set them all
up, run them as a test - all is well. They all work when I test them.
Then I get a message that matches a rule and I get a rules error
saying that the target folder doesn't exist. I fix it - it breaks.
Continually.

Next, after setting up three or four search folders, before I finsh
the third or fourth, Outlook terminates. No warning at all, no error
message, no audible alert. It just quietly closes. And when I open it
again there are no search folders.

Plus, it is definitely slower than it was before the switch.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

--
Jim McGowan