Lots of issues and mistakes he
1. Why did you "have to reinstall Office 2003?" I can think of nothing that
would solve and a lot of problems it would create, which you are now
discovering.
2. Never ever rename an Outlook data file when Outlook is closed. Your
profile is now corrupt.
3. Do you back up your data and do you know where a good backup of your
Outlook data file is?
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Ed Isenberg" wrote in message
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I had to reinstall Office 2003 Pro, When I finished, Outlook opened a new
.pst file. Normally I would solve this problem by using either "Open |
Outlook Data File" or "Import/Export". However, when I click on these
buttons
(or "Data File Management") nothing happens.

I tried closing Outlook and renaming the Outlook1.pst (the file Outlook is
now using) to "Outlook1 blank.pst" and renaming "Outlook Backup.pst" (the
correct file) to "Outlook1.pst". The result is Outlook correctly opens the
file but I can't save any new or changed appointments. I get an error that
the file was copied or I don't have permission to alter the file."

What do I do?

Ed