when I click 'file', 'open', 'outlook data file', I have one option. It says
'outlook' and has the outlook symbol next to it. It doesn't have a file
extension or anything. By files of type, it says 'personal folders files'.
When I choose to see 'all files', the only add'l thing that comes up is a
file called 'extend'.

When I go to properties for the calendar, the autoarchive was set to archive
to: C:\Documents and Settings\Mom\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\archive.pst --- but when I try to open an archive
file saved at that location, there isn't one. It was set to archive using
default settings but when I clicked on the default settings tab, nothing was
selected.

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

qtpa2t wrote:

thank you so much, I changed the setting.

On getting the old stuff back: when I pressed 'ok' to open the
archive file, I was brought back to the outlook today page but
nothing seemed different than my normal everyday view, and nothing is
showing in the calendar still for the time when it was autoarchived.
I did note that permanently deleting the files was not checked - is
there something else I can do to get my old appts back?

Did you examine the Folder List view to see if the archive PST was listed?
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Brian Tillman