I've had to fish my .pst file from my main computer (Windows XP with Outlook
2003) that was hit by a virus last week and place it on my laptop (Win98SE
with Outlook 2000. I normally keep the file in a subfolder of My Documents
for easy backup but I haven't been religious about that. I sure got religion
last week though.

I loaded the laptop with a fresh copy of Office 2000 with Outlook and fired
it up. I saw one set of Personal Folders with an Inbox, Calendar, etc. I
then created another folder in the same subdirectory and placed the
retrieved .pst file into it. I then selected OPEN from the FILE menu, found
the retrieved folder, and openned it up. It got added directly under the
first set of clean folder created during the original install.

Q1) Are there supposed to be two sets of folders?
Q2) If not, how do I get rid of the first set?

When I openned the retrieved file (the 2nd set of Personal Folders) all
looked well with the exception of birthdays on the calendar. When I would
pull up the individual in the Contacts folder and click the icon
representing the entry on the calendar for the birthdate, I received a
notice that the file couldn't be found. It was referring to a location in
Windows|\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook. Apparently the program threw
those links into another file... or there's some additional step I need to
take to make this whole again.

Q3) Will someone please comment on this notice and give me some guidance on
how to get myself out of this fix?

Can't.
You haven't provided enough information about your version. Outlook 2000 had
2 completely different versions. Which are you using? Internet Mail Only or
Corp/Workgroup?

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"jaygreg" wrote in message
...
I've had to fish my .pst file from my main computer (Windows XP with
Outlook
2003) that was hit by a virus last week and place it on my laptop (Win98SE
with Outlook 2000. I normally keep the file in a subfolder of My Documents
for easy backup but I haven't been religious about that. I sure got
religion
last week though.

I loaded the laptop with a fresh copy of Office 2000 with Outlook and
fired
it up. I saw one set of Personal Folders with an Inbox, Calendar, etc. I
then created another folder in the same subdirectory and placed the
retrieved .pst file into it. I then selected OPEN from the FILE menu,
found
the retrieved folder, and openned it up. It got added directly under the
first set of clean folder created during the original install.

Q1) Are there supposed to be two sets of folders?
Q2) If not, how do I get rid of the first set?

When I openned the retrieved file (the 2nd set of Personal Folders) all
looked well with the exception of birthdays on the calendar. When I would
pull up the individual in the Contacts folder and click the icon
representing the entry on the calendar for the birthdate, I received a
notice that the file couldn't be found. It was referring to a location in
Windows|\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook. Apparently the program threw
those links into another file... or there's some additional step I need to
take to make this whole again.

Q3) Will someone please comment on this notice and give me some guidance
on
how to get myself out of this fix?

Q1) Yes
With OL closed use Mail Applet in Control Panel to manage data files

PS Presumably, in OL2003, you didnt use the unicode format to create a pst
(the new format is not usable in pre OL2003, but doesnt have same size
limitation and is apparently more stable)

"jaygreg" wrote in message
...
I've had to fish my .pst file from my main computer (Windows XP with
Outlook
2003) that was hit by a virus last week and place it on my laptop (Win98SE
with Outlook 2000. I normally keep the file in a subfolder of My Documents
for easy backup but I haven't been religious about that. I sure got
religion
last week though.

I loaded the laptop with a fresh copy of Office 2000 with Outlook and
fired
it up. I saw one set of Personal Folders with an Inbox, Calendar, etc. I
then created another folder in the same subdirectory and placed the
retrieved .pst file into it. I then selected OPEN from the FILE menu,
found
the retrieved folder, and openned it up. It got added directly under the
first set of clean folder created during the original install.

Q1) Are there supposed to be two sets of folders?
Q2) If not, how do I get rid of the first set?

When I openned the retrieved file (the 2nd set of Personal Folders) all
looked well with the exception of birthdays on the calendar. When I would
pull up the individual in the Contacts folder and click the icon
representing the entry on the calendar for the birthdate, I received a
notice that the file couldn't be found. It was referring to a location in
Windows|\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook. Apparently the program threw
those links into another file... or there's some additional step I need to
take to make this whole again.

Q3) Will someone please comment on this notice and give me some guidance
on
how to get myself out of this fix?

Internet Mail Only

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
Can't.
You haven't provided enough information about your version. Outlook 2000
had
2 completely different versions. Which are you using? Internet Mail Only
or
Corp/Workgroup?

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"jaygreg" wrote in message
...
I've had to fish my .pst file from my main computer (Windows XP with
Outlook
2003) that was hit by a virus last week and place it on my laptop
(Win98SE
with Outlook 2000. I normally keep the file in a subfolder of My
Documents
for easy backup but I haven't been religious about that. I sure got
religion
last week though.

I loaded the laptop with a fresh copy of Office 2000 with Outlook and
fired
it up. I saw one set of Personal Folders with an Inbox, Calendar, etc. I
then created another folder in the same subdirectory and placed the
retrieved .pst file into it. I then selected OPEN from the FILE menu,
found
the retrieved folder, and openned it up. It got added directly under the
first set of clean folder created during the original install.

Q1) Are there supposed to be two sets of folders?
Q2) If not, how do I get rid of the first set?

When I openned the retrieved file (the 2nd set of Personal Folders) all
looked well with the exception of birthdays on the calendar. When I
would
pull up the individual in the Contacts folder and click the icon
representing the entry on the calendar for the birthdate, I received a
notice that the file couldn't be found. It was referring to a location
in
Windows|\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook. Apparently the program
threw
those links into another file... or there's some additional step I need
to
take to make this whole again.

Q3) Will someone please comment on this notice and give me some guidance
on
how to get myself out of this fix?

- File menu Open Personal Folders file migrate to the new PST file
location to open it
- Right-click on the root of the new set of folders in the folder pane (View
Folder List)
- Choose Properties
- Check the "Deliver POP mail" box
- Quit & restart Outlook
- Now you can Close the PST file that you were previously using (R-click on
that pst folder while in Folder View and select "Close foldername
Folders"). If you have any information in your former PST that you'd like to
transfer to your new default PST, you can drag and drop from one to the
other before you close the old one.


--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"jaygreg" wrote in message
...
Internet Mail Only

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
Can't.
You haven't provided enough information about your version. Outlook 2000
had
2 completely different versions. Which are you using? Internet Mail Only
or
Corp/Workgroup?

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"jaygreg" wrote in message
...
I've had to fish my .pst file from my main computer (Windows XP with
Outlook
2003) that was hit by a virus last week and place it on my laptop
(Win98SE
with Outlook 2000. I normally keep the file in a subfolder of My
Documents
for easy backup but I haven't been religious about that. I sure got
religion
last week though.

I loaded the laptop with a fresh copy of Office 2000 with Outlook and
fired
it up. I saw one set of Personal Folders with an Inbox, Calendar, etc.
I
then created another folder in the same subdirectory and placed the
retrieved .pst file into it. I then selected OPEN from the FILE menu,
found
the retrieved folder, and openned it up. It got added directly under
the
first set of clean folder created during the original install.

Q1) Are there supposed to be two sets of folders?
Q2) If not, how do I get rid of the first set?

When I openned the retrieved file (the 2nd set of Personal Folders) all
looked well with the exception of birthdays on the calendar. When I
would
pull up the individual in the Contacts folder and click the icon
representing the entry on the calendar for the birthdate, I received a
notice that the file couldn't be found. It was referring to a location
in
Windows|\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook. Apparently the program
threw
those links into another file... or there's some additional step I need
to
take to make this whole again.

Q3) Will someone please comment on this notice and give me some
guidance
on
how to get myself out of this fix?

Russ, your instructions forced me to realize I've had a misconception of
these files for a long time. I see now why I've had a few issues in the past
that I never resolved and merely move on. Let me describe what I found on my
main machine from which I'm mining this data. My original question concerned
getting my .pst file to the WIN98SE portable. Now I'd like to examine that
..pst on the main machine more closely. Apparently, I've been operating with
two sets of Personal Files in my Folders List on the WININDOWS XP HE machine
since I got it two and a half years ago. I must have simply copied my old
PST file to the location it's in now. I think all I ever did was use open
that old file which brought it into the Folder List but never set it up to
begin receiving mail. I'll post a new topic under Merging .pst Files. Please
comment.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
- File menu Open Personal Folders file migrate to the new PST file
location to open it
- Right-click on the root of the new set of folders in the folder pane
(View
Folder List)
- Choose Properties
- Check the "Deliver POP mail" box
- Quit & restart Outlook
- Now you can Close the PST file that you were previously using (R-click
on
that pst folder while in Folder View and select "Close foldername
Folders"). If you have any information in your former PST that you'd like
to
transfer to your new default PST, you can drag and drop from one to the
other before you close the old one.


--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"jaygreg" wrote in message
...
Internet Mail Only

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
Can't.
You haven't provided enough information about your version. Outlook
2000
had
2 completely different versions. Which are you using? Internet Mail
Only
or
Corp/Workgroup?

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"jaygreg" wrote in message
...
I've had to fish my .pst file from my main computer (Windows XP with
Outlook
2003) that was hit by a virus last week and place it on my laptop
(Win98SE
with Outlook 2000. I normally keep the file in a subfolder of My
Documents
for easy backup but I haven't been religious about that. I sure got
religion
last week though.

I loaded the laptop with a fresh copy of Office 2000 with Outlook and
fired
it up. I saw one set of Personal Folders with an Inbox, Calendar,
etc.
I
then created another folder in the same subdirectory and placed the
retrieved .pst file into it. I then selected OPEN from the FILE menu,
found
the retrieved folder, and openned it up. It got added directly under
the
first set of clean folder created during the original install.

Q1) Are there supposed to be two sets of folders?
Q2) If not, how do I get rid of the first set?

When I openned the retrieved file (the 2nd set of Personal Folders)
all
looked well with the exception of birthdays on the calendar. When I
would
pull up the individual in the Contacts folder and click the icon
representing the entry on the calendar for the birthdate, I received
a
notice that the file couldn't be found. It was referring to a
location
in
Windows|\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook. Apparently the program
threw
those links into another file... or there's some additional step I
need
to
take to make this whole again.

Q3) Will someone please comment on this notice and give me some
guidance
on
how to get myself out of this fix?