Thank you both for your help -- I fixed it...

I searched and searched on the net for a replacement file, because the only
pst file I could create was a personal one, not an Outlook default pst file.

I found one mention on the net of going to the Outlook help file and
clicking on "Detect and Repair" so I did it -- and it created the default
outlook.pst file and it is working ok now.

So if someone else has this missing pst file problem tell them to go to the
help - detect and repair option to clear it up.

Thanks again,

Bob


"Bob" wrote:

This error message appears when I try to start Outlook - "Unable to open your
default e-mail servers. Could not open the item. Try again."

Outlook will not start. I have tried reinstalling Office XP several times,
but I have been uable to reslove the error.

Any one know how I can fix it?

Thanks.