No. You never rename, delete, or move a PST file that is connected to an
Outlook profile.
If you want to back up a PST file you make a copy of it. How you ended up
with more than one PST file connected to your profile remains unexplained.
It was end user error and the end user does not remember what he did.
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Russ Valentine
"Phil Rabichow" wrote in message
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
"Phil Rabichow" wrote in message
...

I have just noticed that if I right click "Contacts in Personal
Folders", there is an option to Delete it or to Remove it from "My
Contacts". Could you tell me the difference between these two options?

Chosing Delete should attempt to delete the folder. Chosing Remove won't
attempt to delete the folder but will remove it from the Nav Pane "My
Contacts".section.

If you choose the Folder List vew of the Nav Pane, how many folder sets
do you see?

OK. I may have found the answer. I had copies of outlook.pst in the
application data folder for Outlook that I called "copy of outlook.pst",
"copy 2 of outlook.pst" & 3rd. I thought Outlook only looked at the one
named Outlook.pst.

I deleted the copies & reopened Outlook. It complained that it couldn't
find the server for the copies & then went back to normal.

So I guess if I want copies of outlook.pst (in case I screw something up),
I should rename the extension. Is that right?

--
Thanks again,
Phil

Sorry I didn't explain. I made the copies while Outlook was closed...just
by going to the folder, selecting the file, & pressing Ctrl+C, then Ctrl+V.
I did that as a backup when I was going to make changes that I might want
to reverse. I just didn't realize that Outlook would open all *.pst files
in that folder; I had thought it only opened "outlook.pst".
--
Thanks again,
Phil

Russ Valentine wrote:
No. You never rename, delete, or move a PST file that is connected to an
Outlook profile.
If you want to back up a PST file you make a copy of it. How you ended
up with more than one PST file connected to your profile remains
unexplained. It was end user error and the end user does not remember
what he did.

Phil Rabichow" wrote in message
...
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
"Phil Rabichow" wrote in message
...

I have just noticed that if I right click "Contacts in Personal
Folders", there is an option to Delete it or to Remove it from "My
Contacts". Could you tell me the difference between these two options?

Chosing Delete should attempt to delete the folder. Chosing Remove
won't attempt to delete the folder but will remove it from the Nav Pane "My
Contacts".section.

If you choose the Folder List vew of the Nav Pane, how many folder sets
do you see?

OK. I may have found the answer. I had copies of outlook.pst in the
application data folder for Outlook that I called "copy of outlook.pst",
"copy 2 of outlook.pst" & 3rd. I thought Outlook only looked at the one
named Outlook.pst.

I deleted the copies & reopened Outlook. It complained that it couldn't
find the server for the copies & then went back to normal.

So I guess if I want copies of outlook.pst (in case I screw something
up), I should rename the extension. Is that right?

--
Thank you in advance.
Phil

Ah. That would explain it. Outlook will continue to open any PST file in the
profile until you deliberately disconnect it. That's why moving or renaming
a PST file before disconnecting it creates problems.
--
Russ Valentine
"Phil Rabichow" wrote in message
...
Sorry I didn't explain. I made the copies while Outlook was closed...just
by going to the folder, selecting the file, & pressing Ctrl+C, then
Ctrl+V. I did that as a backup when I was going to make changes that I
might want to reverse. I just didn't realize that Outlook would open all
*.pst files in that folder; I had thought it only opened "outlook.pst".
--
Thanks again,
Phil

Russ Valentine wrote:
No. You never rename, delete, or move a PST file that is connected to an
Outlook profile.
If you want to back up a PST file you make a copy of it. How you ended up
with more than one PST file connected to your profile remains
unexplained. It was end user error and the end user does not remember
what he did.

Phil Rabichow" wrote in message
...
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
"Phil Rabichow" wrote in message
...

I have just noticed that if I right click "Contacts in Personal
Folders", there is an option to Delete it or to Remove it from "My
Contacts". Could you tell me the difference between these two options?

Chosing Delete should attempt to delete the folder. Chosing Remove
won't attempt to delete the folder but will remove it from the Nav Pane
"My Contacts".section.

If you choose the Folder List vew of the Nav Pane, how many folder sets
do you see?

OK. I may have found the answer. I had copies of outlook.pst in the
application data folder for Outlook that I called "copy of outlook.pst",
"copy 2 of outlook.pst" & 3rd. I thought Outlook only looked at the one
named Outlook.pst.

I deleted the copies & reopened Outlook. It complained that it couldn't
find the server for the copies & then went back to normal.

So I guess if I want copies of outlook.pst (in case I screw something
up), I should rename the extension. Is that right?

--
Thank you in advance.
Phil