The experience of one is anecdote.
The experience of many is evidence. It has become common knowledge that you
do not move, rename or delete a PST file until you have first disconnected
it from the Outlook profile.
--
Russ Valentine
"Bob Eyster" wrote in message
...
I've been doing this way for about 4 years and it hasn't harmed anything
yet.

Well, I guess what you say is written in stone? Anything anyone says in
these NG's can harm someone's PC, everyone of them are different. What
works for one may not work for another.

--

Bob Eyster
Windows 7 Pro 32 Bit

"Russ Valentine" wrote in message
...
Then its best not to post information that could be harmful. Your method
can corrupt an Outlook profile.
--
Russ Valentine
"Bob Eyster" wrote in message
...
I read the thread Russ. All I know is what works for me, it may not work
for others.

--

Bob Eyster
Windows 7 Pro 32 Bit

"Russ Valentine" wrote in message
...
Bad advice. You never move an Outlook data file until you have
disconnected it from the profile. Read the thread before you post.
--
Russ Valentine
"Bob Eyster" wrote in message
...
It appears to me if you want to make a "Copy of" your *.PST file just
move it to another directory then Outlook won't see it. I did this
with my Archive file and if I want Outlook to read it, I point OL to
that directory.
--

Bob Eyster
Windows 7 Pro 32 Bit


"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?

--
Thanks again,
Phil

I concede to u, because you consider yourself always right, and you can't
argue opinions. I agree with your common knowledge statement, that's why I
never mentioned it because it is common knowledge!

--

Bob Eyster
Windows 7 Pro 32 Bit

"Russ Valentine" wrote in message
...
The experience of one is anecdote.
The experience of many is evidence. It has become common knowledge that
you do not move, rename or delete a PST file until you have first
disconnected it from the Outlook profile.
--
Russ Valentine
"Bob Eyster" wrote in message
...
I've been doing this way for about 4 years and it hasn't harmed anything
yet.

Well, I guess what you say is written in stone? Anything anyone says in
these NG's can harm someone's PC, everyone of them are different. What
works for one may not work for another.

--

Bob Eyster
Windows 7 Pro 32 Bit

"Russ Valentine" wrote in message
...
Then its best not to post information that could be harmful. Your method
can corrupt an Outlook profile.
--
Russ Valentine
"Bob Eyster" wrote in message
...
I read the thread Russ. All I know is what works for me, it may not work
for others.

--

Bob Eyster
Windows 7 Pro 32 Bit

"Russ Valentine" wrote in message
...
Bad advice. You never move an Outlook data file until you have
disconnected it from the profile. Read the thread before you post.
--
Russ Valentine
"Bob Eyster" wrote in message
...
It appears to me if you want to make a "Copy of" your *.PST file just
move it to another directory then Outlook won't see it. I did this
with my Archive file and if I want Outlook to read it, I point OL to
that directory.
--

Bob Eyster
Windows 7 Pro 32 Bit


"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?

--
Thanks again,
Phil