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CRAZY....NO .pst File for Outlook ?
Name: kev100 Date: June 1, 2004 at 17:06:51 Pacific OS: XP PRO CPU/Ram: PENT/512
Comment:
Have a couple of computers that use Outlook EVERY DAY......both have big contact books....lots of saved emails...etc.
Well...Neither appear to have a .pst file...
I have searched for *.pst and outlook.pst (in the Entire drive)...and NOTHING shows.
In the folder settings I DO have the "show hidden files" enabled. Is that file ever named anything else?
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: June 1, 2004 at 17:46:19 Pacific
Reply:
Make sure the "Hide file extensions for known file types" and "Hide protected operating system files" are also unchecked. If the Personal Folders are local, then they are indeed pst files.
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Response Number 2
Name: kev100 Date: June 1, 2004 at 19:57:30 Pacific
Reply:
Did not look for those settings....that's prolly why the do not show...
However...this is how I found them...
Just start outlook...when it opens right-click the "Today's" icon in the upper left of the Outlook window. Then Properties...then the Advanced button.
In the Path field there will be the location of the .pst file.
I just when to that location and copied it.
Thanks for the info....either should work for any others needing to locate that file.
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