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Outlook crashed - have i lost all?
Name: Trick97 Date: July 21, 2005 at 03:55:19 Pacific OS: WinXP CPU/Ram: Athlon 6/ 2gb
Comment:
I was typing an email and a power cut occurred. NOw when i try and open outlook, i get the following message:
"Cannot Start MS OFfice OUtlook. Unable to open the outlook window. The set of folders could not be opened. The server is not available. Contact your administrator if this condition exists."
Name: Dirty_Sanchez Date: July 21, 2005 at 04:14:04 Pacific
Reply:
If you are connecting to an exchange server the mail resides on the server. have your admin correct the outlook problem, you should be fine
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Response Number 2
Name: Trick97 Date: July 21, 2005 at 04:18:15 Pacific
Reply:
When i put "im not on a network", i was implying that i do not use exchange. Its a personal PC. APologies for confusion.
ive searched for the pst files but cannot find anything, surely the pc wouldnt delete them if it crashed?
I cant bare to lose all this data, but looks like i have!
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Response Number 3
Name: Dirty_Sanchez Date: July 21, 2005 at 07:31:51 Pacific
Reply:
sorry, I missed that line. Make sure you have your folder options set to show hidden files. by default I think the pst may be hidden so it may not show in a search unless you have it setup to show. It is still there somewhere. Should be C:\Documents and Settings\your name here\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook - or - C:\Documents and Settings\your name here\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
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Response Number 4
Name: Trick97 Date: July 22, 2005 at 06:07:18 Pacific
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