0ffice 2000 to 2003 calendar disabled. How do i get it back??

[Trauma]

I upgraded from office 2000 to office pro 2003. Everything went fine, all
service packs and updates installed without a problem. However, i cannot
access the calendar portion of Office 2003. I get the following error
message. " Unable to display the folder. Errors have been detected in the
file C:\ yadda yadda yadda . pst. " then it tells me to do the Scanpst.exe
to repair the file, not sure how that works, doesnt seem to be doing much. I
do a search and dont even find a .pst file on my system. HELP..!! i need my
calendar back or at least a way to start all over!

Thanks

Trauma

 

[Me]

I upgraded from office 2000 to office pro 2003. Everything went fine, all
service packs and updates installed without a problem. However, i cannot
access the calendar portion of Office 2003. I get the following error
message. " Unable to display the folder. Errors have been detected in the
file C:\ yadda yadda yadda . pst. " then it tells me to do the
Scanpst.exe
to repair the file, not sure how that works, doesnt seem to be doing much.
I
do a search and dont even find a .pst file on my system. HELP..!! i need
my
calendar back or at least a way to start all over!

Thanks

Trauma

the .pst file is where the data is stored, no .pst file, no data.
Either do what it says, or restore the back-up you took before the upgrade.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Create a new mail profile - looks like yours became corrupted during the
upgrade - not uncommon.

Control Panel->Mail Icon->Show Profiles->New. Do not copy the old one.

Also, for this purpose and all other security related concerns, please turn
on showing hidden files and show all extensions.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Trauma asked:

| I upgraded from office 2000 to office pro 2003. Everything went
| fine, all service packs and updates installed without a problem.
| However, i cannot access the calendar portion of Office 2003. I get
| the following error message. " Unable to display the folder. Errors
| have been detected in the file C:\ yadda yadda yadda . pst. " then
| it tells me to do the Scanpst.exe to repair the file, not sure how
| that works, doesnt seem to be doing much. I do a search and dont
| even find a .pst file on my system. HELP..!! i need my calendar
| back or at least a way to start all over!
|
| Thanks
|
| Trauma

 

[Trauma]

well then is there any way to use outlook 2003 and just create another brand
new calendar and start from there from scratch?

 

[Trauma]

Ok, i see where it is that you want me to go. Im a bit confused as to
exactly what im doing after the profiles part. Could you walk me through it
a bit more specifically? Am i creating a brand new email account? i hope
not, am i going to lose anything that i currently have on my Outlook 2003
like contacts, recent received mail, etc?

Also, i apologize for the multi - posting, if you could explain how i will
delete the other posts.

Thanks

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Creating a new mail profile is just that, a new mail profile. Use the
directions I gave you and if you have problems, post back. A new mail
profile does NOT equal a new mail account.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Trauma asked:

| Ok, i see where it is that you want me to go. Im a bit confused as to
| exactly what im doing after the profiles part. Could you walk me
| through it a bit more specifically? Am i creating a brand new email
| account? i hope not, am i going to lose anything that i currently
| have on my Outlook 2003 like contacts, recent received mail, etc?
|
| Also, i apologize for the multi - posting, if you could explain how i
| will delete the other posts.
|
| Thanks
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Create a new mail profile - looks like yours became corrupted during
|| the upgrade - not uncommon.
||
|| Control Panel->Mail Icon->Show Profiles->New. Do not copy the old
|| one.
||
|| Also, for this purpose and all other security related concerns,
|| please turn on showing hidden files and show all extensions.
||
||
|| --Â
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
|| personal account will be deleted without reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Trauma asked:
||
||| I upgraded from office 2000 to office pro 2003. Everything went
||| fine, all service packs and updates installed without a problem.
||| However, i cannot access the calendar portion of Office 2003. I get
||| the following error message. " Unable to display the folder. Errors
||| have been detected in the file C:\ yadda yadda yadda . pst. " then
||| it tells me to do the Scanpst.exe to repair the file, not sure how
||| that works, doesnt seem to be doing much. I do a search and dont
||| even find a .pst file on my system. HELP..!! i need my calendar
||| back or at least a way to start all over!
|||
||| Thanks
|||
||| Trauma

 

[Trauma]

thanks, i tried it that way and there appears to be something goofy with my
system because that didnt fix the problem. What i wound up doing is creating
a different user profile to log on as on my computer. I use the same email
address for it, and Outlook works GREAT there, only problem is its a blank
calendar and contact template. So i either need to manually enter everything
over again on that account, or find a way to import my contact list from my
old windows login user. Most of the challenge is the volume of contacts i
have on my list. The calendar i can manually do fairly easily. Thanks for
your help so far! Any suggestions please feel free to post em here! Thanks
again!

Creating a new mail profile is just that, a new mail profile. Use the
directions I gave you and if you have problems, post back. A new mail
profile does NOT equal a new mail account.

--Â
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Trauma asked:

| Ok, i see where it is that you want me to go. Im a bit confused as to
| exactly what im doing after the profiles part. Could you walk me
| through it a bit more specifically? Am i creating a brand new email
| account? i hope not, am i going to lose anything that i currently
| have on my Outlook 2003 like contacts, recent received mail, etc?
|
| Also, i apologize for the multi - posting, if you could explain how i
| will delete the other posts.
|
| Thanks
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Create a new mail profile - looks like yours became corrupted during
|| the upgrade - not uncommon.
||
|| Control Panel->Mail Icon->Show Profiles->New. Do not copy the old
|| one.
||
|| Also, for this purpose and all other security related concerns,
|| please turn on showing hidden files and show all extensions.
||
||
|| --ÂÂ
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
|| personal account will be deleted without reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Trauma asked:
||
||| I upgraded from office 2000 to office pro 2003. Everything went
||| fine, all service packs and updates installed without a problem.
||| However, i cannot access the calendar portion of Office 2003. I get
||| the following error message. " Unable to display the folder. Errors
||| have been detected in the file C:\ yadda yadda yadda . pst. " then
||| it tells me to do the Scanpst.exe to repair the file, not sure how
||| that works, doesnt seem to be doing much. I do a search and dont
||| even find a .pst file on my system. HELP..!! i need my calendar
||| back or at least a way to start all over!
|||
||| Thanks
|||
||| Trauma