Impossible to move my .pst files.

[Fabre Lambeau]

Hi!
I just installed Outlook 2003 on my computer and my laptop. I migrate from
Palm Desktop and Outlook Express.
By default, the new .pst files (for personal files and e-
mail accounts) are created in c:\document and settings\...
I don't like that, I never liked that sort of enforced structure, so I
wanted to change the directory location for these files. The online help
says it is possible to move the files.
Indeed, I can move the Personal Folders one (that contains my calendar,
notes, etc) easily to any directory of my choice, by moving the .pst file
and re-pointing towards it from within Outlook.
But not my email accounts. Whether I import Account settings from Outlook
Express or create a new account from scratch, it will create it in
c:\document and settings\, without asking anything. If I try to move that
new .pst file, next time I open Outlook, it will have recreated the file in
c:\document and settings\.
And if I try to add the .pst in the new location (after I moved it) using
the Data File Managment menu, it will indeed open it, but won't understand
it as an active email account. Just as a (dead) repository of emails.
(I managed to have it working on one of my computers - Outlook said:
"can't find that file" and then let me show it where it now was - but was
unable to reproduce it on another computer).
I've now tried to fix the problem for more than 4 hours and am VERY
annoyed.
Anyone has an idea?

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

Your e-mail account and your .PST file are two separate things, although you
do have to choose one of your .PST files as the default mail delivery
location. If you have designated your old .PST file as the default mail
delivery location in Tools | E-mail Accounts | View or change existing
e-mail accounts (there is a dropdown box on the E-mail Accounts screen
called "Deliver new e-mail to the following location"), then Outlook should
not automatically create any new .PST files for you. If you have additional
..PST files you would like to access in Outlook, you can open them using File
| Open | Outlook Data File.

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Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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