Outlook XP Folder's not going away.

[kdb]

Ok, so I am puzzled as to how I delete folders that are
showing as top level folders in my folder list. I deleted
some PST files, by hand, and now I have these folders that
are just sitting in my folder list that I can not delete.
Some of them I can click on, others when I do that say
that a file is missing. I have tried a lot of things and
not that I try seems to get rid of them. Help please.

Kurt

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

To remove extra PST(s) from the folder list:

Outlook 97 or Outlook 98/2000 (Corporate Mode)
- On the Tools menu, click Services.
- Highlight Personal Folders service you want to remove and click "Remove".

Note: Standalone users require 1 Personal Folders Service. Those connecting
to an Exchange server normally do not use a Personal Folders file when mail
is kept on the server.

Outlook 98/2000 (IMO [Internet Mail Only] Mode)
- On the View menu, click Folder List.
- Right click on the root folder of a folder list.
- Right click on the root of the extra set of Personal Folders and choose
"Disconnect" or "Close".

For the most stubborn of PSTs that will not remove from the folder list.

IMPORTANT: The following information contains information about editing the
registry. Before you edit the registry, you should first make a backup copy
of the registry files (System.dat and User.dat). Both are hidden files in
the Windows folder.

- Start RegEdit (Win9x/NT) or RegEdt32 (NT).
- Navigate to:
* Win9x users
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
MessagingSubsystem\Profiles\<your profile name>
* WinNT users
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\WindowsMessaging Subsystem\Profiles\<your profile name>
- Look in the tree under that point (it should be full of keys with long
hexidecimal value names) and look for a section that references the PST file
you want off of your folder tree. Export that section (for safety) and then
delete it.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.


After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
kdb <[email protected]> asked:

| Ok, so I am puzzled as to how I delete folders that are
| showing as top level folders in my folder list. I deleted
| some PST files, by hand, and now I have these folders that
| are just sitting in my folder list that I can not delete.
| Some of them I can click on, others when I do that say
| that a file is missing. I have tried a lot of things and
| not that I try seems to get rid of them. Help please.
|
| Kurt

 

[Katherine Coombs]

within outlook go File-->Data File Management and then delete the ones in
there that you don't want.

 

[kdb]

I tried this and it didn't work. It left two "Person
Folders" in my folders list that I can't access. Thanks
though.

 

[kdb]

I will give this a try, and report back. Thanks.

K

-----Original Message-----
To remove extra PST(s) from the folder list:

Outlook 97 or Outlook 98/2000 (Corporate Mode)
- On the Tools menu, click Services.
- Highlight Personal Folders service you want to remove and click "Remove".

Note: Standalone users require 1 Personal Folders Service. Those connecting
to an Exchange server normally do not use a Personal Folders file when mail
is kept on the server.

Outlook 98/2000 (IMO [Internet Mail Only] Mode)
- On the View menu, click Folder List.
- Right click on the root folder of a folder list.
- Right click on the root of the extra set of Personal Folders and choose
"Disconnect" or "Close".

For the most stubborn of PSTs that will not remove from the folder list.

IMPORTANT: The following information contains information about editing the
registry. Before you edit the registry, you should first make a backup copy
of the registry files (System.dat and User.dat). Both are hidden files in
the Windows folder.

- Start RegEdit (Win9x/NT) or RegEdt32 (NT).
- Navigate to:
* Win9x users
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
MessagingSubsystem\Profiles\<your profile name>
* WinNT users
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\WindowsMessaging

- Look in the tree under that point (it should be full of keys with long
hexidecimal value names) and look for a section that references the PST file
you want off of your folder tree. Export that section (for safety) and then
delete it.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.


After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
kdb <[email protected]> asked:

| Ok, so I am puzzled as to how I delete folders that are
| showing as top level folders in my folder list. I deleted
| some PST files, by hand, and now I have these folders that
| are just sitting in my folder list that I can not delete.
| Some of them I can click on, others when I do that say
| that a file is missing. I have tried a lot of things and
| not that I try seems to get rid of them. Help please.
|
| Kurt


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