Some Outlook Folders Lost

[Sagara]

Hi, I moved my OUTLOOK.PST and OUTLOOK BACKUP.PST folders out of MY DOCs as
they are now too big (200MB each). But I have now lost all the personal
folders I had added to which I move stuff from my INBOX to, as well as the
stuff in my SENT folder. In OUTLOOK under HOTMAIL I now only have DELETED
ITEMS, INBOX, JUNK EMAIL, and SENT (with most items missing) - the added
folders are missing. As I still have the OUTLOOK.PST and OUTLOOK BACKUP.PST,
surely I can get back what I've lost?

Also, what about the other PST files, ARCHIVE and OUTLOOKHOTMAIL, in
DOCUMENTS and SETTINGS/ ... /OUTLOOK folder - do they enter the equation?

Thanks in advance,

Robert

 

[Sagara]

Sorted it myself: Just moved the OUTLOOK.PST folder from MY DOCS to DOCUMENTS
and SETTING/ .../ OUTLOOK, and I now have a folder appearing called PERSONAL
FOLDERS, and lol, all my missing stuff has returned!!!

Robert

 

[Brian Tillman]

Sorted it myself: Just moved the OUTLOOK.PST folder from MY DOCS to
DOCUMENTS and SETTING/ .../ OUTLOOK, and I now have a folder
appearing called PERSONAL FOLDERS, and lol, all my missing stuff has
returned!!!

That's avery good way to break your mail profile.

 

[Sagara]

Hi Brian,

I'm not sure what it means to 'break your main profile' - Outlook is a
mystery to me in the manner it is orgainized!

Thanks,

Robert

 

[Brian Tillman]

I'm not sure what it means to 'break your main profile' - Outlook is a
mystery to me in the manner it is orgainized!

A mail profile is a structure in the WIndows Registry that allows Outlook to
find the services that it needs to operate. Moving PSTs around when they're
defined in a mail profile (so that Outlook can find them) without modifying
the mail profile (with COntrol Panel's Mail applet) can damage the linkage
to the objects Outlook needs.

 

[Sagara]

Ah, that probably explains why after I moved the OUTLOOK.PST folder, when I
then fired up Outlook the 'Syncronizing Message Folders' message just went on
and on and I had to force Outlook to shut down. I then repaired Outlook
with my Office 2003 CD, (and the registery entries?) and now all is well. I
imagine I went about this problem the long way round. So what is the
difference between the OUTLOOK.PST folder and the two PST folders in
DOCUMENTS and SETTINGS/ ... /OUTLOOK.

Thanks,

Robert

 

[Brian Tillman]

So what is the difference between the OUTLOOK.PST
folder and the two PST folders in DOCUMENTS and SETTINGS/ ...
/OUTLOOK.

Only you can say that, since you had to have created them.

 

[Sagara]

But like Richard Dawkins' 'Blind Watchmaker, I had no idea what I was doing -
I no doubt pressed the keys, but Microsoft creates them! But thanks for the
tip on the Mail applet in Control Panel, which makes the links between these
folders a bit clearer, and is where I should have looked in the fist place.

Thanks again,

Robert