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Outlook Views

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 5:05 am
by corpse
I saved my .pst files such as archive.pst and outlook.pst as I did a reinstall. After I reinstalled Office and opened Outlook, I imported these 2 files into Outlook.

The problem is that I have 2 of everything. Two calendars etc. I used the option to have calendar show when I open Outlook, but it is the new calendar with nothing in it. I obviouisly want the old one to display when I first open Outllook. Same with Notes.

I cant seem to figure this out so if anyone here is a master of Outllook and can shed some light, I would appreciate it very much

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 2:31 pm
by FragaGeddon
Well you could have simply replaced the original .pst files.
You can open outlook and goto tools/options.
Then mail setup and then data files.
Then you can click on open folder and paste your .pst file over the old one.
You may want to temporarily copy the old first to somewhere (just in case).

If I was you, I'd just re-install outlook and then simply copy/paste your backed up .pst folder.

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 3:28 pm
by corpse
I did try that but it didnt seem to work. When I first opened Outlook after the install of Office, I went into this location....

C\docs&setting\username\local settings\application data\microsoft\outlook.

Then I copied my archive.pst and outlook.pst into this location. When I opened Outlook after this there didnt seem to be anything in it, so I did the file, import thing.

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 5:58 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
hm, perhaps you should have just imported and not copied to the location?

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 6:04 pm
by Tormentius
During the import make sure you use the "replace duplicates with items imported" option and import the PST into the mailbox itself rather than subfolders.

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 6:50 pm
by corpse
Thanks for the suggetions guys. Got it to work

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:31 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
then spill the beans.

Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 2:03 am
by FragaGeddon
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:hm, perhaps you should have just imported and not copied to the location?
That's what he did the first time.

Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 2:04 am
by +JuggerNaut+
i knew that. :/

Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 2:07 am
by FragaGeddon
I have my backup utility to backup my pst file.
When I do a reinstall, I just copy/paste the backed up file.