Outlook XP .pst Files in WinXP?

[Wet Chicken]

We just upgraded from Win ME to Windows XP Pro. We tried to install Outlook XP but we can't locate where the .pst files are kept. We tried to do a search but nothing showed up. Could someone please tell us where they moved this folder to?

Thanks

 

[mknott]

hi,

if you have done a search and found nothing then the chances are that it has been deleted unfortunatly.

normail the file resides in c:\documents and settings\"username"\local settings\microsoft\outlook

i might be slightly out on that as i only got NT4 here at work

 

[mknott]

oh while i rember.. you need to change the settings to show hidden files and folders or you wont find it

 

[Wet Chicken]

oh while i rember.. you need to change the settings to show hidden files and folders or you wont find it

What settings?

Where do we change them?

Thanks..

 

[kiwiguy]

Start- search - more advanced options - tick Search system folders, Hidden files and folders, subfolders.

 

[Bob Cerelli]

One thing I like to do is keep the PST file in either My Documents or another folder that is a bit easier to locate. This is pretty easy to do with any version of Outlook. Also makes it easy to backup since you know where it is.

 

[Wet Chicken]

Will it effect how Outlook works if we move the file to another partition like D or E, instead of C?

Where do we change the files location at?

 

[Bob Cerelli]

Outlook PST data files can be anywhere you want, another drive, another partition, network drive etc.

See http://www.onecomputerguy.com/app_info/outlook_xp.htm for how to configure OutlookXP/2003.

There is a section towards the bottom to change the location of your PST file.

 

[Wet Chicken]

Outlook PST data files can be anywhere you want, another drive, another partition, network drive etc.

See http://www.onecomputerguy.com/app_info/outlook_xp.htm for how to configure OutlookXP/2003.

There is a section towards the bottom to change the location of your PST file.

Thank you Bob

 

[Bob Cerelli]

Actually all versions of Outlook since Outlook98 will allow you to put the PST file in any location.

I like doing this since it is so much easier to remember something like c:\email\my.pst than the long string of directories you normally would need to deal with.