Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Tue May 15 17:03:45 CDT 2007
Sounds to me more like he has two entries in his profile pointing to the same .pst. I'd try just removing the second one from the profile before I went poking around in directories and the registry. On 15 May 2007 at 10:12, John Bartow wrote: > Hi John, > In Windows Explorer: > Back up the PST file where the emails are located. The PST files are stored > in C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Application > Data\Microsoft\Outlook folder by default (I generally move them to My > Documents\Outlook but that is another story). These are hidden > folders/files, so you have to unhide hidden files. > > Then delete one of the offending duplicate personal folders. > > In Outlook > 1) Right click on the folder and select "Close". > > 2) Close Outlook, then right click Outlook Icon on the desktop. Select > Properties, select Data Files. Remove the links to the backup .pst file. > > 3) Under the folder named HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows > Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Microsoft Outlook Internet Settings you will > have a series of folders with long hexadecimal numbers. Two of the folder > will point to your *.pst file. You will next to export one of them (Registry > | Export registry) and then delete the exported hexadecimal folder. Start > Outlook, if it is not working correctly. Close outlook and import the > registry file you just exported. Export the other hexadecimal folder and > delete it. Start Outlook again. (sound a little like a guessing game?) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby > > I have two personal folder trees in Outlook. They appear to contain > identical information / subfolders / stored messages / address books etc. > They appear to be identical. Is there any way to get rid of the second one? > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- Stuart