[dba-Tech] FW: Outlook reinstall

Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com
Wed Jul 11 10:15:04 CDT 2007


I'd back the pst files up someplace just to be safe though. That's not
a bad idea to do on a regular basis anyway.

GK

On 7/11/07, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote:
> Susan,
>
> The addresses and emails all reside inside of the PST.  With a simple
> reinstall you might not lose anything at all.  The various settings are
> scattered all over hell's half acre, in files and also in the registry.
> However if you just reinstall, those probably will not be touched (will
> remain intact).
>
>
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 10:56 AM
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: [dba-Tech] FW: Outlook reinstall
>
>
>
> I'm probably going to have to reinstall Outlook -- the translator files have
> been corrupted and I'm trying to export data to an Access data and it just
> can't do it.
>
> I don't mind losing settings or rules -- that sort of thing, but will
> reinstalling destroy the mail in my pst folders and entries in my address
> book? Or will the installation process maintain them?
>
> Susan H.
>
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