If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#21
|
|||
|
|||
Outlook 2007 - move IMAP PST files to new directory/drive?
Thanks MaxN, that did the trick for me too!
"MaxN" wrote: Hi, If you want to move just file(s) from Outlook folder (IMAP files, for example) you can do next thing: 1) Close outlook 2) Move Outlook folder to, let's say, disk D:\Emails\IMAP 3) Open cmd with Run As Administrator 4)mklink /d C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outl ook D:\Emails\IMAP\Outlook It will create Outlook "folder" in C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Microsoft\ and you will see all files from "original" Outlook folder, but all of them are located on disk D... "catherdersoftware" wrote: c/Documents/C:\Users\user/ Yeah, I know that. Brain slip. It's supposed to be 114° today, along with the smoke. As I asked DL above, do you have a pointer to instructions on the Microsoft web site? I find links on microsoft.com that point to another web site that points to instructions that also include modifying registry entries. Although I'm very comfortable with modifying registry entries, I'd like to read that in a KB or MSDN posting or something else... "Brian Tillman" wrote: catherdersoftware wrote: Yes, I think I will have to move Documents over to the D drive. I also realized that with the 10 different users I have set up on this machine (standard + admin, 5 different languages), that is the best solution all around. Moving Documents won't relocate the Outlook files, however, since they're in a folder parallel to Documents, not underneath Documents. You could, however, move the entire user's profile location. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
#22
|
|||
|
|||
Outlook 2007 - move IMAP PST files to new directory/drive?
Thanks for sharing MaxN, i'm find that too.
"MaxN" wrote: Hi, If you want to move just file(s) from Outlook folder (IMAP files, for example) you can do next thing: 1) Close outlook 2) Move Outlook folder to, let's say, disk D:\Emails\IMAP 3) Open cmd with Run As Administrator 4)mklink /d C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outl ook D:\Emails\IMAP\Outlook It will create Outlook "folder" in C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Microsoft\ and you will see all files from "original" Outlook folder, but all of them are located on disk D... "catherdersoftware" wrote: c/Documents/C:\Users\user/ Yeah, I know that. Brain slip. It's supposed to be 114° today, along with the smoke. As I asked DL above, do you have a pointer to instructions on the Microsoft web site? I find links on microsoft.com that point to another web site that points to instructions that also include modifying registry entries. Although I'm very comfortable with modifying registry entries, I'd like to read that in a KB or MSDN posting or something else... "Brian Tillman" wrote: catherdersoftware wrote: Yes, I think I will have to move Documents over to the D drive. I also realized that with the 10 different users I have set up on this machine (standard + admin, 5 different languages), that is the best solution all around. Moving Documents won't relocate the Outlook files, however, since they're in a folder parallel to Documents, not underneath Documents. You could, however, move the entire user's profile location. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
#23
|
|||
|
|||
Outlook 2007 - move IMAP PST files to new directory/drive?
I struggled with this for a whiler - until I realised the solution.:
First Install "Link shell Extension" Available in 32 & 64 Bit flavours at: http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinks...kshellext.html The following instructions apply to the "Outlook" directory under "AppData\Local\Microsoft" 1 : Make sure Outlook is closed. 2: MOVE this directories contents to a place on your other Hard drive - For example a "D:\Mailboxes" 3: DELETE the directory 4: Right click on the directory you now use to store your outlook AppData contents, and choose 'Pick Link Source' 4: Go to the "AppData\Local\Microsoft" directory, and right click - choose 'Drop Link - As Symbolic Link' 5 Rename this symbolic link (If necessary - in my case my directory was called mailboxes, so it was necessary) to "Outlook" YOU ARE DONE!! Outlook will treat this symbolic link as the directory it was expecting to see. |
#24
|
|||
|
|||
Outlook 2007 - move IMAP PST files to new directory/drive?
Indeed it works fine, but one of the key points is the order: 1) you go to the mail control panel, then "data files" (or via profiles, "data files") 2) you click "open folder" and move the data files to their target destination. If you delete or move the files before being in the control panel "data files" tab, the system will recreate empty data files !!! 3) back in the control panel, you select the data files and click "settings". Go passed the error message and find the data file(s) in their new location. hth Philippe |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|