bypass migration in startup outlook 2003

Sue,
I want to thank you for your input. I went ahead and uninstalled office and
did a fresh install and I was able to reconnect to my personal folders.

Thanks again.

ONWARD...
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gnpmark


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

But at what step in the profile creation process do you see that error?

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"gnpmark" wrote in message ...
When I attempt to create a new profile I receive an error "There was an error
locating one of the items needed to complete this operation. It might have
been deleted." Then if I close the profile creator and go back in the
profile name exists but does not show any access to any data files.

I did what the manual and all the other KB issues recommend. I have
everything backed up, so I am unconcerned about reattaching the .psr files
that I need. I guess all I really need is a clean installation. If that
means moving all of my pst's or other and un-installing office, then clean
installing it so that I don't get hung up trying to initialize outlook, so be
it. If that will work.

Thanks for following this with me

ONWARD...
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gnpmark


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

What steps did you follow to create the new profile? Try manually configuring everything.


"gnpmark" wrote in message ...
When I attempt to create a new profile I receive an error "There was an error
locating one of the items needed to complete this operation. It might have
been deleted." Then if I close the profile creator and go back in the
profile name exists but does not show any access to any data files.

Dear mind reader, Here goes. I opted to detect and repair MS Office 2003
after several attempts to clear 3 recurring appointment reminders that
kept
popping up. Not having any luck with retaining my current settings, I
redid
the above opting to reset to default settings. Then the issue occurred.
opening Outlook it decided to go through its initiation startup phase of
"Migration of settings" etc. The Outlook profile screen appears. I then
click
open and receive the following error, "unable to open your default e-mail
folders. Outlook could not start because a data file to send and receive
could not be found. To add a data file, such as a personal folder file,
double-click on the mail icon in the windows control panel." There was an
error locating one of the items needed to complete this operation. It
might
have been deleted."

After all of the above appeared, I re-installed Microsoft Office complete.
But no change. All updates are installed.

Operating WinXPPRO sp2 w/all updates.

Thank you

I did that and followed all of the procedures and could not find any
profiles or create any that would allow me to access the Outlook.pst file
or
any other I have. Also I ran scanpst.exe on my pst file to fix any
corruption, still to no avail.

When attempting to create a new profile, I receive the following error, "
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gnpmark


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Please post a question using clear syntax. Keep in mind that none of us
is a
mind reader.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"gnpmark" wrote in message
...
Reinstall won't find .pst files. Also no help going control panel
(mail)
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gnpmark

Same sequence of support steps and same 2 error messages for me, too.
But here's more detail -
Installed Office 2003, worked great.
Installed BCM V2 with update, worked great.
Installed Office 2007 with BCM Beta 2007 - had to choose to uninstall
Outlook 2003, but elected to keep all other Office 2003 apps, side by side,
with Beta versions. Worked great.
Applied the 12 security patches. Worked great.
Worked great until someone logged into my test machine for convenience,
clicked on an Outlook shortcut icon which was set for Outlook 2003, not the
Outlook Beta, then BCM Beta stopped working.
Tried uninstalling Office and Outlook BCM Betas and reinstalling, got Beta
Outlook to work, but not the Beta BCM. Gave up. Uninstalled Beta. All Office
2003 apps were working fine, including Outlook 2003 (without BCM)
Then decided to try to install just BCM V2 on that machine. Again.
Hell to pay. Folders got created, but no BCM menu from Outlook. I first got
this error message, when I tried to create a BCM database from File menu -
"The messaging interface has returned an unknown error. If the problem
persists, restart Outlook". Then I saw that I had two installations of
Office 2003 from Add/Remove Programs. Uninstalled both, installed one. But
can't install SP2 for Office, some wank about licensing.
So I'm where 'gnpmark' was. I have repaired, uninstalled/reinstalled,
followed KBs, etc. I dumped the forms cache, which did show the Accounts and
the Contacts forms long after BCM was removed.
I know it's a profile issue because I can't create a profile, exactly as
'gnpmark' describes - I get this error now - "There was an error locating one
of the items needed to complete this operation. It might have been deleted."
Going to grab some other install CDs and see if I can uninstall/reinstall
one more time.