data file works only when external hard drive on.

within OL the properties of your personal folder will reveal both name and
path

"Jon" wrote in message
...
I'm not sure what I did either LOL but I do want to delete all but the
correct one. I will have to do it one by one removing it out of the
folder,
if OL still works then all is ok. When I am down to the only pst file
that
works I have cleaned out the bad ones.

Thanks for the help everyone.

Jon

"DL" wrote:

I'm not entirely sure what you did, but anyhow its now working.
Just remember do not use Import/Export on a pst, with OL closed copy,
then
open within OL
The link Brian gave has good info on OL

"Jon" wrote in message
...
DL and Brian,

I was not smarting off, just frustrated things don't work as they
should
when I try them at times.

I did what all of you said, still had some problems so sort of did it
a
different "my way" thing. C drive, made folder & named it then moved
file
there.

Then followed instructions and still would not work right, kept making
new
Personal Folders but were emptied. Finally got one good on in. Could
not
delete default folder.

copied and moved everything to default, calendar one by one items.

Deleted now the good dup. and things work.

Now I have no idea how many and where they all are but would like to
find
and delete all OL files other then the good one.

Plan to delete all on back up drive then make new "export file" to it.

Unless you people have a better idea as I am open to learning better
ways
to
do things.

Nasty quetion here, what other mail/address book programs are out
there
that
work or can be configured like Outlook and are any of them any good,
easy
to
use etc.? Would like to see them but doubt I would change, been
using OL
for so long doubt I would like anything else.

Just want to look at them.

Thanks again for your help.

Jon

"DL" wrote:

To add, a personal observation, I've seen to many people have
problems
when
saving files to the desktop.
Dont know specifically why, as Brian states, the Desktop is part of
the
HD,
just seems to give probs.later.

"Brian Tillman" wrote in message
...
Jon wrote:

DL unless you consider the DESKTOP part of my internal HD then
NO,
but if you consider it that they YES.

Well of course the desktop is on your hard drive. Your desktop is
a
reflection of the contents of C:\Documents and
Settings\{username}\Desktop.
If you save a file to your desktop, you're actually saving in in
the
folder
I named.

I use an external HD for all my backups and that is where the
PST
resides. When I installed Outlook and went there for the PST
file
everything worked just fine, from the external HD but I did not
know
that till I turned it off. (do not keep it on, only when backing
up).

Tried to do what Oliver suggested but same problem, would not
open
if
external HD was off so I figured if I copied the PST to the
desktop
then opened it things would work once I deleted the copied
files. I
was wrong.

As long as you have a reference to that external drive in your
mail
profile,
Outlook will try to use that reference. DL was suggesting one way
to
modify
the mail profile so it doesn't contain the reference. If it still
complains
after following his advice, then there's another reference in the
mail
profile that wasn't changed.

So it sits on my desktop so I can use Outlook. All I can say
is I
am no expert with computers but do understand them.

As of now it is still on my desktop and that is not where it
belongs
yet I have no idea where my PST should be.

In the C drive someplace but where is the question.

Outlook doesn't give two hoots where on your hard drive you keep
the
PST
as
long as it has read/write permission to it. By default, if you
create
a
new
PST, the default folder where it will create it is
%UserProfile%\Local
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook, but you can't move a
PST
into
that folder and expect Outlook to start using it automatically.
You
have
to
tell Outlook to use a PST through the mail profile, either using
the
Mail
applet in Control Panel or by opening the PST in Outlook.

If I were in your shoes, I'd stop Outlook, out the PST where you
want
it,
use the Mail applet to create a new profile (you'll have to add
your
mail
accounts over again), and add that PST to the mail profile. You
can
do
this
all from the Mail applet without starting Outlook. Directions can
be
found
in Microsoft's Knowledgebase
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829918/en-us)
or in various places on the Internet, like
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/newprofile.htm
--
Brian Tillman

Jon wrote:

I'm not sure what I did either LOL but I do want to delete all but the
correct one. I will have to do it one by one removing it out of the
folder, if OL still works then all is ok. When I am down to the only
pst file that works I have cleaned out the bad ones.

Starting with a clean mail profile and telling it include only the PST you
want is guaranteed to elminate any requirement for copying anything.
--
Brian Tillman