Outlook Database

[MASTERT]

Ok i've screwed up XP
went through the recovery thingy with Win XP CD
now all my links to my programs are messed up
I deleted a Folder in my other drive titled MSOFiles or somthing like that it was for microsoft office stuff

Does anyone know whey outlook stores messages in WinXP?

 

[talyn00]

microsoft outlook messages are stored in a pst file
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

 

[MASTERT]

ok should i be worried if it's 209KB and i had more than 2000 messages?

Also, if I install a windows on a new partition and i put outlook on there is ther a way to transfer the database without the use of the outlook program?

 

[MASTERT]

the folder i deleted was called MSOCache... is that bad?

 

[talyn00]

are you referring to outlook or outlook express??

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: MASTERT
the folder i deleted was called MSOCache... is that bad?

AFAIK that folder just caches some installation files so that you don't need the Office CD when you select a feature that hasn't been installed yet.

 

[MASTERT]

Outlook 2003

 

[stash]

ok should i be worried if it's 209KB and i had more than 2000 messages?

Yes, more than likely that is an empty PST file. Have you searched your hard drive for *.pst?

 

[MASTERT]

AWESOME!!! i found i .. i think
i searched for the pst files and found one called Outlook and it's ~125MB!!
me so happy

it was under L:\Documents and Settings\Mark\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
(I screwed the drive letters up that's why XP doesn't want to work)

anywhoo
if i want to add them back into a new install of outlook do i just copy that file into the new install's db directory?