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From: DL on 22 Mar 2010 20:46 You close Outlook and use the mail applet in the control panel to add the data file and set this as the default message store "Keith" <Keith(a)nohtsystems.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:4ba7d398$0$2476$db0fefd9(a)news.zen.co.uk... > > "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" <outlookmvp(a)msn.com> wrote in message > news:%23NbpoefyKHA.5940(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Windows version? ***XP Home, fully up-to-date > > How long ago did you do this? ***Less than one hour before posting for > help > > If your OS supports System >> Restore and you did it really recently, use System Restore to roll back. >> ***Stupidly, I didn't set a restore point before following Outlook's >> suggestions > >>If not, the settings are gone. ***Does this include folders below >>"Inbox"? Several years ago I was able to recover Outlook Express folders >>with DBXtract from Tomsterdam's InsideOutlookExpress site - any similar >>tool available for Outlook?. > >> If you do restore, go into tools, options, other, advanced, com addins >> and disable the psion addin. ***It was listed. Disabled it and warning >> no longer appears when starting Outlook. Wish I'd known/found this >> before blindly following Oulook's advice > > If its not listed, find and delete extend.dat. > > Started adding email addresses by New, "a" in To: field, use first > address, right clicking it,and adding to Outlook contacts and so on. > After doing three, discovered a large outlook.pst file as well as > outlook.pst1 (the one to whish I was adding. Discovered how to show the > outlook.pst folder under Contacts, but not how to delete the new (now > redundant) outlook.pst1. > I was adding > >> -- >> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] >> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ >> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/ >> >> Outlook Tips by email: >> mailto:dailytips-subscribe-request(a)lists.outlooktips.net >> >> EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: >> mailto:EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST(a)PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM >> >> Do you sync your mailbox with a smartphone or pda? >> http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=39473 >> >> >> >> "Keith" <Keith(a)nohtsystems.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:4ba7c1f6$0$2529$da0feed9(a)news.zen.co.uk... >>> My Psion became a paperweight so I uninstalled the Psion/Windows XP >>> software applications (Add/remove programmes). Having become fed up >>> with Outlook 2003 repeatedly complaining that it could not find the >>> Psion add-in, I followed it's first suggestion: in Outlook, Help, Detect >>> and Repair, ticked: 'Restore my shortcuts while repairing'. Problem not >>> cured, so took second option in Outlook, Help, Detect and Repair, >>> ticked: 'Discard my customized settings and restore default settings'. >>> This option appears to have re-installed Outlook 2003 - all my folders >>> (saved emails), rules, Contacts have gone. Is there anyway of retrieving >>> them? >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> >>> Keith >>> > >
From: Diane Poremsky [MVP] on 23 Mar 2010 13:19 > "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" <outlookmvp(a)msn.com> wrote in message > news:%23NbpoefyKHA.5940(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Windows version? ***XP Home, fully up-to-date > > How long ago did you do this? ***Less than one hour before posting for > help > > If your OS supports System >> Restore and you did it really recently, use System Restore to roll back. >> ***Stupidly, I didn't set a restore point before following Outlook's >> suggestions XP doesn't create them automatically every day? > >>If not, the settings are gone. ***Does this include folders below >>"Inbox"? Several years ago I was able to recover Outlook Express folders >>with DBXtract from Tomsterdam's InsideOutlookExpress site - any similar >>tool available for Outlook?. > >> If you do restore, go into tools, options, other, advanced, com addins >> and disable the psion addin. ***It was listed. Disabled it and warning >> no longer appears when starting Outlook. Wish I'd known/found this >> before blindly following Oulook's advice > > If its not listed, find and delete extend.dat. > > Started adding email addresses by New, "a" in To: field, use first > address, right clicking it,and adding to Outlook contacts and so on. > After doing three, discovered a large outlook.pst file as well as > outlook.pst1 (the one to whish I was adding. Discovered how to show the > outlook.pst folder under Contacts, but not how to delete the new (now > redundant) outlook.pst1. > I was adding File, Data file management to add and remove pst files. Or control panel, mail, profiles.
From: Keith on 24 Mar 2010 05:57 Thanks Diane, with your help I seem to have got everything back, so my wife's a happy bunny! > XP doesn't create them automatically every day? I haven't found anything in 'System restore' that let's me schedule it. "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" <outlookmvp(a)msn.com> wrote in message news:1AA25CCA-B6E4-4ED9-973F-D4E52AA3B865(a)microsoft.com... >> "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" <outlookmvp(a)msn.com> wrote in message >> news:%23NbpoefyKHA.5940(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>> Windows version? ***XP Home, fully up-to-date >> >> How long ago did you do this? ***Less than one hour before posting >> for help >> >> If your OS supports System >>> Restore and you did it really recently, use System Restore to roll back. >>> ***Stupidly, I didn't set a restore point before following Outlook's >>> suggestions > > >> >>>If not, the settings are gone. ***Does this include folders below >>>"Inbox"? Several years ago I was able to recover Outlook Express folders >>>with DBXtract from Tomsterdam's InsideOutlookExpress site - any similar >>>tool available for Outlook?. >> >>> If you do restore, go into tools, options, other, advanced, com addins >>> and disable the psion addin. ***It was listed. Disabled it and warning >>> no longer appears when starting Outlook. Wish I'd known/found this >>> before blindly following Oulook's advice >> >> If its not listed, find and delete extend.dat. >> >> Started adding email addresses by New, "a" in To: field, use first >> address, right clicking it,and adding to Outlook contacts and so on. >> After doing three, discovered a large outlook.pst file as well as >> outlook.pst1 (the one to whish I was adding. Discovered how to show the >> outlook.pst folder under Contacts, but not how to delete the new (now >> redundant) outlook.pst1. >> I was adding > > File, Data file management to add and remove pst files. Or control panel, > mail, profiles.
From: Keith on 24 Mar 2010 05:58 Thanks, it worked. "DL" <invalid(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message news:u7YoPJiyKHA.1796(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > You close Outlook and use the mail applet in the control panel to add the > data file and set this as the default message store > > "Keith" <Keith(a)nohtsystems.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message > news:4ba7d398$0$2476$db0fefd9(a)news.zen.co.uk... >> >> "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" <outlookmvp(a)msn.com> wrote in message >> news:%23NbpoefyKHA.5940(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>> Windows version? ***XP Home, fully up-to-date >> >> How long ago did you do this? ***Less than one hour before posting >> for help >> >> If your OS supports System >>> Restore and you did it really recently, use System Restore to roll back. >>> ***Stupidly, I didn't set a restore point before following Outlook's >>> suggestions >> >>>If not, the settings are gone. ***Does this include folders below >>>"Inbox"? Several years ago I was able to recover Outlook Express folders >>>with DBXtract from Tomsterdam's InsideOutlookExpress site - any similar >>>tool available for Outlook?. >> >>> If you do restore, go into tools, options, other, advanced, com addins >>> and disable the psion addin. ***It was listed. Disabled it and warning >>> no longer appears when starting Outlook. Wish I'd known/found this >>> before blindly following Oulook's advice >> >> If its not listed, find and delete extend.dat. >> >> Started adding email addresses by New, "a" in To: field, use first >> address, right clicking it,and adding to Outlook contacts and so on. >> After doing three, discovered a large outlook.pst file as well as >> outlook.pst1 (the one to whish I was adding. Discovered how to show the >> outlook.pst folder under Contacts, but not how to delete the new (now >> redundant) outlook.pst1. >> I was adding >> >>> -- >>> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] >>> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ >>> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/ >>> >>> Outlook Tips by email: >>> mailto:dailytips-subscribe-request(a)lists.outlooktips.net >>> >>> EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: >>> mailto:EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST(a)PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM >>> >>> Do you sync your mailbox with a smartphone or pda? >>> http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=39473 >>> >>> >>> >>> "Keith" <Keith(a)nohtsystems.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message >>> news:4ba7c1f6$0$2529$da0feed9(a)news.zen.co.uk... >>>> My Psion became a paperweight so I uninstalled the Psion/Windows XP >>>> software applications (Add/remove programmes). Having become fed up >>>> with Outlook 2003 repeatedly complaining that it could not find the >>>> Psion add-in, I followed it's first suggestion: in Outlook, Help, >>>> Detect and Repair, ticked: 'Restore my shortcuts while repairing'. >>>> Problem not cured, so took second option in Outlook, Help, Detect and >>>> Repair, ticked: 'Discard my customized settings and restore default >>>> settings'. This option appears to have re-installed Outlook 2003 - all >>>> my folders (saved emails), rules, Contacts have gone. Is there anyway >>>> of retrieving them? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Keith >>>> >> >>
From: Diane Poremsky [MVP] on 24 Mar 2010 18:12 Gotta keep the wife happy :) -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/ Outlook Tips by email: mailto:dailytips-subscribe-request(a)lists.outlooktips.net EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: mailto:EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST(a)PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM Do you sync your mailbox with a smartphone or pda? http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=39473 "Keith" <Keith(a)nohtsystems.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:4ba9e246$0$2536$da0feed9(a)news.zen.co.uk... > Thanks Diane, with your help I seem to have got everything back, so my > wife's a happy bunny! >
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