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From: Martin ���� on 30 Jan 2010 06:22
On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:58:42 -0500, "Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]"
<tillman1952(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

>"Martin )?), @nohere.net" <Martin ���� @nohere.net> wrote in message
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>> I'm using windows 7
>> Where would I look for %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Outlook\extend.dat ?
>
>Open Windows Explorer and enter %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Outlook intro the
>Address field. Click Go.

Brian, that was a disaster
I found %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Outlook and deleted extend.dat
Then outlook couldn't find the .pst file & wouldn't load
I had to load a 7 day old backup to get outlook to work again &
OLWatch is still there
From: Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] on 1 Feb 2010 12:27
"Martin )?), @nohere.net" <Martin ���� @nohere.net> wrote in message
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> I did that Brian and lost my .pst file and had to restore my last
> backup which was 7 days ago, loosing some important data !!

Not possible. Just opening a folder cannot delete files.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

From: Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] on 1 Feb 2010 12:28
"Martin )?), @nohere.net" <Martin ���� @nohere.net> wrote in message
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> Brian, that was a disaster
> I found %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Outlook and deleted extend.dat
> Then outlook couldn't find the .pst file & wouldn't load
> I had to load a 7 day old backup to get outlook to work again &
> OLWatch is still there

You deleted more than just the extend.dat file, then.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

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