Ghost Folder in Outlook?

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Al Franz

I have a Ghost folder in Outlook 2003 w/WinXP SP2, which just shows the
icon. When I try to click on it I get the error....

"The set of folders could not be opened".

Could you show me where could I remove the Outllook mailbox manually? I
realize I could create a new profile but how could I get all the information
from the main folder over to this new setup? The corrupted one is not my
main folder but would like to get rid of it. Is there a registry key that
could be deleted to remove this folder?
 
you can delete a reg key, but if you screw up, you'll need a new profile.

go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\<profile name> and search for the pst filename.
If the ghost is not a duplicate of your default pst, just delete the key
(folder icon on left) the filename is found under. If it's a duplicate of
your default, you need to find all three keys and decide which one belongs
to the ghost. (all psts in a profile have two keys, the ghost only has one.)

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Al Franz said:
I have a Ghost folder in Outlook 2003 w/WinXP SP2, which just shows
the icon.
Click to expand...

There really is no reason to ask the same question so many times.
 
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