How do I delete duplicate mailboxes after Outlook reconfiguration?

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I am using Outlook 2000 & Windows XP Home. I re-configured Outlook to
Corporate & Workgroup. Two things happened that are odd.

First in my folder list I now have "Outlook Today - Main Mailbox" and "Main
Mailbox". Each have subfolders for Contacts, Calendar, Inbox, Tasks, Journal,
Deleted, Drafts, Notes, Outbox, Reminders, Sent Items, etc. I had set up
subfolders for the Inbox which are in one set, but not the other. I can
delete the ones from what I think is the old configuration except for "Main
Mailbox, Deleted Items, Inbox, Outbox & Sent Items.

Second the notification envelope that shows up in the tray at the bottom
right sometimes does not appear. It is not hidden, it doesn't show up.

Any suggestions on how to fix this?
 
NOIC said:
I am using Outlook 2000 & Windows XP Home. I re-configured Outlook to
Corporate & Workgroup. Two things happened that are odd.

First in my folder list I now have "Outlook Today - Main Mailbox" and
"Main Mailbox". Each have subfolders for Contacts, Calendar, Inbox,
Tasks, Journal, Deleted, Drafts, Notes, Outbox, Reminders, Sent
Items, etc.
Click to expand...

When you tell Outlook to use a particular Personal Folders file as the
delivery location, Outlook will label it "Outlook Today". What I suspect
happened was that you were using one and when you switched modes,
inadvertently told Outlook to create and use another. That new one became
your new Outlook Today. To revert back to the old one, see this:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=195782

I had set up subfolders for the Inbox which are in one
set, but not the other. I can delete the ones from what I think is
the old configuration except for "Main Mailbox, Deleted Items, Inbox,
Outbox & Sent Items.
Click to expand...

You can't delete the default folders once they've been created automatically
by Outlook. If you create a new PST, it will be devoid of any but the
"Deleted Items" folder.
Second the notification envelope that shows up in the tray at the
bottom right sometimes does not appear. It is not hidden, it doesn't
show up.
Click to expand...

There can be several causes for this and your posting doesn't contain enough
information to decide.
 
I'll review the site you sent me, but I was able to "Close" the old mailbox
and it appears to be working ok with the new one. As for the Notification
envelope, that has also started working ok. Don't know if that was due to the
2 mailboxes being open or not.
Thanks
Don Skaff
 
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