Outlook 2003 pst file location

[Guest]

I am new to Office 2003. The first time I have used OL 2003 it created its pst file in C:/.... user profiles/user. I would like the file to be in my data partition, which is D, say, D:/.../user/mail. I could easily do it in OL 97 and I know it is possible with OL 2003. However, I cannot find how can I do it. The new online help seems to have no index, such that one can search for info using key words only. Good luck if you do not know how it is hidded as is my case right now. I have tried everything I could think of without avail

So, where is the dialog box which sets the location for OL 2003 pst files

Jan

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Close Outlook.
Move the PST where you want it.
Reopen Outlook and tell it where you moved the PST when it asks.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I am new to Office 2003. The first time I have used OL 2003 it created its

pst file in C:/.... user profiles/user. I would like the file to be in my
data partition, which is D, say, D:/.../user/mail. I could easily do it in
OL 97 and I know it is possible with OL 2003. However, I cannot find how can
I do it. The new online help seems to have no index, such that one can
search for info using key words only. Good luck if you do not know how it is
hidded as is my case right now. I have tried everything I could think of
without avail.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Valentine, I have figured it out myself in the meantime: it can be done through OL tools and e-mail accounts. However it is not the end of the problems.

Then new problem is that after importing data from my OE (Outlook Express) which I have used before, all my old mail shows as received at the time of the import rather than the original delivery. It has screwed my time sorting ability, as the all messages have the same delivery time, namely the newest. Is there a way around it

Jan

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

There would have been. but there isn't now. Exporting from OE would have
preserved the time settings.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thanks Valentine, I have figured it out myself in the meantime: it can be

done through OL tools and e-mail accounts. However it is not the end of the
problems.

Then new problem is that after importing data from my OE (Outlook Express)

which I have used before, all my old mail shows as received at the time of
the import rather than the original delivery. It has screwed my time sorting
ability, as the all messages have the same delivery time, namely the newest.
Is there a way around it?

 

[Scott Tyler]

Thanks Valentine, I have figured it out myself in the meantime: it can be

done through OL tools and e-mail accounts. However it is not the end of the
problems.

Then new problem is that after importing data from my OE (Outlook Express)

which I have used before, all my old mail shows as received at the time of
the import rather than the original delivery. It has screwed my time sorting
ability, as the all messages have the same delivery time, namely the newest.
Is there a way around it?

Jan

I ran into this issue as well. By the time I discovered it, it was too late
to go back and export from OE, rather than import from Outlook.

I searched Google Groups, and learned it was possible to deal with this
issue by customizing the view to use a different date.

Although the message pane says "Arranged by: Date", there are three dates:
Date modified, date received, and date sent.

In my case, I highlighted a folder with misdated items, then selected
"View>Arrange by>Custom", which brought up a dialog. I then hit the "Sort"
button, selected "Sent" instead of "Received", and that cleared the problem
for that folder.

I had to repeat this for several of my folders.

I found the problem only occurred with certain accounts and certain
recipients, so I didn't have to do this for every folder.

 

[Guest]

Thanks to Scott and Russ again

Since I am setting my new Office 2003, I could delete the user.pst file and start again. However, regardless whether I import to Outlook or export from OE, the outcome is the same, i.e., all dates are gone. Perhaps I am not exporting it right, but I do not see any options, except that I export to Outlook? Russ, if you read it, please comment

Also, is it possible to collate the data from different locations? I have been using several user profiles before for foreign language preferences (through input locale etc.). On some of those profiles I have been using OL on some OE. With better language support in Office 2003 than 97, I can merge at least some of the profiles

I can see the logic in Scott's suggestion, but do you have to do it every time you sort your messages or the dates are restored permanently

And, finaly, I love the spam filtering in the new Outlook!!

Ja

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

What do you mean "all dates are lost?"
Not here. Exporting from OE leaves all dates unchanged.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thanks to Scott and Russ again.

Since I am setting my new Office 2003, I could delete the user.pst file

and start again. However, regardless whether I import to Outlook or export
from OE, the outcome is the same, i.e., all dates are gone. Perhaps I am not
exporting it right, but I do not see any options, except that I export to
Outlook? Russ, if you read it, please comment.

Also, is it possible to collate the data from different locations? I have

been using several user profiles before for foreign language preferences
(through input locale etc.). On some of those profiles I have been using OL
on some OE. With better language support in Office 2003 than 97, I can merge
at least some of the profiles.

I can see the logic in Scott's suggestion, but do you have to do it every

time you sort your messages or the dates are restored permanently?

 

[Scott Tyler]

Thanks to Scott and Russ again.

Since I am setting my new Office 2003, I could delete the user.pst file

and start again. However, regardless whether I import to Outlook or export
from OE, the outcome is the same, i.e., all dates are gone. Perhaps I am not
exporting it right, but I do not see any options, except that I export to
Outlook? Russ, if you read it, please comment.

Also, is it possible to collate the data from different locations? I have

been using several user profiles before for foreign language preferences
(through input locale etc.). On some of those profiles I have been using OL
on some OE. With better language support in Office 2003 than 97, I can merge
at least some of the profiles.

I can see the logic in Scott's suggestion, but do you have to do it every

time you sort your messages or the dates are restored permanently?

And, finaly, I love the spam filtering in the new Outlook!!!

Jan

In my case, I only had to change folder views for folders that contained
messages from certain accounts and users. I have not had to do this again.

All messages received since my conversion to Outlook have been dated
properly.

Changing the view does not change the date on the items dated incorrectly by
the import. It just sorts them using a different (but correct) date. I've
never attempted exporting from OE to avoid the issue altogether, but I did
see that solution mentioned in my research on Google, in addition to in this
thread.

Possibly off-topic (related primarily to OE) : As for "lost dates", I did
see lost dates with some older messages received directly from Hotmail
(service announcements, ads for "Extra Storage", etc). This isn't the first
time I've seen such weirdness with those messages: In the past, when
importing messages into a new version of OE from an old version of OE, some
of these Hotmail messages degenerated into blank emails with HTML
attachments. I'm assuming this was more an issue with the way Hotmail used
to send their messages, or the way that OE supports Hotmail (yes, I know
support for Hotmail in OE is beta)

 

[Guest]

Thanks again and sorry for improper selection of words. Both sorting after "sent" and exporting from OE worked. I have checked Scott's suggestion and it works. Then I have tried exporting again: I am not sure what I did yesterday, but today, with fresh mind, I have deleted everything from the current OL folders, went to OE and exported messages to OL. The received dates were preserved.

Thank you both, Ja

 

[Scott Tyler]

Thanks again and sorry for improper selection of words. Both sorting after

"sent" and exporting from OE worked. I have checked Scott's suggestion and
it works. Then I have tried exporting again: I am not sure what I did
yesterday, but today, with fresh mind, I have deleted everything from the
current OL folders, went to OE and exported messages to OL. The received
dates were preserved.

Thank you both, Jan

You're welcome.