why outlook1.pst and outlook.pst?

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Geoff Cox

Hello,

A friend's PC using Outlook 2003 has 2 .pst files - Outlook.pst and
Outlook1.pst in Documents and Settings\<his name>\Local
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook..

One is about 1/10 the size of the other and one starts with upper case
letter O and the other with lower case letter o. I cannot remember
which way round.

Why are there 2 .pst files?

Cheers,

Geoff
 
Are both constantly updated? Maybe one is his archive PST file where old
data gets moved during the AutoArchive process. If not maybe he created one
by accident and it's just sitting there unused.
 
Are both constantly updated? Maybe one is his archive PST file where old
data gets moved during the AutoArchive process. If not maybe he created one
by accident and it's just sitting there unused.
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Thanks Vince - will ask him to check on this.

Cheers,

Geoff
 
A friend's PC using Outlook 2003 has 2 .pst files - Outlook.pst and
Outlook1.pst in Documents and Settings\<his name>\Local
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook..

One is about 1/10 the size of the other and one starts with upper case
letter O and the other with lower case letter o. I cannot remember
which way round.

Why are there 2 .pst files?
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Often happens when a new version of Outlook is installed ot a new mail
profile created. Ask Outlook which one is in use. File>Data File
Management.
 
Often happens when a new version of Outlook is installed ot a new mail
profile created. Ask Outlook which one is in use. File>Data File
Management.
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Thanks Brian - will get that checked out.

Cheers

Geoff
 
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