Lost Outlook File?

July 30, 2006 12:21 AM

Where's my Outlook data after using the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard?

I ran the wizard before doing a clean install on my laptop. Now, I can't find it when I migrate back. Is there something I did wrong? I have done it before and not had a problem, but now, I don't know.

Can you help??

posted by alightfoot to Computers & Internet (6 answers total)

Probably in c:/Documents and Settings/[Login Name]/Application Data/Microsoft/Outlook.

Wherever it is, it's in a file that ends with .pst, so search for that.
posted by orthogonality at 12:30 AM on July 30, 2006

Outlook or Outlook Express? Outlook Express have a different file extension. Just checking.
posted by theora55 at 7:21 AM on July 30, 2006

On my XP box, .pst files are found in:

C:\Documents and Settings\{login name}\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
posted by SuperSquirrel at 8:15 AM on July 30, 2006

Yeah, SuperSquirrel is right, i'm wrong (I was typing from a Mac, and had to rely on memory rather than checking).
posted by orthogonality at 8:32 AM on July 30, 2006

Response by poster: Thanks for the help. For whatever reason, it wasn't transferred and I lost it. I *&^%ing hate Windows sometimes..!!
posted by alightfoot at 1:56 PM on July 30, 2006

It may also have a .ost extension instead of .pst
posted by internal at 8:19 PM on July 30, 2006