Big Prroblem With Archive Folders

J

jeff

I'm in Outlook 2002 and Windows XP.

I was running out of mail space aproaching 1.8 gig in
outlook, so I archived folders. I'm not sure how I did it
but I've ended up with multiple archive folders.

My outlook today with all of primary folders were in an
archive folder. And I had multiple (top level) archive
folders.

I renamed one as Archive Main, and after I did that it
does not close properly and start properly, with a message
which says that the Archive file did not close properly.
I've run detect and repair repeatedly now, and it does not
fix the problem.

I cannot find a way to move my outlook today folders out
of Archive.

I have searched but not been able to find this problem
described.

Please help, as I am in over my head and I depend heavily
on outlook.

thanks
 
S

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]

You can use these steps to create a new blank .pst file and make it the
default:

1. Go to Tools | E-mail Accounts | View or change existing email accounts
2. Click the New Outlook Data File button. Be sure to give it a unique
display name, so you can distinguish it from your other folders.
3. Under "Deliver new e-mail to the following location," select the .pst
file you just created.
4. Click OK.

Don't restart Outlook yet!

Instead, in the folder list, drag your default folders (Inbox, Calendar,
etc.) and any other current folders you want to transfer to the new .pst
file. This will make copies of those folders and their contents in the new
..pst file.

Now retart Outlook. It should come up with your existing data, but in the
file you created in Step 2 above.
 
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