Change default file location

[moore-wds]

WHere and how do you change the default location for the
Outlook PST file. I appreciate you help.

Johnny Moore
Moore-WDS

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Close Outlook.
Move your PST file.
Re-open Outlook and tell Outlook where you moved it when it asks.

 

[Brian Tillman]

WHere and how do you change the default location for the

Outlook PST file.

I don't think you can, but since you can put it anywhere you like when you
create it, why worry?
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-aerospace.com is the domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't speak for me.

 

[rifleman]

I don't think you can, but since you can put it anywhere you like when you
create it, why worry?

You can. Just move the file and when you next open Outlook it will complain
that it can't find the pst. Just point it to where you moved the file too.

QED.
(Quite Easily Done!)

 

[Brian Tillman]

You can. Just move the file and when you next open Outlook it will complain

that it can't find the pst. Just point it to where you moved the file too.

That still won't change the default directory in which Outlook will expect
new pst files to appear and what you describe is no different at all from
what I said.

In other words, the OP was asking if there is a way to change the folder
Outlook will browse to when you pick "New>Outlook Data File" or
"New>Personal Folders File". By default, you'll be placed in
"C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook". You can always browse to another folder before
creating the file, but the above default can't, I believe, be changed and
that's what the OP was asking:

WHere and how do you change the default location for the
Outlook PST file.

Or, at least that's how I interpreted the question.
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-aerospace.com is the domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't speak for me.

 

[rifleman]

too.

That still won't change the default directory in which Outlook will expect
new pst files to appear and what you describe is no different at all from
what I said.

In other words, the OP was asking if there is a way to change the folder
Outlook will browse to when you pick "New>Outlook Data File" or
"New>Personal Folders File". By default, you'll be placed in
"C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook". You can always browse to another folder before
creating the file, but the above default can't, I believe, be changed and
that's what the OP was asking:


Or, at least that's how I interpreted the question.

Well certainly in Outlook XP, if you go to File-New-Outlook Data File and
choose pst, then it comes up with a box that allows you to set up the file
anywhere you want.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You're both right. Although you can't change the location in which Outlook
will _create_ a PST file by default, you can still move a PST anywhere you
want. Outlook won't care where it is and can use it in any location as long
as you tell it to do so in a stern voice.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Well certainly in Outlook XP, if you go to File-New-Outlook Data File and

choose pst, then it comes up with a box that allows you to set up the file
anywhere you want.

I've already said that, twice! Read what I said again. I don't dispute
what you claim. What the OP wants to know is if it's possible to change
where the initial browse box opens when you initiate the creation of a new
PST _prior_ to selecting where you want to place it. You have to CHANGE
where the browse box points in order to select a new location. He wants it
to OPEN BY DEFAULT in a new location so no browsing is needed.
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-aerospace.com is the domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't speak for me.