Changed Profile

[Brian Peduto]

I changed the profile on a computer from Administrator to
my name also with Administrator capability. All the
folders of stored emails were subsquently gone or hidden
in the Administrator profile. I had to resetup my Email
profile under Outlook. Is there a way to find them and
restore? I am missing about a monthes worth of emails.
Thanks

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

The files are still there - but if you're using NTFS as your file format,
you'll probably need to take ownership of the folder(s) that contained
them - check c:\documents and settings\oldusername permissions in Windows
Explorer....you can take ownership and then re-set the permissions as you
wish.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I changed the profile on a computer from Administrator to
my name also with Administrator capability. All the
folders of stored emails were subsquently gone or hidden
in the Administrator profile. I had to resetup my Email
profile under Outlook. Is there a way to find them and
restore? I am missing about a monthes worth of emails.
Thanks

Since you were using the Administrator account, your PST file will be in
that area {C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator). You can either simply
open it from there or move it to an area in your account and open it.
--
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.

 

[Guest]

Thx, lanwench.
the properties on the local disk(c) list the File system
as FAT32. will this make a difference? how do I check
permissions and then change them? this is a little to
advanced for my knowledge.

 

[Guest]

Thx, lanwench.
the properties on the local disk(c) list the File system
as FAT32. will this make a difference? how do I check
permissions and then change them? this is a little to
advanced for my knowledge.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

If you're not using NTFS, there are no permissions to set or reset. You can
just open the old profile folder window and find your PST files
therein....search your c: drive for *.pst.