Deleting extend.dat

J

Jeffrey

I found extend.dat in the My Documents folder.
Can I delete this without causing any problems?
 
D

Diane Poremsky [MVP]

Yes. That's not the folder location outlook stores the one it uses and even
if it was, if outlook needs it, it'll make a new one.

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J

Jeffrey

Thanks.

Diane Poremsky said:
Yes. That's not the folder location outlook stores the one it uses and even
if it was, if outlook needs it, it'll make a new one.

--
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Jeffrey said:
I found extend.dat in the My Documents folder.
Can I delete this without causing any problems?
 
J

Jeff

I deleted two extend.dat files and my mousepad and mouse quit working. I
restored the files and had to restart the laptop three times before the mouse
begin to work again. Have you ever heard of this happening. Using Windows
XP and outlook 2003.

Diane Poremsky said:
Yes. That's not the folder location outlook stores the one it uses and even
if it was, if outlook needs it, it'll make a new one.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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Jeffrey said:
I found extend.dat in the My Documents folder.
Can I delete this without causing any problems?
 
B

Brian Tillman

Jeffrey said:
I found extend.dat in the My Documents folder.
Can I delete this without causing any problems?

Who know, since that's not the extend.dat that Outlook uses. The only
extend.dat Outlook uses is in %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook on 2000/XP and in
%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Outlook on Vista
 
B

Brian Tillman

Jeff said:
I deleted two extend.dat files and my mousepad and mouse quit
working. I restored the files and had to restart the laptop three
times before the mouse begin to work again. Have you ever heard of
this happening. Using Windows XP and outlook 2003.

I don't believe extend.dat had anything to do with it.
 
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