How do I get rid of a bad .pst file?

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Ray King

Somehow during an attempt to have a portable (notebook) version of my outlook
files, I imported another copy, and ended up with two pst folders. The main
(correct) one "Outlook Today" [Notebook] is fine, but how do I get rid of the
other one "Personal Folders", with unwanted items; Calendar, Contacts, etc.
Hopefully merge them?

I can't close it; if I try to close it, I get the error; "The operation
failed, the object could not be found". I get the same message if I open it's
properties, I and select "advanced". If I try to close the [notebook] folder,
I get: "You cannot close the personal folders file that contains your
mailbox, …".

I ran scanpst (??), and it did (claim to) repair a few problems, but to no
avail.
I do notice that they have different icons, the personal folders (broken)
one has a folder icon, the other (working) one, has the "today" Icon …
 
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_Vanguard_

Ray King said:
Somehow during an attempt to have a portable (notebook) version of my
outlook
files, I imported another copy, and ended up with two pst folders. The
main
(correct) one "Outlook Today" [Notebook] is fine, but how do I get rid
of the
other one "Personal Folders", with unwanted items; Calendar, Contacts,
etc.
Hopefully merge them?

I can't close it; if I try to close it, I get the error; "The
operation
failed, the object could not be found". I get the same message if I
open it's
properties, I and select "advanced". If I try to close the [notebook]
folder,
I get: "You cannot close the personal folders file that contains your
mailbox, .".

I ran scanpst (??), and it did (claim to) repair a few problems, but
to no
avail.
I do notice that they have different icons, the personal folders
(broken)
one has a folder icon, the other (working) one, has the "today" Icon .
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File -> Data File Management, remove the no-longer existing message
store.
 
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