Newbie question - changing location of Outlook data

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Paul Denley

Hi
I'm a relative newcomer using Outlook 2000 (not Express) on my desktop
computer (Windows ME) in work and a laptop (Windows 98SE) at home. I
just use it for calendar, tasks and contacts (no e-mail). I carry a
portable hard drive between the two with all my files (Word, etc.) on
it. Is there any way I can configure Outlook to set the data file to
another drive (i.e. my portable hard drive) rather than drive C on my
other computers? It seems that the data is all stored somewhere like
C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook in a .pst file. All I want
to do is change that location - is it possible?
Thanks for any help you can give.
Paul
 
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DL

The pst can be on any hd, within the pc. If you move it, with OL closed, and
start OL, it will complain, you just browse to new location.
I'm not sure of ramifications on using a portable device.
 
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Kip Kniskern

One simple way to do this: (I know it works in 2003, but 2000 may differ)
First, (after backing up the .pst file in case something bad happens!), move
the file to the new location. You can leave a copy in the default location,
but rename the extension name (.old). Then start up Outlook. It will be
unable to find the .pst file, and will bring up a box asking you to point to
a file or start a new one. Point to the moved .pst file and you're all set.

kip
 
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