Outlook 2000 not valid path error opening folder

[Leo Bueno]

I was trying to import contacts from my office Outlook 2000 computer
to my house computer. The import went OK.

Then, I started fooling around with Outlook and now whenever Outlook
comes up for the first time after booting XP, I get an error,
indicating that Outlook is trying to open the contacts file from which
I did the import.

I recognize the file name as one I created (as opposed to it being an
Outlook file name).

Please see the screen captures of the error below.

http://home.earthlink.net/~leobueno/Outlook-error-1.jpg

http://home.earthlink.net/~leobueno/Outlook-error-2.jpg

I think there is a third related error message that comes up after
Outlook has been open a while, but I have not been able to capture it.

Interestingly, after the first time Outlook starts, following a system
boot-up, I can close and open it and the error does *not* appear.

I can still get to the Outlook folders, so it looks like the error is
more an annoyance than a real problem. However, I would like to fix
it.

Will appreciate your help. Thanks.

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

To remove extra PST(s) from the folder list:

Outlook 97 or Outlook 98/2000 (Corporate Mode)
- On the Tools menu, click Services.
- Highlight Personal Folders service you want to
remove and click "Remove".

Note: Standalone users require 1 Personal Folders Service. Those connecting
to an Exchange server normally do not use a Personal Folders file when mail
is kept on the server.


Outlook 98/2000 (IMO [Internet Mail Only] Mode)
- On the View menu, click Folder List.
- Right click on the root folder of a folder list.
- Right click on the root of the extra set of Personal Folders
and choose "Disconnect" or "Close".



For the most stuborn of PSTs that will not remove from the folder list.

IMPORTANT: The following information contains information about editing the
registry. Before you edit the registry, you should first make a backup copy
of the registry files (System.dat and User.dat). Both are hidden files in
the Windows folder.

- Start RegEdit (Win9x/NT) or RegEdt32 (NT).
- Navigate to:
* Win9x users
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Messaging
Subsystem\Profiles\<your profile name>
* WinNT users
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\<your profile name>
- Look in the tree under that point (it should be full of keys with long
hexidecimal value names) and look for a section that references the PST file
you want off of your folder tree. Export that section (for safety) and then
delete it.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I was trying to import contacts from my office Outlook 2000 computer
to my house computer. The import went OK.

Then, I started fooling around with Outlook and now whenever Outlook
comes up for the first time after booting XP, I get an error,
indicating that Outlook is trying to open the contacts file from which
I did the import.

Now you know one of the many reasons people here have posted countess times
never to import from a PST. There's just no need and you avoid all kinds of
troubles.

 

[Leo Bueno]

Thanks. Deleted the personal folder as you indicated. Seems to have
corrected the problem.

To remove extra PST(s) from the folder list:

Outlook 97 or Outlook 98/2000 (Corporate Mode)
- On the Tools menu, click Services.
- Highlight Personal Folders service you want to
remove and click "Remove".

Note: Standalone users require 1 Personal Folders Service. Those connecting
to an Exchange server normally do not use a Personal Folders file when mail
is kept on the server.


Outlook 98/2000 (IMO [Internet Mail Only] Mode)
- On the View menu, click Folder List.
- Right click on the root folder of a folder list.
- Right click on the root of the extra set of Personal Folders
and choose "Disconnect" or "Close".



For the most stuborn of PSTs that will not remove from the folder list.

IMPORTANT: The following information contains information about editing the
registry. Before you edit the registry, you should first make a backup copy
of the registry files (System.dat and User.dat). Both are hidden files in
the Windows folder.

- Start RegEdit (Win9x/NT) or RegEdt32 (NT).
- Navigate to:
* Win9x users
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Messaging
Subsystem\Profiles\<your profile name>
* WinNT users
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\<your profile name>
- Look in the tree under that point (it should be full of keys with long
hexidecimal value names) and look for a section that references the PST file
you want off of your folder tree. Export that section (for safety) and then
delete it.

I was trying to import contacts from my office Outlook 2000 computer
to my house computer. The import went OK.

Then, I started fooling around with Outlook and now whenever Outlook
comes up for the first time after booting XP, I get an error,
indicating that Outlook is trying to open the contacts file from which
I did the import.

I recognize the file name as one I created (as opposed to it being an
Outlook file name).

Please see the screen captures of the error below.

http://home.earthlink.net/~leobueno/Outlook-error-1.jpg

http://home.earthlink.net/~leobueno/Outlook-error-2.jpg

I think there is a third related error message that comes up after
Outlook has been open a while, but I have not been able to capture it.

Interestingly, after the first time Outlook starts, following a system
boot-up, I can close and open it and the error does *not* appear.

I can still get to the Outlook folders, so it looks like the error is
more an annoyance than a real problem. However, I would like to fix
it.

Will appreciate your help. Thanks.

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[Leo Bueno]

What file format should we use to import from?

Now you know one of the many reasons people here have posted countess times
never to import from a PST. There's just no need and you avoid all kinds of
troubles.

 

[Brian Tillman]

What file format should we use to import from?

You use Import when the file containing the data is NOT a PST. If it is a
PST, just open it. You don't import .doc file into Word because that's
Word's native file type. Likewise, you don't import a PST because that's
Outlook's native file type. You open it in Outlook with File>Open>Outlook
Data File.