Outlook 2003 shortcut question

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Paul Fedorenko

Is Outlook 2003 supposed to have an icon for the Outlook Today screen like
the previous versions (98, 2002) had?
 
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Mine does, how many .pst files do you have open and are you using Exchange
or POP3?

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Paul Fedorenko
asked:

| Is Outlook 2003 supposed to have an icon for the Outlook Today screen
| like the previous versions (98, 2002) had?
 
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Paul Fedorenko

Milly Staples said:
Mine does, how many .pst files do you have open and are you using Exchange
or POP3?
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Definitely using POP3. Don't know what you mean by how many .pst files I
have open, though. I've got it set up for a personal email account with my
ISP, and whatever contacts and calendar info I use on a day-to-day basis, so
there's nothing too complicated in there.

I mean, it's not critical, just a nice feature. I don't even see it in the
"Add New Shortcut" menu, or the "Go" menu for that matter.
 
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

What folder are you in when you see this behavior? Mail? All folders?

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Paul Fedorenko
asked:

| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
| || Mine does, how many .pst files do you have open and are you using
|| Exchange or POP3?
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| Definitely using POP3. Don't know what you mean by how many .pst
| files I have open, though. I've got it set up for a personal email
| account with my ISP, and whatever contacts and calendar info I use on
| a day-to-day basis, so there's nothing too complicated in there.
|
| I mean, it's not critical, just a nice feature. I don't even see it
| in the "Add New Shortcut" menu, or the "Go" menu for that matter.
 
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Paul Fedorenko

What folder are you in when you see this behavior? Mail? All folders?

Doesn't matter what folder I'm in. The little icon thingy for the Today
Screen that's supposed to be on the Outlook shortcut bar isn't there.

Actually... What I was thinking... Where does Outlook store it's mail
folders? Would they be in the hidden Application Data directory in the user
folder, or somewhere else? If I can find my mail and move it somewhere
else, I could uninstall Outlook, delete the remaining config files and start
from scratch. Might be the best bet.

Unless the icon's not supposed to be there, that is, and I'm just making
noise about nothing.
 
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Paul Fedorenko

Brian Tillman said:
Outlook data items are in %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook by default. Other files Outlook uses are in
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Outlook. See
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
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So... If I wanted to back up my inbox and other mail folders, and start all
other Outlook settings from scratch, I'd basically move the .pst files to
another place, wipe out everything else and go from there? I've got my
contact list and calendar on my Pocket PC, so I don't see any of the other
files, except maybe my mail filters, being relevant.

I think something went wrong during installation (upgraded from 2002), cuz
things just aren't right.
 
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Brian Tillman

Paul Fedorenko said:
So... If I wanted to back up my inbox and other mail folders, and
start all other Outlook settings from scratch, I'd basically move the
.pst files to another place, wipe out everything else and go from
there?
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That's the basic method, yes.
I think something went wrong during installation (upgraded from
2002), cuz things just aren't right.
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What symptoms do you see?
 
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