Outlook and pst file

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Bill Davis Jr

I was originally Office Pro 2007 under Windows Vista Ultimate. I have
since in the past day gone back to Windows Xp Pro(for the time being)
due some compatibility issues I have been experiencing with Vista.

I backed up Office to a .pst file. Now when I open the pst file none
of my email are there. Only my contacts and calendar events. I checked
before I switched back to Xp was open the pst under Vista and made
sure everything was there.

Is there anyway to see if my email is still in the pst file. The file
size is 118mb so I am guessing it is all still there.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Bill
 
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Herb Tyson [MVP]

To begin with the perfectly obvious... you're sure you're opening the
correct .pst file... right?

Are the folders there? Or are they missing, too? I.e., when you open that
..pst file, are Contacts and Calendar the only folders you're seeing?

If the folders are there, is there perhaps a filter setting that is
preventing those emails from showing up?

Barring that... as an alternative to opening the file (which is what I would
do, but since it's not working...), you might try File - Import and Export
and importing some of the folders.
 
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