Problem with Outlook automatically creating "Personal Folders"

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nickalopogus

I back up my Outlook data by exporting everything in the "Outlook today"
folder as a .pst file to a removable USB drive.

The problem is that when I start the export process Outlook creates a folder
called "Personal Folders" in the Folder List. This wouldn't be a problem
except that every time Outlook starts from then on without the USB stick in
Outlook generates an error message requiring 3 clicks to get rid of (the
message is that the backup.pst file on the USB stick cannot be found).

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
 
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Brian Tillman

nickalopogus said:
I back up my Outlook data by exporting everything in the "Outlook
today" folder as a .pst file to a removable USB drive.
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That's not how you do it. Instead, stop Outlook and simply copy your PST to
the USB stick. All done. No import/export needed and you won't ever see
the message you are seing now.
The problem is that when I start the export process Outlook creates a
folder called "Personal Folders" in the Folder List. This wouldn't be
a problem except that every time Outlook starts from then on without
the USB stick in Outlook generates an error message requiring 3
clicks to get rid of (the message is that the backup.pst file on the
USB stick cannot be found).
Click to expand...

What version of Outlook? For OL 2002/2003, click File>Data File Maangement
and remove the reference to the USB-hosted PST. For OL 2000, it should show
up under Tools>Services.
 
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