Second account, separate pst file

[Hall]

I have 2 pst files, each for their own email accounts. One of them is
mailbox.pst, and when I set up Outlook, it used it by default.

How do I access the other pst file for its own email account separately from
the default? I believe it would be invoked with the command outlook.exe
/profile [second], but I don't know how to make Outlook be aware of the
second pst file.

Thx

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have 2 pst files, each for their own email accounts. One of them is
mailbox.pst, and when I set up Outlook, it used it by default.

How do I access the other pst file for its own email account
separately from the default? I believe it would be invoked with the
command outlook.exe /profile [second], but I don't know how to make
Outlook be aware of the second pst file.

If your Outlook version is something other than Outlook 98 or 2000 in
Internet Mode Only, create the second profile in Control Panel's Mail
applet. There will be an option to check that instructs Outlook to ask
which profile to use when starting.

 

[Hall]

Thanks Brian but that isn't the solution.

I'm actually on Outlook 2000.

Basically, how do I specify a pst file to a profile? I can see where the
default (mailbox.pst) is shown but that's grayed out and not changeable.

I need to create a different invocation of Outlook exclusively for the
second pst file. I know this can be done since I previously had it on
Windows ME but now I'm on XP.

Thx so much!

I have 2 pst files, each for their own email accounts. One of them is
mailbox.pst, and when I set up Outlook, it used it by default.

How do I access the other pst file for its own email account
separately from the default? I believe it would be invoked with the
command outlook.exe /profile [second], but I don't know how to make
Outlook be aware of the second pst file.

If your Outlook version is something other than Outlook 98 or 2000 in
Internet Mode Only, create the second profile in Control Panel's Mail
applet. There will be an option to check that instructs Outlook to ask
which profile to use when starting.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I'm actually on Outlook 2000.

Basically, how do I specify a pst file to a profile? I can see where
the default (mailbox.pst) is shown but that's grayed out and not
changeable.

As I said, if you are using Outlook 2000 IMO, you can't create multiple
profiles. If you don't use IMAP accounts, you could certainly convert
Outlook to Corporate/Workgroup Mode and then you'll be able to have multiple
profiles.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Internet Mail Only mode:
- File menu > Open > Personal Folders file > migrate to the new PST file
location to open it
- Right-click on the root of the new set of folders in the folder pane (View

Folder List)

- Choose Properties
- Check the "Deliver POP mail" box
- Quit & restart Outlook
- Now you can Close the PST file that you were previously using (R-click on
that pst folder while in Folder View and select "Close <foldername>
Folders"). If you have any information in your former PST that you'd like to
transfer to your new default PST, you can drag and drop from one to the
other before you close the old one.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thanks Brian but that isn't the solution.

I'm actually on Outlook 2000.

Basically, how do I specify a pst file to a profile? I can see where the
default (mailbox.pst) is shown but that's grayed out and not changeable.

I need to create a different invocation of Outlook exclusively for the
second pst file. I know this can be done since I previously had it on
Windows ME but now I'm on XP.

Thx so much!

I have 2 pst files, each for their own email accounts. One of them is
mailbox.pst, and when I set up Outlook, it used it by default.

How do I access the other pst file for its own email account
separately from the default? I believe it would be invoked with the
command outlook.exe /profile [second], but I don't know how to make
Outlook be aware of the second pst file.

If your Outlook version is something other than Outlook 98 or 2000 in
Internet Mode Only, create the second profile in Control Panel's Mail
applet. There will be an option to check that instructs Outlook to ask
which profile to use when starting.

 

[Hall]

No, no, that's still not it. All that does is add (or replace) one pst file
with another (along with all their folders).

Here's the target result: I have 2 shortcuts on my desktop. One opens
Outlook for Bob's mailbox (with his pst file and his own email account) and
another opens Outlook for Harry's mailbox (with HIS pst file and HIS own
email account). And the 2 don't overlap.

I've had this in my previous Windows ME environment but can't seem to make
it happen now that I'm in XP Pro. I've stayed in Outlook 2000 the whole
time.

Does anyone know how this can be done?

Thanks!

Internet Mail Only mode:
- File menu > Open > Personal Folders file > migrate to the new PST file
location to open it
- Right-click on the root of the new set of folders in the folder pane (View

Folder List)

- Choose Properties
- Check the "Deliver POP mail" box
- Quit & restart Outlook
- Now you can Close the PST file that you were previously using (R-click on
that pst folder while in Folder View and select "Close <foldername>
Folders"). If you have any information in your former PST that you'd like to
transfer to your new default PST, you can drag and drop from one to the
other before you close the old one.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thanks Brian but that isn't the solution.

I'm actually on Outlook 2000.

Basically, how do I specify a pst file to a profile? I can see where the
default (mailbox.pst) is shown but that's grayed out and not changeable.

I need to create a different invocation of Outlook exclusively for the
second pst file. I know this can be done since I previously had it on
Windows ME but now I'm on XP.

Thx so much!

I have 2 pst files, each for their own email accounts. One of them is
mailbox.pst, and when I set up Outlook, it used it by default.

How do I access the other pst file for its own email account
separately from the default? I believe it would be invoked with the
command outlook.exe /profile [second], but I don't know how to make
Outlook be aware of the second pst file.

If your Outlook version is something other than Outlook 98 or 2000 in
Internet Mode Only, create the second profile in Control Panel's Mail
applet. There will be an option to check that instructs Outlook to ask
which profile to use when starting.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

IMO does not support what you want to do. You must use separate Windows
logons to do what you want.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

No, no, that's still not it. All that does is add (or replace) one pst
file
with another (along with all their folders).

Here's the target result: I have 2 shortcuts on my desktop. One opens
Outlook for Bob's mailbox (with his pst file and his own email account)
and
another opens Outlook for Harry's mailbox (with HIS pst file and HIS own
email account). And the 2 don't overlap.

I've had this in my previous Windows ME environment but can't seem to make
it happen now that I'm in XP Pro. I've stayed in Outlook 2000 the whole
time.

Does anyone know how this can be done?

Thanks!

Internet Mail Only mode:
- File menu > Open > Personal Folders file > migrate to the new PST file
location to open it
- Right-click on the root of the new set of folders in the folder pane (View

Folder List)

- Choose Properties
- Check the "Deliver POP mail" box
- Quit & restart Outlook
- Now you can Close the PST file that you were previously using (R-click on
that pst folder while in Folder View and select "Close <foldername>
Folders"). If you have any information in your former PST that you'd like to
transfer to your new default PST, you can drag and drop from one to the
other before you close the old one.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thanks Brian but that isn't the solution.

I'm actually on Outlook 2000.

Basically, how do I specify a pst file to a profile? I can see where the
default (mailbox.pst) is shown but that's grayed out and not
changeable.

I need to create a different invocation of Outlook exclusively for the
second pst file. I know this can be done since I previously had it on
Windows ME but now I'm on XP.

Thx so much!


I have 2 pst files, each for their own email accounts. One of them is
mailbox.pst, and when I set up Outlook, it used it by default.

How do I access the other pst file for its own email account
separately from the default? I believe it would be invoked with the
command outlook.exe /profile [second], but I don't know how to make
Outlook be aware of the second pst file.

If your Outlook version is something other than Outlook 98 or 2000 in
Internet Mode Only, create the second profile in Control Panel's Mail
applet. There will be an option to check that instructs Outlook to
ask
which profile to use when starting.