Stale Hotmail Account

[Brian H]

Not sure how it happened, but I have a stale Hotmail folder displayed in folder list in outlook. Whenever I try to delete or close the folder it an error message that says



"Operation failed, the object could not be found" appears. How can I get rid of it.



Not sure if it's related but I'm also not able to turn of "work offline", when I try it comes back with a message:



"The messaging interface has returned an unknown error. If the problem persists, restart Outlook."



Which as you might guess, doesn't go away when I restart outlook. As a patch I've re-worked the email properties to work offline, but that's not the way it should work and who knows if there are unknown side-effects.



Any ideas would be appreciated.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Which version of outlook? Did you try a new profile?


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[Brian H]

Thanks, I'm using 2002 SP2. Basically I've got a stale folder in the folder list (labeled Hotmail) and I can't close it. What is more curious is the fact that it doesn't show up as an email account in either the data management menu or the email account list. Thought there might be some way to clean things up. I also appear to be "stuck" in offline mode.

How would I create a new profile? I'm hoping you don't say something like start over and reconfigure all your options, rules, pluggins and settings. Is there a way I could set up a new one while keeping the old one intact so I can reconfigure gradually?

nntp://news.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook/<#[email protected]>

Which version of outlook? Did you try a new profile?


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & ExchangeSolutionsCenter: http://www.slipstick.com
Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Not sure how it happened, but I have a stale Hotmail folder displayed in
folder list in outlook. Whenever I try to delete or close the folder it
an error message that says



"Operation failed, the object could not be found" appears. How can I get
rid of it.



Not sure if it's related but I'm also not able to turn of "work offline",
when I try it comes back with a message:



"The messaging interface has returned an unknown error. If the problem
persists, restart Outlook."



Which as you might guess, doesn't go away when I restart outlook. As a
patch I've re-worked the email properties to work offline, but that's not
the way it should work and who knows if there are unknown side-effects.



Any ideas would be appreciated.

[microsoft.public.outlook]

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Outlook 2002 supports two or more profiles - control panel, mail - add a new
one.

You can try to delete the file from the registry - since it's not a ghost,
it should work. Browse HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles for the keys that
have the hotmail pst name in them and delete the key from the left side.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Thanks, I'm using 2002 SP2. Basically I've got a stale folder in the
folder list (labeled Hotmail) and I can't close it. What is more curious
is the fact that it doesn't show up as an email account in either the data
management menu or the email account list. Thought there might be some way
to clean things up. I also appear to be "stuck" in offline mode.

How would I create a new profile? I'm hoping you don't say something like
start over and reconfigure all your options, rules, pluggins and settings.
Is there a way I could set up a new one while keeping the old one intact
so I can reconfigure gradually?


nntp://news.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook/<#[email protected]>

Which version of outlook? Did you try a new profile?


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & ExchangeSolutionsCenter: http://www.slipstick.com
Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Not sure how it happened, but I have a stale Hotmail folder displayed in
folder list in outlook. Whenever I try to delete or close the folder it
an error message that says



"Operation failed, the object could not be found" appears. How can I get
rid of it.



Not sure if it's related but I'm also not able to turn of "work
offline",
when I try it comes back with a message:



"The messaging interface has returned an unknown error. If the problem
persists, restart Outlook."



Which as you might guess, doesn't go away when I restart outlook. As a
patch I've re-worked the email properties to work offline, but that's
not
the way it should work and who knows if there are unknown side-effects.



Any ideas would be appreciated.

[microsoft.public.outlook]

 

[Brian H]

Tried the registry trick but it didn't work. One additional detail, the "Deleted Items" folder (under hotmail registers as having 7 unread messages, however, when I expand the folder there are none available. Could it be getting stuck trying to delete the items it "thinks" are in the deleted items folder? Could that be the object from the error message that isn't found? Thanks for your help.

nntp://news.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook/<#[email protected]>

Outlook 2002 supports two or more profiles - control panel, mail - add a new
one.

You can try to delete the file from the registry - since it's not a ghost,
it should work. Browse HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles for the keys that
have the hotmail pst name in them and delete the key from the left side.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & ExchangeSolutionsCenter: http://www.slipstick.com
Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Thanks, I'm using 2002 SP2. Basically I've got a stale folder in the
folder list (labeled Hotmail) and I can't close it. What is more curious
is the fact that it doesn't show up as an email account in either the data
management menu or the email account list. Thought there might be some way
to clean things up. I also appear to be "stuck" in offline mode.

How would I create a new profile? I'm hoping you don't say something like
start over and reconfigure all your options, rules, pluggins and settings.
Is there a way I could set up a new one while keeping the old one intact
so I can reconfigure gradually?


nntp://news.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook/<#[email protected]>

Which version of outlook? Did you try a new profile?


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & ExchangeSolutionsCenter: http://www.slipstick.com
Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Not sure how it happened, but I have a stale Hotmail folder displayed in
folder list in outlook. Whenever I try to delete or close the folder it
an error message that says



"Operation failed, the object could not be found" appears. How can I get
rid of it.



Not sure if it's related but I'm also not able to turn of "work
offline",
when I try it comes back with a message:



"The messaging interface has returned an unknown error. If the problem
persists, restart Outlook."



Which as you might guess, doesn't go away when I restart outlook. As a
patch I've re-worked the email properties to work offline, but that's
not
the way it should work and who knows if there are unknown side-effects.



Any ideas would be appreciated.

[microsoft.public.outlook]

[microsoft.public.outlook]

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

possible - logon to the web site and delete them and see if it helps.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Tried the registry trick but it didn't work. One additional detail, the
"Deleted Items" folder (under hotmail registers as having 7 unread
messages, however, when I expand the folder there are none available.
Could it be getting stuck trying to delete the items it "thinks" are in
the deleted items folder? Could that be the object from the error message
that isn't found? Thanks for your help.


nntp://news.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook/<#[email protected]>

Outlook 2002 supports two or more profiles - control panel, mail - add a
new
one.

You can try to delete the file from the registry - since it's not a ghost,
it should work. Browse HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles for the keys that
have the hotmail pst name in them and delete the key from the left side.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & ExchangeSolutionsCenter: http://www.slipstick.com
Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Thanks, I'm using 2002 SP2. Basically I've got a stale folder in the
folder list (labeled Hotmail) and I can't close it. What is more curious
is the fact that it doesn't show up as an email account in either the
data
management menu or the email account list. Thought there might be some
way
to clean things up. I also appear to be "stuck" in offline mode.

How would I create a new profile? I'm hoping you don't say something
like
start over and reconfigure all your options, rules, pluggins and
settings.
Is there a way I could set up a new one while keeping the old one intact
so I can reconfigure gradually?


nntp://news.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook/<#[email protected]>

Which version of outlook? Did you try a new profile?


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & ExchangeSolutionsCenter: http://www.slipstick.com
Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Not sure how it happened, but I have a stale Hotmail folder displayed
in
folder list in outlook. Whenever I try to delete or close the folder
it
an error message that says



"Operation failed, the object could not be found" appears. How can I
get
rid of it.



Not sure if it's related but I'm also not able to turn of "work
offline",
when I try it comes back with a message:



"The messaging interface has returned an unknown error. If the problem
persists, restart Outlook."



Which as you might guess, doesn't go away when I restart outlook. As a
patch I've re-worked the email properties to work offline, but that's
not
the way it should work and who knows if there are unknown
side-effects.



Any ideas would be appreciated.

[microsoft.public.outlook]

[microsoft.public.outlook]

 

[Brian H]

Thanks for your reply (once again). I'm afraid I've already done that. I've also noticed that I have a OutputHotmail-0000006.pst that is probably got the remnants of the hotmail folders. It seems that somehow outlook proper can't seem to synchronize the two anymore. When I rename the file the hotmail account no longer displays the folders. Could this somehow be a read/write permission on the pst folder. They've just upgraded my account to allow local admin privileges. Could this have something to do with it? Thanks again for your help.



B.

nntp://news.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook/<[email protected]>

possible - logon to the web site and delete them and see if it helps.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & ExchangeSolutionsCenter: http://www.slipstick.com
Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Tried the registry trick but it didn't work. One additional detail, the
"Deleted Items" folder (under hotmail registers as having 7 unread
messages, however, when I expand the folder there are none available.
Could it be getting stuck trying to delete the items it "thinks" are in
the deleted items folder? Could that be the object from the error message
that isn't found? Thanks for your help.


nntp://news.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook/<#[email protected]>

Outlook 2002 supports two or more profiles - control panel, mail - add a
new
one.

You can try to delete the file from the registry - since it's not a ghost,
it should work. Browse HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles for the keys that
have the hotmail pst name in them and delete the key from the left side.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & ExchangeSolutionsCenter: http://www.slipstick.com
Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Thanks, I'm using 2002 SP2. Basically I've got a stale folder in the
folder list (labeled Hotmail) and I can't close it. What is more curious
is the fact that it doesn't show up as an email account in either the
data
management menu or the email account list. Thought there might be some
way
to clean things up. I also appear to be "stuck" in offline mode.

How would I create a new profile? I'm hoping you don't say something
like
start over and reconfigure all your options, rules, pluggins and
settings.
Is there a way I could set up a new one while keeping the old one intact
so I can reconfigure gradually?


nntp://news.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook/<#[email protected]>

Which version of outlook? Did you try a new profile?


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & ExchangeSolutionsCenter: http://www.slipstick.com
Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Not sure how it happened, but I have a stale Hotmail folder displayed
in
folder list in outlook. Whenever I try to delete or close the folder
it
an error message that says



"Operation failed, the object could not be found" appears. How can I
get
rid of it.



Not sure if it's related but I'm also not able to turn of "work
offline",
when I try it comes back with a message:



"The messaging interface has returned an unknown error. If the problem
persists, restart Outlook."



Which as you might guess, doesn't go away when I restart outlook. As a
patch I've re-worked the email properties to work offline, but that's
not
the way it should work and who knows if there are unknown
side-effects.



Any ideas would be appreciated.

[microsoft.public.outlook]

[microsoft.public.outlook]

[microsoft.public.outlook]

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Outlook should create a new pst for you when the existing one is not there.
Do you get any errors when it can't find the pst?

Did you try making a new profile?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Thanks for your reply (once again). I'm afraid I've already done that.
I've also noticed that I have a OutputHotmail-0000006.pst that is probably
got the remnants of the hotmail folders. It seems that somehow outlook
proper can't seem to synchronize the two anymore. When I rename the file
the hotmail account no longer displays the folders. Could this somehow be
a read/write permission on the pst folder. They've just upgraded my
account to allow local admin privileges. Could this have something to do
with it? Thanks again for your help.



B.


nntp://news.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook/<[email protected]>

possible - logon to the web site and delete them and see if it helps.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & ExchangeSolutionsCenter: http://www.slipstick.com
Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Tried the registry trick but it didn't work. One additional detail, the
"Deleted Items" folder (under hotmail registers as having 7 unread
messages, however, when I expand the folder there are none available.
Could it be getting stuck trying to delete the items it "thinks" are in
the deleted items folder? Could that be the object from the error
message
that isn't found? Thanks for your help.


nntp://news.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook/<#[email protected]>

Outlook 2002 supports two or more profiles - control panel, mail - add a
new
one.

You can try to delete the file from the registry - since it's not a
ghost,
it should work. Browse HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles for the keys that
have the hotmail pst name in them and delete the key from the left side.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & ExchangeSolutionsCenter: http://www.slipstick.com
Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Thanks, I'm using 2002 SP2. Basically I've got a stale folder in the
folder list (labeled Hotmail) and I can't close it. What is more
curious
is the fact that it doesn't show up as an email account in either the
data
management menu or the email account list. Thought there might be some
way
to clean things up. I also appear to be "stuck" in offline mode.

How would I create a new profile? I'm hoping you don't say something
like
start over and reconfigure all your options, rules, pluggins and
settings.
Is there a way I could set up a new one while keeping the old one
intact
so I can reconfigure gradually?


nntp://news.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook/<#[email protected]>

Which version of outlook? Did you try a new profile?


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & ExchangeSolutionsCenter: http://www.slipstick.com
Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/


Not sure how it happened, but I have a stale Hotmail folder
displayed
in
folder list in outlook. Whenever I try to delete or close the folder
it
an error message that says



"Operation failed, the object could not be found" appears. How can I
get
rid of it.



Not sure if it's related but I'm also not able to turn of "work
offline",
when I try it comes back with a message:



"The messaging interface has returned an unknown error. If the
problem
persists, restart Outlook."



Which as you might guess, doesn't go away when I restart outlook. As
a
patch I've re-worked the email properties to work offline, but
that's
not
the way it should work and who knows if there are unknown
side-effects.



Any ideas would be appreciated.








[microsoft.public.outlook]

[microsoft.public.outlook]

[microsoft.public.outlook]

 

[Brian H]

When I move that file I get a error message stating it can't find the associated file. How do I create a new profile?

nntp://news.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook/<#[email protected]>

Outlook should create a new pst for you when the existing one is not there.
Do you get any errors when it can't find the pst?

Did you try making a new profile?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & ExchangeSolutionsCenter: http://www.slipstick.com
Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Thanks for your reply (once again). I'm afraid I've already done that.
I've also noticed that I have a OutputHotmail-0000006.pst that is probably
got the remnants of the hotmail folders. It seems that somehow outlook
proper can't seem to synchronize the two anymore. When I rename the file
the hotmail account no longer displays the folders. Could this somehow be
a read/write permission on the pst folder. They've just upgraded my
account to allow local admin privileges. Could this have something to do
with it? Thanks again for your help.



B.


nntp://news.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook/<[email protected]>

possible - logon to the web site and delete them and see if it helps.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & ExchangeSolutionsCenter: http://www.slipstick.com
Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Tried the registry trick but it didn't work. One additional detail, the
"Deleted Items" folder (under hotmail registers as having 7 unread
messages, however, when I expand the folder there are none available.
Could it be getting stuck trying to delete the items it "thinks" are in
the deleted items folder? Could that be the object from the error
message
that isn't found? Thanks for your help.


nntp://news.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook/<#[email protected]>

Outlook 2002 supports two or more profiles - control panel, mail - add a
new
one.

You can try to delete the file from the registry - since it's not a
ghost,
it should work. Browse HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles for the keys that
have the hotmail pst name in them and delete the key from the left side.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & ExchangeSolutionsCenter: http://www.slipstick.com
Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Thanks, I'm using 2002 SP2. Basically I've got a stale folder in the
folder list (labeled Hotmail) and I can't close it. What is more
curious
is the fact that it doesn't show up as an email account in either the
data
management menu or the email account list. Thought there might be some
way
to clean things up. I also appear to be "stuck" in offline mode.

How would I create a new profile? I'm hoping you don't say something
like
start over and reconfigure all your options, rules, pluggins and
settings.
Is there a way I could set up a new one while keeping the old one
intact
so I can reconfigure gradually?


nntp://news.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook/<#[email protected]>

Which version of outlook? Did you try a new profile?


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & ExchangeSolutionsCenter: http://www.slipstick.com
Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/


Not sure how it happened, but I have a stale Hotmail folder
displayed
in
folder list in outlook. Whenever I try to delete or close the folder
it
an error message that says



"Operation failed, the object could not be found" appears. How can I
get
rid of it.



Not sure if it's related but I'm also not able to turn of "work
offline",
when I try it comes back with a message:



"The messaging interface has returned an unknown error. If the
problem
persists, restart Outlook."



Which as you might guess, doesn't go away when I restart outlook. As
a
patch I've re-worked the email properties to work offline, but
that's
not
the way it should work and who knows if there are unknown
side-effects.



Any ideas would be appreciated.








[microsoft.public.outlook]

[microsoft.public.outlook]

[microsoft.public.outlook]

[microsoft.public.outlook]

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

close outlook, go to control panel, mail and add a new profile.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

When I move that file I get a error message stating it can't find the
associated file. How do I create a new profile?


nntp://news.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook/<#[email protected]>

Outlook should create a new pst for you when the existing one is not
there.
Do you get any errors when it can't find the pst?

Did you try making a new profile?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & ExchangeSolutionsCenter: http://www.slipstick.com
Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Thanks for your reply (once again). I'm afraid I've already done that.
I've also noticed that I have a OutputHotmail-0000006.pst that is
probably
got the remnants of the hotmail folders. It seems that somehow outlook
proper can't seem to synchronize the two anymore. When I rename the file
the hotmail account no longer displays the folders. Could this somehow
be
a read/write permission on the pst folder. They've just upgraded my
account to allow local admin privileges. Could this have something to do
with it? Thanks again for your help.



B.


nntp://news.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook/<[email protected]>

possible - logon to the web site and delete them and see if it helps.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & ExchangeSolutionsCenter: http://www.slipstick.com
Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Tried the registry trick but it didn't work. One additional detail,
the
"Deleted Items" folder (under hotmail registers as having 7 unread
messages, however, when I expand the folder there are none available.
Could it be getting stuck trying to delete the items it "thinks" are
in
the deleted items folder? Could that be the object from the error
message
that isn't found? Thanks for your help.


nntp://news.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook/<#[email protected]>

Outlook 2002 supports two or more profiles - control panel, mail - add
a
new
one.

You can try to delete the file from the registry - since it's not a
ghost,
it should work. Browse HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles for the keys
that
have the hotmail pst name in them and delete the key from the left
side.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & ExchangeSolutionsCenter: http://www.slipstick.com
Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/


Thanks, I'm using 2002 SP2. Basically I've got a stale folder in the
folder list (labeled Hotmail) and I can't close it. What is more
curious
is the fact that it doesn't show up as an email account in either
the
data
management menu or the email account list. Thought there might be
some
way
to clean things up. I also appear to be "stuck" in offline mode.

How would I create a new profile? I'm hoping you don't say something
like
start over and reconfigure all your options, rules, pluggins and
settings.
Is there a way I could set up a new one while keeping the old one
intact
so I can reconfigure gradually?


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Which version of outlook? Did you try a new profile?


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Not sure how it happened, but I have a stale Hotmail folder
displayed
in
folder list in outlook. Whenever I try to delete or close the
folder
it
an error message that says



"Operation failed, the object could not be found" appears. How can
I
get
rid of it.



Not sure if it's related but I'm also not able to turn of "work
offline",
when I try it comes back with a message:



"The messaging interface has returned an unknown error. If the
problem
persists, restart Outlook."



Which as you might guess, doesn't go away when I restart outlook.
As
a
patch I've re-worked the email properties to work offline, but
that's
not
the way it should work and who knows if there are unknown
side-effects.



Any ideas would be appreciated.








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