Un-installing Office deletes ALL .pst files

[Brodie]

After making not one but two copies of my huge .pst file into 2 different
folders, I un-installed and re-installed MS Office 2002 only to find the
un-install process hunted down ALL copies of the .pst file and deleted them
without any warning !

Is there a remote possibility there is a copy under a different name and/or
extension or even hidden somewhere ?

Not real happy about losing 1.2Gb of stuff.

Cheers

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Office uninstalls do not delete your files. search your hard drive for
files with a .pst extension - if using Windows 2000 or XP, ensure you have
searching hidden and system files turned on.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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| After making not one but two copies of my huge .pst file into 2 different
| folders, I un-installed and re-installed MS Office 2002 only to find the
| un-install process hunted down ALL copies of the .pst file and deleted
them
| without any warning !
|
| Is there a remote possibility there is a copy under a different name
and/or
| extension or even hidden somewhere ?
|
| Not real happy about losing 1.2Gb of stuff.
|
| Cheers
|
|