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Back up Outlook data with the Microsoft Outlook Personal Folders Backup tool

Article Show All Hide All The Personal Folders Backup tool provides a quick and easy way to back up the Outlook information of your choice to your hard disk or...

Change the data file where content is saved

Article Show All Hide All You can change the data file that is used to save new e-mail messages and items in RSS Feeds (RSS Feeds: Subscription-based distribution...

Change the name of Personal Folders in the Navigation Pane

Article Show All Hide All When you open more than one Personal Folders file (.pst) (Personal Folders file (.pst): Data file that stores your messages and other...

Change the password for a Personal Folders file (.pst)

Article In Outlook 2007, change the password set for an Outlook Data File (.pst). You must know the existing password.

Change where the Offline Folder file (.ost) is saved

Article When using a Microsoft Exchange Server account and you have turned on offline support or use Cached Exchange Mode, you can work with your Microsoft Office...

Choose text encoding when you open and save files

Article Show All Hide All Typically, you can share text files without worrying about the underlying details of how the text is stored. However, if you share text...

Convert a non-Unicode data file (.pst) to a Unicode data file (.pst)

Article If you are using a Microsoft Outlook Personal Folders file (.pst) that was created in Microsoft Outlook 97-2002, you can switch to a newer data file format...

Create a file to save your information

Article Show All Hide All When you use Microsoft Outlook, you need a place to keep your e-mail messages, calendar, tasks, and other items. This storage place, known...

Create and use .pst data files in different versions of Outlook

Article Show All Hide All When saving items to your computer, Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 uses a data file called the Outlook Personal Folders file (.pst). Although...

Determine the Personal Folders file (.pst) format

Article Beginning with Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, a new Personal Folders file (.pst) format was introduced that supports multilingual Unicode data and offers...

Display a Personal Address Book (.pab) in your Outlook Address Book

Article While you can no longer create new Personal Address Books (. pab ) in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 , you can add the names and addresses from old ....

Effects of changing delivery location

Article When you add a Microsoft Exchange account, you change where some of your new e-mail messages and calendar information are saved. These changes take effect...

Empty the Deleted Items folder

Article Automatically empty the Deleted Items folder On the Tools menu, click Options , and then click the Other tab. Select the Empty the Deleted Items folder...

I forgot my Personal Folders file (.pst) password

Article Symptoms If you have password protected a Personal Folders file (.pst) and did not select the Save this password in your password list check box , a...

Import your messages or account from Outlook Express to Outlook

Article Microsoft Outlook Express is a free, basic e-mail program. You can import e-mail messages and account information from Outlook Express into Microsoft Outlook...

Import your messages or account from Outlook to Outlook Express

Article Microsoft Outlook Express is a free, basic e-mail program. Note Outlook Express can import messages only from the default message store in Microsoft...

Increase the storage capacity of .pst files from Outlook 97-2002

Article If you are using a Microsoft Outlook Personal Folders file (.pst) that was created in Microsoft Outlook 97-2002, you can switch to a new data file format...

Introduction to Outlook data files

Article Show All Hide All When you use Microsoft Outlook, you need a place to keep your e-mail messages, calendar, tasks, and other items. This storage place, known...

Move an Outlook data file from one computer to another

Article Show All Hide All If you recently bought a new computer, or perhaps you decided to do some major cleaning and reinstall all of your software on a new or...

Open, change, or close Outlook data files

Article When you use Microsoft Outlook, you use data files to store your e-mail messages, calendar, tasks, and other items. Data files allow you to keep your data...

Reduce the size of a .pst file

Article If you delete items from a Personal Folders file (.pst) , the size of the file will not change unless you compact the file. The procedure to compact the...

Reduce the size of a data file

Article A data file is a Personal Folders file (.pst). If you delete items from a data file, the size of the file will not change unless you compact the file. Compacting...

Reduce the size of Outlook data files

Article Your Microsoft Outlook mailbox grows as you create and receive items. Even when you delete items, the size of your data file might not decrease in proportion...

Repair Outlook Data Files (.pst and .ost)

Article If you cannot open your Outlook 2007 data file or suspect that the file is damaged, use the Inbox Repair tool (scanpst.exe) to repair errors in the file.

Restore and view archived items

Article Restore and view messages and Outlook items that have been archived into an Archive Personal Folders (.pst) file.

 
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