Mactico Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 Where Outlook save all the folders with mails I sended and received? I whant to make a bakup of this folders. I have M Office 2000 and Windows 2000 Pofessional.TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tguy Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 Are you using this setup in standalone mode or does your Outlook connect to a Microsoft Exchange server?If it is Exchange server, chances are your e-mails are being stored on the server along with your other information. In this case the backups of the server will have your info.If you are using Outlook in standalone mode, the info. gets stored in .PST files. If you checked the Properties of Outlook for Personal Folders it should give you the path to the .pst file. Then you can configure your backup software to include those files or folders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefoxthebomb Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 you could just do a search for files and folders and search for *.pst and *.ost and back up those files. The pst if personal folders and the ost is offline folders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mactico Posted January 11, 2005 Author Share Posted January 11, 2005 Thanks both of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mactico Posted January 12, 2005 Author Share Posted January 12, 2005 Thanks both of you.Hi again, I use Microsoft Outlook Express and can´t find any .pst or .ost files. Wich extension or files use Outlook Express nTIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigdog Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 For outlook express your mail folder are stored in"C:\Documents and Settings\*USER NAME*\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\*{SOME NUMBER}*\Microsoft\Outlook Express"There will be a few .dbx files e.g inbox.dbx outlook.dbx etc copy this to another folder to create your backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mactico Posted January 18, 2005 Author Share Posted January 18, 2005 Thank you for your advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandra627 Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 Anyone know the path for saved email folders in Microsoft Outlook? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepXP Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 Anyone know the path for saved email folders in Microsoft Outlook?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>as far as i know outlook doesnt store emails folders in diff. files, they all are stored under one .pst file of root folder i.e. personal folders.So to findout path of the same...just right click on it (Personal Folders), select properties click on button "Advanced"The path is provided in option FilenameRegardsDeep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandra627 Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 Anyone know the path for saved email folders in Microsoft Outlook?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>as far as i know outlook doesnt store emails folders in diff. files, they all are stored under one .pst file of root folder i.e. personal folders.So to findout path of the same...just right click on it (Personal Folders), select properties click on button "Advanced"The path is provided in option FilenameRegardsDeep<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Unfortunately, I can't find out that way. My system was just recently reinstalled. (Running w2k, amd 2400) I backed up my information on a different hard drive, so I need to know how I can access all my old emails from Microsoft Outlook. If anyone can please help, I'd appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepXP Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 The default path is:C:\Documents and Settings\(User_Name)\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pstSo you can find the file there..RegardsDeep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandra627 Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 The default path is:C:\Documents and Settings\(User_Name)\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pstSo you can find the file there..RegardsDeep<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Interesting. I backed up my information, but when I try restoring that same folder in that location, the folder's empty. Should there be something there if archiving wasn't on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjz Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 Is this also where the outlook email settings are stored liek the user id and email address? If not where is that? I have restored from that to and most of the time I have got very little to no info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepXP Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 The default path is:C:\Documents and Settings\(User_Name)\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pstSo you can find the file there..RegardsDeep<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Interesting. I backed up my information, but when I try restoring that same folder in that location, the folder's empty. Should there be something there if archiving wasn't on?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Outlook.pst should be there even if archive is disabled because that is the default file to save the mails and folders...I think archive file might be Backup.pst but I am not very much sure about the name....Is this also where the outlook email settings are stored liek the user id and email address? If not where is that? I have restored from that to and most of the time I have got very little to no info.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Actually mail settings are stored in the registry and it is not possible to backup the settings using outlook...so if you want to take backup of mail settings using registry then here is the way:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\OMI Account ManagerHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\so just copy these both things and then run it at the time of restoring it should do the job...Deep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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