Re: Outlook 2003 "Operation Failed"

Yes, the PST file is Outlook's main email/data file. Everyone's got
one.



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On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 04:57:07 -0800, lkthompson
<lkthompson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks! Yes, I did create the new mail profile, but I didn't do anything with
.pst files or look at the video drivers. Do all users have .pst files? Or
just ones who choose to archive things?

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

OP already tried the new mail profile.

To the OP, how big is the .pst file? How old are the video drivers? Have you tried updating them?

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After furious head scratching, Dian D. Chapman, MVP asked:

| Try creating her a new Profile.
|
| Go into the Windows Control Panel. Open the MAIL Icon. Click Show
| Profiles and create a new one. That'll give her a new PST. Then open
| the old PST and move any old email over into the new PST by dragging
| it, folder by folder.
|
| Note that you can TRY setting the new Profile to the same PST, but it
| sounds like something is corrupt there. So it might be wiser to go
| with a new one and just reset it as the default and open the old one
| and move the mail over that she might need...the old folder.
|
| If you need help understanding how to open another PST and move
| folders, see this article...
|
| Organizing Outlook Mail
| http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=52
|
| Good luck...
|
| Dian D. Chapman
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|
| On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:33:25 -0800, lkthompson
| <lkthompson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
|
|| Outlook closes at random for one of my coworkers. When she tries to
|| open it again, the error message is Operation Failed.
||
|| I used Help > Detect and Repair, created a new email profile, and
|| even uninstalled and reinstalled Office 2003..but none of this
|| helps. The only way to bring
|| Outlook back is to totally reboot the computer. Once rebooted,
|| Outlook will open, but it will eventually shut down again, which is
|| an irritating cycle. We even had her computer taken away and
|| re-imaged, and this didn't fix the problem!!!
||
|| Any ideas?
||
|| Thanks


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