Re: Clean Reinstall

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Using either Import or Export is never the method to deal with OL data
files, as detailed in the OL ng's daily
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm

Accessing the OL data file over a network is not supported by MS and can
lead to corruption/loss of the date file

With your desired data file(s) located on the required PC (do not overwrite
any existing data files)
Create a new Profile (Control Panel>Mail Applet) and add the desired data
file to it

"YBeaupre" <YBeaupre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:45190254-3C7B-43C7-8A6E-DF6C2F275254@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The reason for this is that I try to rebuild Outlook the way it was before
I
reinstall XP and Office 2003 on my computer because of PC failure.

Before reinstalling XP & Office I BACKED UP all my Outlook data on another
computer on my Home Network. After then, I RESTORED all my data but
Outlook
now keeps saving/archiving all my data on my Home Network when I wish to
save
it on the "D" drive (second physical drive) on PC.

Despite this, I have been able to EXPORT all the data I wish to now IMPORT
instead of using RESTORE. However, I now have about half a dozen of
different
Personal & Archive Folders that I can't properly clean up, and I feel it
would be more practical and speedy to reinstall Office and import my data.

Is it possible to perform a clean reinstall or do you know a trick to
solve
my problem?

Thanks,


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

Do you mean your old data shows up in Outlook, etc.? If yes, simply
rename your outlook.pst to .old and then open Outlook and it will create a
new .pst file. But why is this necessary?

If you post what problem you think will be solved by this, someone can
probably give you a less drastic solution.

--?
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, YBeaupre asked:

| Hi,
|
| Can anyone indicate me if there is a way to perform a clean reinstall
| of Office 2003 without reformatting my computer. I have tried several
| ways/times, i.e. from the Control Panel and from the Office
| Installation disk, and no matter what I do, every I try to perform an
| uninstall, traces of the old installation are left behind. This is
| especially true with Outlook.
|
| Can someone help me?
|
| Thanks in advance,



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