Re: Outlook 2007 problem

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OK, here's the latest: I located the "repaired" pst file and asked it to
open with Outlook 2007 and this is the new error I got:

Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. The command line argument is not
valid. Verify the switch you are using.

Okaaaay.... what is THAT?

di - getting ready to shoot herself

"di in michigan" wrote:

Russ, I have a back up pst (created by scanpst) that will NOT open. What it
looks like to me is when I ran the scanpst tool it "repaired" my pst so well
that it is a dead dog. Had I known that scanpst would do such a thing, I
would have tried to save my important info BEFORE I ran that tool.

Now, I'm going to go and try again to manually open my pst file because even
w/ a new profile, Outlook 2007 will not open... I suppose I have to try again
and create a new profile?

di

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You are leaving out far too much of the story here. You said you had a
problem with your profile and created a new one. You did not say you had a
problem with your PST file.
Suggest you post full and accurate detail. Scanpst.exe does not corrupt PST
files. It repairs them.
So do you have a backup PST or not?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"di in michigan" <diinmichigan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ah, Russ, the old pst file will not open thanks to that great nasty
software
scanpst.exe that "repaired" it, I believe. And, what's really weird, when
I
opened Outlook 2007 today w/ my "new" profile, I got that error that many
have talked about here before i.e., saying there are errors etc., run that
nasty tool.

I Xed out of it and was able to download mail but I really need to be able
to get my old data. Does anyone have clear and concise (read blonde here)
instructions on how to get that old data into my Outlook?

di in michigan

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Creating a new profile does nothing to your data. It is perfectly intact.
Just open and use the data file you were using before.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"di in michigan" <di in michigan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message
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I ran into the problem that Outlook 2007 would not open (Vista). I ran
scanpst and it repaired the file but then Outlook would not open at
all.
I
created a new profile but of couse, all my saved email, addresses, etc.
are
gone.

How do I copy the back up pst to my new email account? Please help,
I'm
pretty distraught that this happened at all on a new computer and need
pretty
detailed help.

Thanks for any help.

Di


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