Re: Outlook.pst file link lost

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anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 07/29/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 18:22:01 -0700

Thanks Mark,
Are you sure this will reinstate the link and retain all
the "original" .pst file settings and data if the new and
original profile names are different?

>-----Original Message-----
>Yes, copy the pst file to the new profile.
>
>Regards
>Mark Dormer
>
>"Tom" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:61ad01c474fb$16446190$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>I inadvertantly "changed" an XP user profile which was
>> part of already joined to a domain and joined it to a
new
>> domain belonging to a seperate LAN in another site.
>> This obviously changes my entire original profile! I
>> managed to copy most of the orginalt profiled directory
>> structure and access "manually" However, accessing
Outlook
>> it began to re-install as if it where a new Outlook
>> account. How do I point the new user profile to access
the
>> original Outlook.pst file and configuration? I visited
the
>> knowledge base and it referred to the outlook.pst being
>> linked to it's original profile for it to work? What if
I
>> don't want the original profile that was part of the
>> original domain? Can't I just copy the .pst file from
the
>> old profile to the locations folder of the new profile
and
>> overwrite that .pst? Desperatley in need of advice.
>
>
>.
>

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