MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Location: file:///C:/1E596D13/outlookcorruptedmailboxes.htm Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" E-MAIL DISAPPEARS FROM MICROSOFT OUTLOOK 
E-MAIL DISAPPEARS FROM MICROSOFT OUTLOOK
 
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I had a caller last week whose=
 stored e-mail had suddenly vanished from Microsoft Outlook. I promised to =
look into that and post something in this newsletter. I've since received e=
-mails from others with the same problem.
 
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I would bet that those e-mail =
files have become corrupt. You can try to repair them by using scanpst.exe,=
 a Windows utility. You'll find it at these locations:
Windows XP--C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\1033=

Windows 2000, 98, ME-- C:\Program Files\Common Files=
\System\MAPI\1033
 
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When you double-click this fil=
e, you'll be asked to enter the program you want scanned. To find your Outl=
ook e-mail files, which end in .pst, in Windows 2000 and XP, look in C:\Documents and=
 Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook.<=
/o:p>
 
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In Windows 98 and ME, the loca=
tion is:
C:\Windows\Application Data\Mi=
crosoft\Outlook
 
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Enter the *.pst files one by one, and run Scanpst.exe. Keep your fingers cros=
sed.
 
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Those of you who save your e-m=
ails can avoid a lot of grief here.  =
Back up those *.pst files before you lose them!