Outlook.PST

bigmck · 31 Dec 2010

Without going into it, I have associated my Outlook Address Book with the wrong file to open. Could someone tell me what file it should be associated with. Go into this path C:\users\"your profile name"\appdata\local\microsoft\outlook\outlook.pst
Right click on outlook.pst and choose Open With. I believe at this screen it will tell you what file it is associated with. Thanks,

Irene · 31 Dec 2010

Hi bigmck, I just tried your instructions - I use Outlook 2007 - but no joy.

Perhaps it would be worth running Office Diagnostics from the Outlook Help menu?

bigmck · 31 Dec 2010

Irene said:

Hi bigmck, I just tried your instructions - I use Outlook 2007 - but no joy.

Perhaps it would be worth running Office Diagnostics from the Outlook Help menu?

Thanks Irene -- I will try that.

dnorris · 31 Dec 2010

it's opened with outlook.exe

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\outlook.exe
on my 64 bit, Office 2010

mikedl · 31 Dec 2010

Indeed, dnorris, you are correct:

mikedl · 31 Dec 2010

Irene said:

Hi bigmck, I just tried your instructions - I use Outlook 2007 - but no joy.

Perhaps it would be worth running Office Diagnostics from the Outlook Help menu?

Hi, Irene! :)

Sad to say, that is no longer a part of Office 2010.

Bigmck didn't specify his Outlook version but if he's running 2007, your suggestion is spot on, Irene. :)

bigmck · 31 Dec 2010

Thanks everyone for your help on this. I finally got the file straightened out.

The Howling Wolves · 31 Dec 2010

bigmck said:

Thanks everyone for your help on this. I finally got the file straightened out.

bigmck,
How did you get it straightened out?
We all can learn from you problem and how you fixed it!
Thanks and Happy New Year!

bigmck · 31 Dec 2010

The Howling Wolves said:

bigmck said:

Thanks everyone for your help on this. I finally got the file straightened out.

bigmck,
How did you get it straightened out?
We all can learn from you problem and how you fixed it!
Thanks and Happy New Year!

You won't learn much from what I did. I worked on this all day and finally had to reinstall Outlook 2003. I though I had saved my Address Book, but it got lost in the mess. I have to create it over again.

The Howling Wolves · 31 Dec 2010

bigmck said:

The Howling Wolves said:

bigmck said:

Thanks everyone for your help on this. I finally got the file straightened out.

bigmck,
How did you get it straightened out?
We all can learn from you problem and how you fixed it!
Thanks and Happy New Year!

You won't learn much from what I did. I worked on this all day and finally had to reinstall Outlook 2003. I though I had saved my Address Book, but it got lost in the mess. I have to create it over again.

We did learn something........Save you address book just in case something like this happens....