Outlook 2000 - How to (re)attach a .pst?

[Invicta Moto]

Have managed through incomptency to let my Outlook folders go over the 2gb (okay!) limit and it has detached the PST file that contains the Inbox, calendar and contacts etc.

I have a new one attached (automatically) to keep the mail working.

I have also run the MS supplied exe to shrink the original outlook.pst.

But,

How to re-attach the newly shrunken file (cropped.pst) to Outlook.

Running Outlook 200 on XP Home.


Any advice accepted gratefully.

 

[garfield]

isn't something like...

from Outlook

• File
• Open
• Outlook Data File

the select what you want and it reappears in your outlook sidebar

I use XP at work and am struggling to remember....

 

[AndyW]

With Outlook closed:

Run a search for Outlook.pst
Rename to OutlookOLD.pst
COPY Cropped.pst to location of OutlookOLD.pst
Rename Cropped.pst to Outlook.pst

Open Outlook and you should be ok............do some pruning!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OR

...use the File, Import/Export facility to brwse to the Cropped.pst file and choose what you do and don't want to import.

 

[(RIP) Bin Ridin]

Outlook 2003 has no file size limit, but there is some compatability issue.
You could archive the pst to allow you to keep using it. I used to archive year-wise, but since using 2003, no need, it just gets bigger and bigger and....

 

[Invicta Moto]

With Outlook closed:

Run a search for Outlook.pst
Rename to OutlookOLD.pst
COPY Cropped.pst to location of OutlookOLD.pst
Rename Cropped.pst to Outlook.pst

Open Outlook and you should be ok............do some pruning!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OR

...use the File, Import/Export facility to brwse to the Cropped.pst file and choose what you do and don't want to import.

Tried that and NFG.

When outlook starts new it asks for a PST to use, so I uninstalled office (doh!) and now the 2000 Office Pro CD fails on a file, that just happens to be scanpst.exe on the CD!

Back to drawing board.