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Subject:
Restoring list of favourites and tasks
Category: Computers > Operating Systems Asked by: pokyk-ga List Price: $10.00 |
Posted:
20 Nov 2002 12:37 PST
Expires: 20 Dec 2002 12:37 PST Question ID: 111449 |
After my system had been zapped, I partitioned my hard drive, copied the damaged MS Millenium Windows system onto the D partition, and reinstalled the healthy system on the C drive. In the process I lost my list of favourites for the Internet Explorer Browser, and tasks list for the MS Outlook. How can I retrieve these from my damaged system copy on the D partition? |
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Re: Restoring list of favourites and tasks
Answered By: molloch-ga on 20 Nov 2002 19:07 PST Rated: |
Hi pokyk As missy has instructed below, follow her directions in order to restore your favorites. If you had multiple users setup on your computer, the favorites directory will be under D:\Windows\Profiles\<Your User Name>. Outlook tasks are a bit trickier. 1/ Click on Start>Find>Files or Folders 2/ In the window that comes up, search for all *.pst files in D: drive. You may find there is more than one pst file, often their will be Outlook.pst and Archive.pst if you chose to "Archive" your old emails in your old copy of Outlook. They should both be in the same folder. You can see which folder they are in by selecting Views>Details from the menu in the search Window. 3/ Write down the name of the folder. (Will be D:\Windows\Profiles\<YourName>\Application Data\Local Settings - or something similar, make sure it is D: drive and not C: !) 4/ Open Microsoft Outlook. Click on the File menu and then "Import and Export". 5/ Select "Import from another program or file", Click Next. 6/ Select "Personal folder file (pst)" Scroll down a bit to find it. Click Next. 7/ In the "File to Import" box, type in the folder name you wrote down and then click "Browse" (Don't try and browse for the folder without typing in the name as the folder is hidden under a nest of other hidden folders!) 7.5/ Select Outlook.pst 8/ Select the replacement options you want and then click Next. 9/ Select the folders you want to import (Tasks!) and click "Finish". 10/ Repeat steps 5-9 for Archive.pst if it was there. Voila, your tasks have returned - now you can get to work on completing them! For more information on importing Outlook files (pst files), Microsofts web site is great! http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;196492 Here are their instructions for retrieving your favorites from Windows ME: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;312479 Good luck! Molloch |
pokyk-ga
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Thank you very much. Your guidance was very helpful, I had no difficulty following instructions by molloch-ga, and missy's help in restoring "favourites. |
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Re: Restoring list of favourites and tasks
From: missy-ga on 20 Nov 2002 13:15 PST |
Hi pokyk, I'm an ME user myself. I'm posting this as a comment, though, because I can't help you with the Outlook bit (I expunged that from my system with extreme prejudice!). First, make sure IE is closed. Now go to the copy of ME on your D partition. Go to WINDOWS and look for FAVORITES (it will have a little * on the folder). Open it up, then in the menu, select Edit --> Select All --> Copy. Now go to your C partition. Once again, follow the path WINDOWS -->FAVORITES. Open it up, select Edit --> Select All --> Paste. If it asks you if you want to overwrite existing files, tell it "Yes". Then fire up IE. That *usually* works. I've had a couple instances where I've needed to uninstall, then re-install IE and repeat the process above, but this does generally take care of the problem. I hope another Researcher can help you with the Outlook issue! --Missy |
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