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WSjimhaynes
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January 8, 2009 at 5:52 pm #456516

I am trying to open an Outlook archive file, but when I go to File, Open, Outlook data file, and point to the archive file, and click on it, it does not open and I am back in my Outlook.pst file.

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- WSHansV
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  January 8, 2009 at 6:11 pm #1141025
  
  Perhaps the archive .pst has become corrupted. See How to use the Inbox Repair Tools to recover e-mail messages in Outlook 2002, Outlook 2003, and Outlook 2007.
  
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- WSjimhaynes
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  January 16, 2009 at 10:30 pm #1142265
  
  I ran the In Box Repair Tool (scanpst) on the archive file. Errors were corrected. I then tried to open the archive.pst file with Outlook (File-Open-Outlook Data File), pointed to the archive file and was returned to Outlook with no sign of the archive file.
  
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  WSHansV
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  January 16, 2009 at 10:40 pm #1142267
  
  You may have to create a new e-mail profile in the Mail control panel.
  
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- WSJohnBF
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  January 8, 2009 at 6:13 pm #1141024
  
  And no error message? Just to be sure it’s not pushed offscreen, minimize your PST (and your Exchange Mailbox if applicable) folder tree view in the Explorer window by pressing the minus sign on the root of each service (PST or Exchnage Mailbox). Does it show up? If not, check that you are opening the correct Archive PST by looking at the File | Archive dialog Archive path.
  
  (Another archive viewing trap I have fallen into is to set Mail Folders View – a moment of panic when I opened my Calendar Archive and didn’t see any Calendar Folders. Set the Explorer to view to All Folders when looking at Archives. But that doesn’t seem to apply here.)
  
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- WSjimhaynes
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  January 8, 2009 at 8:51 pm #1141063
  
  I am sure I am opening the correct archive folder.
  Where do you set Mail Folders View. I do not see any archive folder in All Mail folders.
  
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  WSJohnBF
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  January 8, 2009 at 9:43 pm #1141065
  
  At the bottom of the left side explorer Pane, click the item in the attached graphic (if you have minimized that area, you will see only the icon, not the text).
  
  I notice that you have a lot of identically named PSTs – you can change the display name by right clicking the PST and changing Properties | Advanced | Name – it may help you track down which PST you are trying to open.
  
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  WSjimhaynes
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  January 8, 2009 at 10:33 pm #1141074
  
  About 18 months ago I converted my old non-Unicode pst file to a Unicode pst file following the instruction in this MS Article. Thats when all the PST files showed up in the All Mail Folders panel. I only have one outlook.pst and one archive.pst folder. I have copied this pst folder to another computer and opened it with Outlook and only one pst folder appears in the All Mail Folders panel on the other second computer. Scanpst reports no errors in either file.
  
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  WSJohnBF
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  January 9, 2009 at 6:25 pm #1141219
  
  OK, I’m unclear – looks like you have ghosts of your two PSTs – “Personal Folders” and “Personal Folders (N)”. Are these two PST’s? Is one of them the archive PST? Which of them can you close by right clicking on the root of tyhe PST?
  
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