Off Topic - MS Outlook Help - A geek would be good here!!!
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 1:29 pm
Fistly I have to state that just cos you reply it doesn't make you a geek but a knowledgeble person of great breadth and experience with regard to modern Personal Computers 
OK so I've been using my email in a web based access only for 5 mths cos I couldn't trust my PC for more than 5 mins.....
It's now behaving it self and I'm getting near my limit of 1 gig so need to down load it into Outlook - it might take a while too.......
I prefer Outlook cos Norton will talk to it but Outlook sets up a directory for mail and addresses in some daft windows area so I last time I changed it to be in a separate directory in an area I regularily back up.... hence why I have all my emails back to 1989
Trouble is Outlook was reloaded recently and has created all new directory and address book (again in some daft area of windows where I don't want em to be ) I can't copy and paste the backed up files (tried that) cos it still doesn't see em and falls over trying!!!!!
If I try to change the directory to point to where I do want it to look - it moves the crappy files with nothing in em to a new directory.......
Someone told me once before how to do it in an email and it work fine - trouble is guess where that email is and I can't access it!!!!!
I know I'm being a dunce but would someone explain how I get Outlook to look at the directory I want it to look at and accept the files already in it
BTW - It needs to be explained as it would be to a complete dunce!!!!
If I overwrite the files I have I'll not be HP
OK so I've been using my email in a web based access only for 5 mths cos I couldn't trust my PC for more than 5 mins.....
It's now behaving it self and I'm getting near my limit of 1 gig so need to down load it into Outlook - it might take a while too.......
I prefer Outlook cos Norton will talk to it but Outlook sets up a directory for mail and addresses in some daft windows area so I last time I changed it to be in a separate directory in an area I regularily back up.... hence why I have all my emails back to 1989
Trouble is Outlook was reloaded recently and has created all new directory and address book (again in some daft area of windows where I don't want em to be ) I can't copy and paste the backed up files (tried that) cos it still doesn't see em and falls over trying!!!!!
If I try to change the directory to point to where I do want it to look - it moves the crappy files with nothing in em to a new directory.......
Someone told me once before how to do it in an email and it work fine - trouble is guess where that email is and I can't access it!!!!!
I know I'm being a dunce but would someone explain how I get Outlook to look at the directory I want it to look at and accept the files already in it
BTW - It needs to be explained as it would be to a complete dunce!!!!
If I overwrite the files I have I'll not be HP