Tag: Outlook Data Files
Understanding Outlook Navigation Pane
With Outlook generally now defaulting to using the email account address for the name of the associated Outlook data file for the account, a frequent misconception is that the Outlook Navigation Pane represents the email accounts configured for the profile, which is incorrect. The Outlook Nav Pane has one entry for every <data file> configured […]
How to fix corrupt Outlook ost files
There are frequent questions about how to repair an .ost file mostly attributed to some unknown problems being encountered with the presumption is that the underlying source of the problem is the .ost file associated with the email account. In a nutshell, the quickest and best way to fix any problems with an .ost file […]
How to rename Outlook Navigation Pane data file entries using MFCMapi
In the current versions of Outlook, the name of the data store shown in the Outlook Navigation Pane is typically the email address associated with the email account. If a data store already exists when configuring the email account a second (or third….) time, Outlook adds a number i.e. yourname@outlook.com would appear as yourname@outlook.com(1) as […]
How to backup/recover Outlook ost data files
With the introduction of OL’2013 and the use of an OST file for IMAP accounts, many people are getting caught off-guard in the unexpected loss of contact/calendar information when the IMAP account gets deleted from the Outlook profile or not realizing that any OST file can only be opened by the Outlook profile/email account that […]
Understanding Outlook Email Account Configuration
For those not familiar with email protocols, that’s the process by which an <email client> (like Outlook) connects to an <email account>. What happens in terms of what data gets download and/or synchronized along with the types of data files get created depends completely on the protocol used to connect to the <email account>. Email […]
