On 3/9/2010 5:27 PM, Joz wrote:
I did a search for Outlook.pst, and the search engine found this:
C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\

Questions:

1: when I try to find that path after %username% (using the actual name),
there is no Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\ , so the only way to find the
Contacts file is to always do a search. How can I find the
Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\ so I don't have to run a search?

2: My purpose in finding it was for backup purposes. So I ended up doing a
Copy/ Paste from my Search to my external backup. It seems to have worked,
but when I try to open the .pst file, I get a message that Windows can't open
the file. I wanted to open it in the backup to make sure I could access the
Contact list.

Any help would be appreciated

That folder is a hidden folder. It does not change. The easiest way to
get to it is to paste that string into any address bar in your system.

You have to open that file in Outlook. File - Open - Outlook Data
File. And feel free to use %username%
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