cant find contacts and calender files

I use Windows XP. IMAP in Outlook 2003 Small Business Edition. After a hard
drive crash my .vcs & .vcf files are gone. I get all my data restored from
professionals. But I'm not able to find my .vcs & .vcf files. Anybody and
idea where I can find this files? I’m not able to find it in a working
Outlook too. Are these files saved under .vcs and .vcf or does the system
generate another file ending .xxx? Are this files hidden somewhere in the
..pst file?
Any ideas?

What data can you find? Is there in fact anything showing in your Outlook
Mailbox at all? Check that by Right clicking the Mailbox (top of the Folder
List) and selecting Properties | Folder Size. Is there anything in it?

In the Navigation Pane on the left of screen are you looking at the Folder
List? Do that first, then click the Contacts Folder. Now can you see
Contacts?



Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook
Outlook trainer and author of Productiv_IT with Outlook
www.acorntraining.com.au



"Rupert" wrote in message
...
I use Windows XP. IMAP in Outlook 2003 Small Business Edition. After a hard
drive crash my .vcs & .vcf files are gone. I get all my data restored from
professionals. But I'm not able to find my .vcs & .vcf files. Anybody and
idea where I can find this files? I'm not able to find it in a working
Outlook too. Are these files saved under .vcs and .vcf or does the system
generate another file ending .xxx? Are this files hidden somewhere in the
.pst file?
Any ideas?

Judy;
Thanks for your feedback.
To your question - yes I can see my mailbox and I used it w.o. problem.
My problem is that I use IMAP. All my Emails are not on my machine -
basically the are external and I work via internet with it.
Contact and calender are safed on my machine.
After my hard drive crashed I can not find this .vcf and .vcs files.
Question number one: where are they?
Question number two: are these file maybe renamed and somewhere hidden in a
..pst file?

Thanks for your help

Rupert

"Judy Gleeson (MVP Outlook)" wrote:

What data can you find? Is there in fact anything showing in your Outlook
Mailbox at all? Check that by Right clicking the Mailbox (top of the Folder
List) and selecting Properties | Folder Size. Is there anything in it?

In the Navigation Pane on the left of screen are you looking at the Folder
List? Do that first, then click the Contacts Folder. Now can you see
Contacts?



Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook
Outlook trainer and author of Productiv_IT with Outlook
www.acorntraining.com.au



"Rupert" wrote in message
...
I use Windows XP. IMAP in Outlook 2003 Small Business Edition. After a hard
drive crash my .vcs & .vcf files are gone. I get all my data restored from
professionals. But I'm not able to find my .vcs & .vcf files. Anybody and
idea where I can find this files? I'm not able to find it in a working
Outlook too. Are these files saved under .vcs and .vcf or does the system
generate another file ending .xxx? Are this files hidden somewhere in the
.pst file?
Any ideas?

you need to find your default pst.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/filepath.htm

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"Rupert" wrote in message
...
Judy;
Thanks for your feedback.
To your question - yes I can see my mailbox and I used it w.o. problem.
My problem is that I use IMAP. All my Emails are not on my machine -
basically the are external and I work via internet with it.
Contact and calender are safed on my machine.
After my hard drive crashed I can not find this .vcf and .vcs files.
Question number one: where are they?
Question number two: are these file maybe renamed and somewhere hidden in
a
.pst file?

Thanks for your help

Rupert

"Judy Gleeson (MVP Outlook)" wrote:

What data can you find? Is there in fact anything showing in your
Outlook
Mailbox at all? Check that by Right clicking the Mailbox (top of the
Folder
List) and selecting Properties | Folder Size. Is there anything in it?

In the Navigation Pane on the left of screen are you looking at the
Folder
List? Do that first, then click the Contacts Folder. Now can you see
Contacts?



Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook
Outlook trainer and author of Productiv_IT with Outlook
www.acorntraining.com.au



"Rupert" wrote in message
...
I use Windows XP. IMAP in Outlook 2003 Small Business Edition. After a
hard
drive crash my .vcs & .vcf files are gone. I get all my data restored
from
professionals. But I'm not able to find my .vcs & .vcf files. Anybody
and
idea where I can find this files? I'm not able to find it in a working
Outlook too. Are these files saved under .vcs and .vcf or does the
system
generate another file ending .xxx? Are this files hidden somewhere in
the
.pst file?
Any ideas?

Rupert wrote:

To your question - yes I can see my mailbox and I used it w.o.
problem.
My problem is that I use IMAP. All my Emails are not on my machine -
basically the are external and I work via internet with it.
Contact and calender are safed on my machine.
After my hard drive crashed I can not find this .vcf and .vcs files.

Outlook doesn't use .vcf and .vcs files to store calendar and contact data.
It uses the Calendar and Contacts folders, which are in a Personal Folders
file (PST), the location of which is, by default (although you can store it
anywhere), %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook.
FileData File Management will show you what PSTs you have open.
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Brian Tillman