Locating outlook.pst in Vista

Hi

I've got a very strange issue in Vista while trying to locate the
outlook.pst file.

(for purpose of this message the user logged in is Matt with full Admin
access)

Outlook itself puts the file in
C:\Users\Matt\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\outl ook.pst. I know this as
when I look at the advanced settings on Personal Folders it tells me the
location. This is also the location I find it in on other PC's in the
office.

However - when I view the directory structure under Vista in Computer there
is no "c:\users\Matt" directory at all.

I managed to do a search for outlook.pst and Vista found it in C:\Documents
and Settings\Matt\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook. I
created a shortcut to this and can open the directory, however when I try to
access the C:\Documents and Settings directory from the left hand menu in
Computer, I get an access denied message as though it doesnt exist.

We have another laptop in the office running Vista Home Premium and there is
a C:\Users\<user> directory and the outlook.pst can easily be found.

Please can anyone help and advise as to why we are unable to find this
outlook.pst file and why the <user> directory is not showing under c:\users.

Thanks
Phil

"Phil at MNS" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi
>
> I've got a very strange issue in Vista while trying to locate the
> outlook.pst file.
>
> (for purpose of this message the user logged in is Matt with full Admin
> access)
>
> Outlook itself puts the file in
> C:\Users\Matt\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\outl ook.pst. I know this as
> when I look at the advanced settings on Personal Folders it tells me the
> location. This is also the location I find it in on other PC's in the
> office.

You would only have a \Documents and Settings folder at the root of the
drive if that machine had been built as an upgrade to Vista from something
like Windows XP

--

Mike Brannigan
"Phil at MNS" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi
>
> I've got a very strange issue in Vista while trying to locate the
> outlook.pst file.
>
> (for purpose of this message the user logged in is Matt with full Admin
> access)
>
> Outlook itself puts the file in
> C:\Users\Matt\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\outl ook.pst. I know this as
> when I look at the advanced settings on Personal Folders it tells me the
> location. This is also the location I find it in on other PC's in the
> office.
>
> However - when I view the directory structure under Vista in Computer
> there is no "c:\users\Matt" directory at all.
>
> I managed to do a search for outlook.pst and Vista found it in
> C:\Documents and Settings\Matt\Local Settings\Application
> Data\Microsoft\Outlook. I created a shortcut to this and can open the
> directory, however when I try to access the C:\Documents and Settings
> directory from the left hand menu in Computer, I get an access denied
> message as though it doesnt exist.
>
> We have another laptop in the office running Vista Home Premium and there
> is a C:\Users\<user> directory and the outlook.pst can easily be found.
>
> Please can anyone help and advise as to why we are unable to find this
> outlook.pst file and why the <user> directory is not showing under
> c:\users.
>
> Thanks
> Phil
>

Actually, you do not have full Administrator rights. In Vista, only THE
Administrator account has full administrator rights. Creating an account
and making it an administrator account is not going to do it. This is one
major difference between XP and Vista. In Vista you have to actually enable
the Administrator account so that it appears on your log-in screen, then log
into your machine using that account. Only then will you have full
Administrator rights. To do this:

Click Start, type cmd into the search pane, right-click the cmd.exe item at
the top, and choose Run as administrator. Type net user administrator
/active:yes and enter, then log off. The Administrator account now shows up
on the welcome screen.


"Phil at MNS" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi
>
> I've got a very strange issue in Vista while trying to locate the
> outlook.pst file.
>
> (for purpose of this message the user logged in is Matt with full Admin
> access)
>
> Outlook itself puts the file in
> C:\Users\Matt\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\outl ook.pst. I know this as
> when I look at the advanced settings on Personal Folders it tells me the
> location. This is also the location I find it in on other PC's in the
> office.
>
> However - when I view the directory structure under Vista in Computer
> there is no "c:\users\Matt" directory at all.
>
> I managed to do a search for outlook.pst and Vista found it in
> C:\Documents and Settings\Matt\Local Settings\Application
> Data\Microsoft\Outlook. I created a shortcut to this and can open the
> directory, however when I try to access the C:\Documents and Settings
> directory from the left hand menu in Computer, I get an access denied
> message as though it doesnt exist.
>
> We have another laptop in the office running Vista Home Premium and there
> is a C:\Users\<user> directory and the outlook.pst can easily be found.
>
> Please can anyone help and advise as to why we are unable to find this
> outlook.pst file and why the <user> directory is not showing under
> c:\users.
>
> Thanks
> Phil
>

"JCS" <> wrote in message
newsD186FD5-0A76-41F3-B330-...
> Actually, you do not have full Administrator rights. In Vista, only THE
> Administrator account has full administrator rights. Creating an account
> and making it an administrator account is not going to do it. This is one
> major difference between XP and Vista. In Vista you have to actually
> enable the Administrator account so that it appears on your log-in screen,
> then log into your machine using that account. Only then will you have
> full Administrator rights. To do this:
>
> Click Start, type cmd into the search pane, right-click the cmd.exe item
> at the top, and choose Run as administrator. Type net user administrator
> /active:yes and enter, then log off. The Administrator account now shows
> up on the welcome screen.
>
>
> "Phil at MNS" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hi
>>
>> I've got a very strange issue in Vista while trying to locate the
>> outlook.pst file.
>>
>> (for purpose of this message the user logged in is Matt with full Admin
>> access)
>>
>> Outlook itself puts the file in
>> C:\Users\Matt\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\outl ook.pst. I know this as
>> when I look at the advanced settings on Personal Folders it tells me the
>> location. This is also the location I find it in on other PC's in the
>> office.
>>
>> However - when I view the directory structure under Vista in Computer
>> there is no "c:\users\Matt" directory at all.
>>
>> I managed to do a search for outlook.pst and Vista found it in
>> C:\Documents and Settings\Matt\Local Settings\Application
>> Data\Microsoft\Outlook. I created a shortcut to this and can open the
>> directory, however when I try to access the C:\Documents and Settings
>> directory from the left hand menu in Computer, I get an access denied
>> message as though it doesnt exist.
>>
>> We have another laptop in the office running Vista Home Premium and there
>> is a C:\Users\<user> directory and the outlook.pst can easily be found.
>>
>> Please can anyone help and advise as to why we are unable to find this
>> outlook.pst file and why the <user> directory is not showing under
>> c:\users.
>>


How does this help in this case?

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca

"Phil at MNS" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi
>
> I've got a very strange issue in Vista while trying to locate the
> outlook.pst file.
>
> (for purpose of this message the user logged in is Matt with full Admin
> access)
>
> Outlook itself puts the file in
> C:\Users\Matt\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\outl ook.pst. I know this as
> when I look at the advanced settings on Personal Folders it tells me the
> location. This is also the location I find it in on other PC's in the
> office.
>
> However - when I view the directory structure under Vista in Computer
> there is no "c:\users\Matt" directory at all.
>
> I managed to do a search for outlook.pst and Vista found it in
> C:\Documents and Settings\Matt\Local Settings\Application
> Data\Microsoft\Outlook. I created a shortcut to this and can open the
> directory, however when I try to access the C:\Documents and Settings
> directory from the left hand menu in Computer, I get an access denied
> message as though it doesnt exist.
>
> We have another laptop in the office running Vista Home Premium and there
> is a C:\Users\<user> directory and the outlook.pst can easily be found.
>
> Please can anyone help and advise as to why we are unable to find this
> outlook.pst file and why the <user> directory is not showing under
> c:\users.
>


While logged on as the user Matt open a command prompt. What folder does the
prompt open in? In the command prompt type SET and press Enter. What is the
value for USERPROFILE?

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca

As a follow on, I've gone into control panel and selected folder options and
i have the option selected to show hidden files & folders but they are still
hidden.


"Phil at MNS" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi there
>
> It opens into c:\users\Matt
>
> I can then go into the AppData directory however I cannot see the Local
> directory, just the Locallow and Roaming directories. How do I make the
> Local directory become visible?
>
> Thanks
> Phil
>
>
> "Kerry Brown" <*a*m> wrote in message
> news:6D21FC26-F476-4309-BACE-...
>> "Phil at MNS" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I've got a very strange issue in Vista while trying to locate the
>>> outlook.pst file.
>>>
>>> (for purpose of this message the user logged in is Matt with full Admin
>>> access)
>>>
>>> Outlook itself puts the file in
>>> C:\Users\Matt\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\outl ook.pst. I know this
>>> as when I look at the advanced settings on Personal Folders it tells me
>>> the location. This is also the location I find it in on other PC's in
>>> the office.
>>>
>>> However - when I view the directory structure under Vista in Computer
>>> there is no "c:\users\Matt" directory at all.
>>>
>>> I managed to do a search for outlook.pst and Vista found it in
>>> C:\Documents and Settings\Matt\Local Settings\Application
>>> Data\Microsoft\Outlook. I created a shortcut to this and can open the
>>> directory, however when I try to access the C:\Documents and Settings
>>> directory from the left hand menu in Computer, I get an access denied
>>> message as though it doesnt exist.
>>>
>>> We have another laptop in the office running Vista Home Premium and
>>> there is a C:\Users\<user> directory and the outlook.pst can easily be
>>> found.
>>>
>>> Please can anyone help and advise as to why we are unable to find this
>>> outlook.pst file and why the <user> directory is not showing under
>>> c:\users.
>>>
>>
>>
>> While logged on as the user Matt open a command prompt. What folder does
>> the prompt open in? In the command prompt type SET and press Enter. What
>> is the value for USERPROFILE?
>>
>> --
>> Kerry Brown
>> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
>> http://www.vistahelp.ca
>>
>>
>

"Phil at MNS" <> wrote in message
news:...
> As a follow on, I've gone into control panel and selected folder options
> and i have the option selected to show hidden files & folders but they are
> still hidden.
>
>
> "Phil at MNS" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hi there
>>
>> It opens into c:\users\Matt
>>
>> I can then go into the AppData directory however I cannot see the Local
>> directory, just the Locallow and Roaming directories. How do I make the
>> Local directory become visible?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Phil
>>
>>
>> "Kerry Brown" <*a*m> wrote in message
>> news:6D21FC26-F476-4309-BACE-...
>>> "Phil at MNS" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I've got a very strange issue in Vista while trying to locate the
>>>> outlook.pst file.
>>>>
>>>> (for purpose of this message the user logged in is Matt with full Admin
>>>> access)
>>>>
>>>> Outlook itself puts the file in
>>>> C:\Users\Matt\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\outl ook.pst. I know this
>>>> as when I look at the advanced settings on Personal Folders it tells me
>>>> the location. This is also the location I find it in on other PC's in
>>>> the office.
>>>>
>>>> However - when I view the directory structure under Vista in Computer
>>>> there is no "c:\users\Matt" directory at all.
>>>>
>>>> I managed to do a search for outlook.pst and Vista found it in
>>>> C:\Documents and Settings\Matt\Local Settings\Application
>>>> Data\Microsoft\Outlook. I created a shortcut to this and can open the
>>>> directory, however when I try to access the C:\Documents and Settings
>>>> directory from the left hand menu in Computer, I get an access denied
>>>> message as though it doesnt exist.
>>>>
>>>> We have another laptop in the office running Vista Home Premium and
>>>> there is a C:\Users\<user> directory and the outlook.pst can easily be
>>>> found.
>>>>
>>>> Please can anyone help and advise as to why we are unable to find this
>>>> outlook.pst file and why the <user> directory is not showing under
>>>> c:\users.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> While logged on as the user Matt open a command prompt. What folder does
>>> the prompt open in? In the command prompt type SET and press Enter. What
>>> is the value for USERPROFILE?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Kerry Brown
>>> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
>>> http://www.vistahelp.ca
>>>
>>>
>>
>


Don't forget the hidden *system* files checkbox.

Saucy