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Relocating Outlook Data Files
Posted by Luis Ponce on 26 July 2012 05:31 PM

The following instructions will walk you through the process of relocating Outlook data files.

Close Outlook.

Copy the data files to the new location

Open the Mail utility in Control Panel

 

Click on Show Profiles

Open the properties for the Outlook Sync profile.

Open the data files

 

Add a new data file and set it to the new location

 

Highlight the new Data File and set it as the default

 

Open Outlook and let it sit for a minute, close Outlook

 

Go back to the Mail utility and remove the old data file

 

Outlook will then start using the new location