How To Find PST Files In Outlook 2007 And 2010

Microsoft Outlook is an email application client from Microsoft coming as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. In fact, it is a popular email application client from Microsoft and is often employed for both business and personal uses. In Microsoft Outlook, all the data including your emails are saved in the form of a PST files where PST refers to personal storage table. They can sometimes be encrypted or not and you may need to use the password to open them. This mainly depends on the settings that you use. However, unless you have encrypted the PST files, they will not be encrypted.

Many of the users will be wondering about the location where these PST files are saved. A user will need to know the location, if anything mysterious happens with your PST files. These PST files can become corrupt at any time and it will result in the loss of all the Outlook information. In this case, you need to use the inbuilt repair tool present in the Outlook application to recover these PST files. Thus, it is necessary to know the location of the PST files.

Generally, there are two options available to find the PST files and these options are very simple. Firstly, if you are using the Outlook 2010 version, then you need to click and open the menu called File followed by clicking the option called Account Settings whereas in Outlook 2007 version, you need to click the tab called Tools and then Account Settings. Doing this will bring about a window containing various tabs, which will help a user to organize various contents in Outlook. Moreover, it will also present you with Outlook files containing both OST and PST files. You can understand the file type by looking at its name. If you need to open it, click and highlight it followed by clicking the option called Open Folder found on top of the list.

It is also possible to open PST files without the need of opening the Outlook application. In fact, you can open these files from the User Data folder. All you need to do is type %localappdata%\Microsoft\Outlook\ in the address bar and press the key labeled Enter using your keyboard. Now, the folder will be open in your screen.

These tips will help you to find the PST files present in the Microsoft Outlook application. For more help with Outlook, contact the Outlook support number. Our Outlook support number can help with Outlook versions 2007, 2010 and all others.

Steps To Setup Mailboxes In Outlook

Setting up mailboxes on Outlook is quite simple. All you need to have is the port number; the server type details etc. Follow the guidelines formulated by the Outlook support team to set up mailboxes.

Email help instructions

• As the first step, launch Microsoft Outlook. You may launch the application by using the application's shortcut on your Desktop or taskbar or by locating the same in the Start menu pop labeled under the All Programs list.
• To launch the application, click on the shortcut (desktop link) or the plug-in placed on the taskbar. Now to launch the application from the Start menu, click on the Windows orb placed on the bottom left end of the home screen. Alternatively, you may launch the Start menu using the keyboard shortcut key.
• Select the All Programs label from the Start menu pop up. The All Programs menu will list down all the programs and applications installed on the system. From the All Programs submenu, select the label that reads Microsoft Outlook.  
• Click on the Tools label, placed on the menu bar on top. From the Tools dropdown, select the Accounts or E-mail accounts label. If you are using the Outlook 2003 version, you will find the Accounts label in the Tools dropdown and if you are using the 2007 or 2010 version, you will have the E-mail accounts label.
• Click on the label to add a new email account in the Accounts or E-mail accounts label, depending on the version that you are running.
• Type the necessary details into the email account information window. Select the server type for your email account. You may choose Exchange, POP and IMAP for the same.
• If you have chosen POP and IMAP account types, you would be asked to enter your name, email address, password and the incoming and outgoing server information. For configuring Exchange accounts on Microsoft Outlook, you will have to enter your profile name and email address. You may also be prompted to enter your username and password at the time of auto-configuration process.
• If you require more additional configuration settings details, click on the more settings label. Your server may ask you to provide authentication for the outgoing SMTP server. You may also be asked to change your port numbers for the incoming and outgoing servers.

Following the Email help instructions mentioned above will help you fix the errors. For more assistance on how to set up mailboxes in Outlook, contact our helpdesk.