Hello all,

After installing outlook 2003 fresh, I try to open it and instead of being able to create a new profile or go to accounts to set one up It begins a little wizard and begins to "configure outlook".

Right away it throws an error of "The name could not be matched to a name in the address list."
so I click OK.

This brings up Exchange Server box with a general tab. Calls out my server, and the mailbox filled out with the current domain users profile.
Im not running exchange on the server, never have. We all use pop3 accounts. I click OK.

Then it throws "Unable to open your default e-mail folders. The file C:\Documents and Settings\XXX\Local Settings\ApplicationData\Microsoft\Outlook\outlook .ost is not an offline folder file."

As far as I know, I am supposed to either put the pst file where outlook is trying to link to by default, or open up stinking outlook and open the pst file thru the program. So that's where I'm stuck. I cant open the pst file and I can't get into outlook to open the pst file from there.

I have tried Uninstalling outlook, and installing fresh. opening does the same thing. I tried deleting the outlook folder in the default directory, closing and re-opening outlook. Then I tried deleting the outlook file that it auto-generates and placed the full pst file in there. No luck. Then I got rid of the extension and it still didn't take.

Can't open outlook in safe mode because it tries the same thing.

While I am waiting anxiously for replies.. I am going to uninstall 2003, reinstall the outlook from the office suite, then try to setup this user. Then I will try upgrading it to 2003 and see if I can keep the program open. If so, then I should be able to open the dang pst file and then reloacate where it's stored.

If that is also a crap method, please let me know...

~Jon