Outlook 2007: Problem With “File Cannot Be Found”

syoder · Feb 20, 2009

Hi:

I am running MS Outlook 2007 on Windows Vista. I recently deleted some PST backup files that I no longer need. The problem is that now whenever I open Outlook, I get the following pop-up message for each of those files: “The file [filename] cannot be found,” and I have to click "Cancel" on all of the new pop-ups to start Outlook.

These messages are very time consuming to cancel each time that I open Outlook. Is there a solution?

Any help is most appreciated.

sygnus21 · Feb 21, 2009

syoder said:
I am running MS Outlook 2007 on Windows Vista. I recently deleted some PST backup files that I no longer need. The problem is that now whenever I open Outlook, I get the following pop-up message for each of those files: “The file [filename] cannot be found,” and I have to click "Cancel" on all of the new pop-ups to start Outlook.

I don’t know how you did this, but Outlook might be trying to find those .pst files you deleted.

Try this – (first make a backup of your pst just in case)

-Open Outlook 2007
-Click on File then
-Data Management
-Click Data Files
-Look to see if the pst files that you deleted are still listed and highlight them and click Remove

Restart Outlook and that should hopefully fix your problem.

syoder · Feb 26, 2009

That worked! Thanks so much.

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