Outlook 2007 exe file

Jagsfish

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I recently did a system recovery and then retored all my files that I had backed up. I cannot find my Outlook exe file so I cannot get to my emails and contacts. I can access the .pst files but they will not open without the exe file. Any suggestions for a novice?
 

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Hi Jagsfish,

Welcome to Vista Forums!

If you did a full system recovery to factory conditions, then unless you had a complete image backup, the only thing your full backup (unless you used Easy Transfer) would have successfully restored would have been your data. Even with Easy Transfer, the programs would need to be re-installed as would all the updates (unless the programs came installed with the computer and were on the Recovery Disk or Recovery Partition). If you did do an image restore (your system specs indicate a version of Vista without complete image backup capability unless you've installed a 3rd party program to do it) and all other programs work but it still lost the outlook.exe file (and maybe only that file), the solution is pretty much the same.

I recommend you re-install whatever version of Office you have (or at least the Outlook program if the other Office programs are working fine) and that should restore the .exe file (and any other missing Office or Outlook files as well as registry entries) and get things back to normal again (though you will probably need to reset the settings for your e-mail provider and to link to the correct PST files that you backed up). If, on the other hand your system came with a trial edition of Office and you never actually purchased the product, then a different solution may be required (perhaps doing another system recovery to see if the file properly transfers this time, or the one recommended above to read the PDF files and another to select an e-mail program - possibly purchasing Outlook or choosing some other option - several are provided in a link posted later).

If you did buy Outlook and/or Office, I suspect you'd rather that Office Outlook be working than use a different program altogether that almost certainly isn't as functional or good as Outlook (and may only read PST files but not actually send and receive emails or do most of what Outlook can do). Just be sure this is the only program with problems so you know if you need to install just Outlook or the whole Office suite.

I hope this helps.

Good luck!
 
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Well Jagfish, why not decide for yourself. Dont let others persuade you to what is best.
It is my objective to give advice and then let you decide. You seem to be primarily interested in reading those files and I based my answer on that fact.
 
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Hi Jagfish,

I agree with Richard. The choice is entirely yours. I did assume you wanted Outlook back and functional since you were already using it, but I did not mean to imply it was the only option (but it was what I considered to be the best suggestion I could offer if you aleady had and used it). You indicated no dissatisfaction with Outlook - just that you were missing outlook.exe and couldn't read your PDF files. I also assumed you owned Office and/or Outlook and it wasn't just a trial edition that has perhaps expired. Do you want Outlook back and have it as your e-mail and contacts program or do you just want a program able to read the PST files? What will you then use instead of Outlook for sending/receiving emails and other such things?

Good luck!
 
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    Dell Inc. MP061 Inspiron E1705
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    2.00 gigahertz Intel Core 2 Duo 64 kilobyte primary memory
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    Board: Dell Inc. 0YD479 Bus Clock: 166 megahertz
    Memory
    2046 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM) [Di
    Sound Card
    SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor (17.2"vis)
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1200 pixels
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    Chassis Serial Number: 5YK95C1
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    Standard PS/2 Keyboard
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