Windows Vista Forums
Vista Forums Home Join Vista Forums Windows 7 Forum Vista Tutorials Tags
Welcome to Windows Vista Forums. Our forum is dedicated to helping you find solutions with any problems, errors or issues you are experiencing with Windows Vista. The Vista forum also covers news and updates and has an extensive Windows Vista tutorial section that covers a wide range of tips and tricks.

Go Back   Vista Forums > Vista Newsgroups > Vista mail

Vista - Vista64 / Outlook 2007 -- "Cannot open your default e-mail folders."

Reply
 
Old 08-06-2007   #1 (permalink)


 
 

Vista64 / Outlook 2007 -- "Cannot open your default e-mail folders."

When I first load up Outlook 2007 in Vista64, I get a popup saying

"Cannot open your default e-mail folders. outlook cannot start because a data file to send and receive mail cannot be found. To add a data file, such as a personal folder file, double-click the Mail icon in Windows Control Panel."


There is no mail icon in the control panel. Any ideas how to fix this? I've uninstalled/reinstalled, same popup. When I click ok, outlook 2007 closes.

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 08-06-2007   #2 (permalink)


 
 

Re: Vista64 / Outlook 2007 -- "Cannot open your default e-mail folders."

"I was able to research the problem and found out that it is from a bad or corrupt profile. Not that that matters, but you need to create a new profile and it can be done by going to start, run and type in the following command.
outlook.exe /promptimportprf \\localfolder\outlook.prf
Answer yes to the prompt and reestablish your parameters for email again. I did this and it fixed the problem immediately!"
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 02-21-2009   #3 (permalink)
Austell


 
 

Re: Vista64 / Outlook 2007 -- "Cannot open your default e-mail folders."


Were you connected to an Exchange server? An .ost file is an offline
file used with Exchange. You may need to connect to Exchange with your
new profile and then sync a new offline file.


--
Austell
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Austell's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/austell.htm
View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-v...ail/796234.htm

http://forums.techarena.in

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Reply

Thread Tools


Similar Threads
Thread Forum
outlook 2007; unable to open your default e-mail folders Vista installation & setup
BUG: Images or Sound folder: Default operation changed from "open" to other Vista file management
IMAP folders for "Deleted Items" and "Junk E-Mail" Vista mail
Windows Mail - Don't want "Local Folders" to open Vista General
Re: Windows Mail - Don't want "Local Folders" to open Vista mail


Vista Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized,
sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation.
"Windows Vista", the Start Orb, and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.
© Designer Media Ltd

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46