Where are Outlook files stored?

Posted by Sharon Koss Dec 10, 2006

Most network IT people have set up a nightly backup for the network, but not your individual files from your computer.

There are 3 ways to find your Outlook files:

1. The default location is C:\Documents and Settings\your name\Local Settings\Application data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst.
2. Right click the on the root folder (probably Outlook Today), Properties, advanced, then look at the Filename box; this is the location of your files.
3. Click on Start, Search, Documents…, scroll down to the box and type ".pst" then click Search.

Once you know the location of the files, you can copy them the same way other files are copied. Microsoft Outlook should be backed up periodically, once per week minimum depending on how much information is added or changed. This file can be imported on other computers.

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