I’ve just switched to a new computer and configured Outlook with my POP3 account which automatically created the Inbox, Drafts, Sent Items, etc… folders listed under my POP3 email address.

I’ve been able to reconnect to my pst-files (outlook.pst and archive.pst) via:
File-> Open-> Open Outlook Data File

This successfully imported my Personal Folders, but listed them in a separate section below the email titled section rather than merged them.

I then tried running the Import and Export Wizard, but it displays a window showing:

"The Outlook data file (.pst) is already in use in the current profile".

How can I merge my pst-files restored from my backup with the newly created folders under my email address?

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For years I’ve been using the same pst-file with Outlook and it now has grown quite big (it currently is 5.6GB).

To speed up Outlook and backup performance, I thought about splitting up my pst-file into multiple files. As data will no longer change in these pst-files, I would no longer have to include them in my daily backups.

Is there any way I could split up my pst-file into yearly archives?

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I've successfully configured my Exchange account on my smartphone and in the Windows 8 Mail app but I can't seem to get it to work in Outlook.

Why is this and how can I fix it?

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I’ve been trying to use my mouse less for common computer tasks. With a little practice and the right keyboard shortcuts, this often ends up to be much quicker than using my mouse as well.

As I search through my emails on a regular basis, I was wondering whether there are any useful search shortcuts in Outlook?

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I have lots of contacts in Outlook and I am looking for a way to update some contact fields so they will be more consistent. For instance, I’m looking to update the following properties;

• For some contacts I’ve entered “AVE” and for other “Avenue”. I want this to be “Avenue” for everyone.
• For some contacts I’ve included the country code in their phone number and I’d like to remove that.
• Change the email address domain of several contacts as their company changed its name and has a new domain name.

How can I achieve these changes without modifying all contacts one-by-one?

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Looking at backup and restore procedures for Outlook, some instruct to use the Import/Export wizard in Outlook. Others recommend to use the original pst-file and warn that I could lose data otherwise.

What's the difference between an Import and using the old PST directly? What's lost or gained by using either method?

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Using your previous tip of the Mini-Translator, I find that I sometimes still need to use the Research Pane to translate the text as the language isn’t always properly recognized.

This isn’t really an issue but selecting the correct “From” language is a bit cumbersome since the list of available languages is so long. The same is true for selecting the correct “To” language which for me basically only is English, Dutch or German.

Is there a way to trim down the list of translation languages to choose from to only the languages that I actually use?

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We're using Cisco WebEx for on-line meetings. For this I used to have a WebEx Toolbar in Outlook to directly schedule on-line meetings from within Outlook.

However, I no longer see this WebEx Toolbar nor does it show as a Ribbon tab in Outlook 2010.

How can I make the WebEx integration available in Outlook again?

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My mailbox is getting full and I wanted to archive some of my older emails with AutoArchive. However, it looks like I don't have this feature available in Outlook at all.

How can I get the AutoArchive feature in Outlook?

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We often see questions regarding getting new mail notifications when Outlook is closed. Ironically sometimes they are requests about how to get them and sometimes they are complaints about how to get rid of them.

So, how do you get these new mail alerts or how do you get rid of them?

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