How to open an archive or personal folder in Outlook 2003
Click the “File” menu:
Then hover your mouse pointer over the “Open” menu item:
Then click on “Outlook Data File...”
When the window appears you should already be in your “Outlook” folder:
In the main section of the window there should be a file named “archive”. If you have extensions turned on then there will be a “.pst” after the file name. You may also have a file named “Personal Folders”.
Highlight the file by clicking once with the left mouse button and then click on the “OK” button:
On the left side of your “Microsoft Outlook” window you should see a new “Archive Folders” icon with a plus sign next to it:
Click the plus sign to expand the folders within the archive:
The folders you see are dependent on the setting for your email archiving. Click on each folder to start browsing the information held within.
