How to open an archive or personal folder in Outlook 2003

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.