Outlook .PST Files - How To Open And Close Them

TO OPEN A PERSONAL FOLDER (or .PST):

1. Go to the menu bar at the top of Outlook and find "File-Open-Outlook Data" file (why it doesn't say personal folder is a good question)

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2. Browse to the location of the .pst file. The default location is "c:\documents and settings\"username"\Local Settings\Application data\Microsoft\Outlook", but it could be in any folder you have specified at an earlier time. If you don't know the location of the .pst files, you can do a search for *.pst on your C drive, external hard drive, or other drive location to find all the .pst files on your machine. 
3. Select the desired .pst file to open.
4.Click "Ok".

**Note** Once opened, the .pst file name may not have the same folder name in Outlook.

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TO CLOSE A PERSONAL FOLDER (or .PST):

1. Right-click on the personal folder you would like to close.
2. Highlight and click "Close".

**Note** The main mailbox folder cannot be closed. 

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