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OUTLOOK 2010- Missing Mail

11 years ago

I recently installed Outlook 2010 on my laptop. I'm making progress learning how it works, but when I opened it this morning, the messages that were in my Inbox are gone. I assumed it was because they had been archived, even though I had marked the option NOT to archive items from my Inbox.

When I go to the Archive folder (FILE-OPEN-OPEN OUTLOOK DATA FOLDER)it shows 1.71 MB of data. When I open it, however, there is nothing there. No messages from my Inbox...only a line that says CALENDAR, with zero entries.

Could someone please help me understand where I'm going wrong?

Thank you. Bugsy

Comments (3)

PKponder TX Z7B
11 years ago
Try importing from the Outlook Data Folder. The instructions for adding the Customer Links toolbar to Outlook, then adding the Import/Export Wizard to that toolbar can be found in Help on the File Menu.
bugsybanks
Original Author
11 years ago
I've tried importing from the Outlook Data Folder. When I open the folder it shows zero in the Inbox, Sent, etc. so I am still not able to find my missing messages.

Regarding adding the Customer Links toolbar....when I go to FILE-HELP, could you be more specific about how to add the Customer Links toolbar? There are several options and I'm not sure which to choose. I've tried searching for the instructions, but haven't found what I need.

Thanks so much for your help.
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