Windows 10: OneDrive seems to have rewritten outlook data file

Discus and support OneDrive seems to have rewritten outlook data file in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; This morning my mum seems to have had an update or similar come up related to Onedrive and she hit next without reading what it said. From what I can... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by Kimberley-Shirayuki-, Dec 3, 2020.

  1. KIMBERLEY-SHIRAYUKI-
    Kimberley-Shirayuki- Win User

    OneDrive seems to have rewritten outlook data file


    This morning my mum seems to have had an update or similar come up related to Onedrive and she hit next without reading what it said.

    From what I can tell this turned on the files on-demand option which I have now turned off.


    She uses a desktop version of Outlook which has a rather large .pst data file in her documents. As this is such a large file I am uncertain if onedrive has managed to finish syncing for quite some time now.

    After I turned files on-demand off lots of old files appeared on her desktop and it looks like something happened with the Outlook data file in her documents. When she opened outlook alot of the email folders she had made have vanished along with lots of emails as well. Her deleted folder only had items from 2018-19 inside.


    I am worried that this files on-demand thing has taken her data file, not uploaded it to onedrive fully/correctly and then replaced it with the old backup from I assume 2018-19. When i right click the data files in her documents the only version history that comes up says 2018


    Is there any way to fix this??

    :)
     
    Kimberley-Shirayuki-, Dec 3, 2020
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  2. QUBIT
    qubit Win User

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    This is an awkward problem to solve and one I don't think is worth the time and effort.

    The OP would be better off either using a modern webmail service like gmail or outlook.com or using a modern email client like Windows Live Mail like FX-GMC suggested or Thunderbird from Mozilla. If nothing else, Outlook Distress was notorious for corrupting its data files and losing all your email in one easy step. Not worth it.
     
    qubit, Dec 3, 2020
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  3. TRY3
    Try3 Win User
    Try3, Dec 3, 2020
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  4. NEWTEKIE1
    newtekie1 Win User

    OneDrive seems to have rewritten outlook data file

    Outlook PST File Problem

    That is exactly what I was going to suggest. Export everything to another PST file, delete the old(or rather move it out of the default folder) and replace it with the new PST file that you exported.
     
    newtekie1, Dec 3, 2020
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