Outlook 2010: How to Create a New Outlook Data File (PST)

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If you wish to create a personal folder for storing Outlook items on your computer, you need to find where Microsoft has hidden the option in the new version of Outlook.Here are the steps to take to create a new Outlook data file quickly and easily.

1. Open Outlook.

2. Go to the Ribbon and select the Home tab.

3. In the New section, select New Items.

4. When the menu appears, select More Items followed by Outlook data file.

5. When the Create or Open Outlook Data File window appears, browse to the location where the file is to be located. Go to the File name textbox and input the desired name for the file. If you wish to add a password to the file, check the Add Optional Password checkbox.

6. Click the OK button.

 

27 Comments -


  1. Anonymous said on September 8, 2009

    Dear Sir,

    I am not able to open ms outlook 2010. Kindly do the needful.

    Regards
    Sankar Narayanan

  2. Anonymous said on October 21, 2009

    After all these years, we are still using the outdated PST file?

  3. Nothanks said on June 16, 2010

    ngmah –
    The Outlook .pst format was updated in outlook 2003, so is not that old, also if is not broken why fix it ?

  4. Altact said on June 24, 2010

    Did all that – it still doesn’t allow my messages to send/receive.

  5. Alanperry said on July 1, 2010

    Thanks for the post – everything changes places with MS products!

  6. Laurent M said on July 2, 2010

    Merci pour cette info, j’ai du mal à comprendre les stratégies de Microsoft avec ces nouvelles gammes de produits (sauf faire travailler les organismes de formation)

  7. Prachilikestotalkherway said on July 22, 2010

    thnx loads..

  8. Tomzmail said on August 18, 2010

    Simple and useful. Thank you.

  9. Gnanaprakasam V said on August 25, 2010

    i am not able set default download in PST kindly suggest please

  10. Eweb_dude said on September 2, 2010

    Thank you for providing the tip. I was up and running in a matter of minutes.

  11. Rupeshaskumar said on February 22, 2011

    Really helpfull.

  12. Shirsat Sumedh said on March 5, 2011

    thank cerat new pst 2010 best

  13. George Stan said on March 10, 2011

    The .PST data file has absolutely nothing to do with send / receive. It sounds like your Outlook 2010 email account is not properly configured. I suggest that you Google search “outlook 2010 account setup”. Youtube.com should have video tutorials for setting-up email accounts in Outlook 2010. Good luck.

  14. Nenen said on May 5, 2011

    thx pal

  15. reliancer.com said on May 19, 2011

    very useful information! thanks

  16. Carletto said on May 27, 2011

    useful! thank you

  17. Abc said on June 24, 2011

    Sankar idliwale teri maaki ****

  18. Stephenlembert said on July 14, 2011

    Great post… I also found a helpful tutorial on archiving PST file to back data in outlook at http://technology-assistant.blogspot.com/2011/07/steps-to-manually-archive-items-in.html

  19. Dogunay said on July 28, 2011

    Thanks!

  20. Office10User said on August 2, 2011

    Better information than in the Microsoft Help Files or On-Line.  Thanks.

  21. Vijay said on September 15, 2011

    Thank you

  22. WillR said on November 15, 2011

    Nice that you took time to share details. I’d like to add that it’s wise to back up .pst files each week or so on an external drive. .pst files do tend to get messed up from time to time and also quite large. Once a year I like to archive the current .pst and start a new one for the new year. All can be opened if needed at any time. Also really good to auto-empty deleted items and junk mail every time you shut down Outlook.

  23. Manoj said on December 13, 2011

    Hi..

    It is very useful…

    Thanks
    Manoj

  24. Krishna said on January 4, 2012

    Useful tip, which i was just looking for

  25. Tim Bouscal said on January 9, 2012

    Microsoft, I can understand that change is occasionally necessary but when you change well known keyboard shortcuts (ALT + S to insert a signature) and industry standards like using the menu to select ‘File > New’ then it just seem like you WANT to alienate your users.

  26. GilbertoM said on January 11, 2012

    Thank you for the valuable information contained in this page. Keep it up to continue helping many other people. Regards

  27. FJB said on January 18, 2012

    Thanks a ton. Wonder why it is not on the ‘FILE’ tab where rest of the data file management options have been moved. :(

 

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