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Change Default PST Location

A PST file (filename extension - *.pst) is a ‘personal storage table’ file used by Microsoft Outlook to store your personal data such as emails, contacts and schedules. From time to time, you might believe that your PST file is very large and you will have to change where it is located so you can give it more disk space. Also, in case of some system crash or any shutdown of your PC while Outlook is using this file, it could end up being corrupted. There is always the risk you will lose all your personal data then. Nobody wants such event to happen to them, so it is very important to do what you can in order to backup your PST file before such thing will happen. The method to change the default location for your PST file and how to backup the PST file will be discussed within this article. Check here repair pst file to learn how to repair the PST file.

How to modify the default location of the PST file

The following folder is the default location used by Microsoft Outlook for your PST file:

C:Documents and SettingsusernameLocal SettingsApplication DataMicrosoftOutlook

To change this location, you must change the ForcePSTPath value in the registry. Here pst repair software you will get all the infos you do need to repair the PST file, while here pst file repair you will learn more about PST repair. In order to do that, you have to do the next steps:

·    Quit Outlook.
·    Click Start, and then click Run or hold WinKey+R.
·    In the Open box, type ‘regedit’, and then click OK.
·    Find the following subkey part of the Windows Registry.

For Outlook 2003: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftOffice11.0Outlook

For Outlook 2002: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftOffice10.0Outlook

·    With the Outlook subkey selected in step 4, point to New on the Edit menu, and then click String Value.
·    Type ForcePSTPath, and then press ENTER.
·    With the ForcePSTPath string value selected, click Modify on the Edit menu.
·    In the Value data text box, type the drive letter and the full path of the location that you want Outlook to use when it creates or opens a .pst file, and then click OK.

The default location of the PST file will be modified once you will done the previous steps. Be sure to do all the previous instructions with great care. Be sure to backup your Windows Registry before even trying to modify the default location of the PST file.