

The opportunity to change folders, but what ever I change to becomes the default folder and I still cannot change to the Gmail data file. If I delete or move the frontier data file folder, then close Outlook, the next time I open Outlook it gives me The data file is set as theĭefault data file and when I select the Gmail data file the "set as default" option greys out so I cannot change from the data file. They are both located in the default Outlook folder in C:\Users\(user name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook. In the Data Files tab I have a pop/smtp file () and an imap/smtp file (). Karl Timmermans "Outlook Contact Import/Export/Data Mgmt" Re-installing Win8 would be a pointless exercise and uninstall/re-installing Outlook would be equally unproductive since Outlook profiles persist installations.
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In answer to the question of how to configure Outlook similar to a "first run" - simply use the Control Panel app (with Outlook closed) and create a new Outlook profile making it the default when completed. None of this has anything at all to do with Win8 or any other OS. If you have more then one Imap account - you will have multiple data files - each account having it's own data file. You also cannot change the datastore associated with an Imap account. If for no other reason, Imap accounts do not have their own contact/calendar folders (nothing to do with Outlook - everything to do Imap). You can't change a POP account to use an Imap OST file as the default data file.
