OLEXP: Cannot Store Outlook Express Messages on Removable Media
Article ID: 199074
Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.0
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.0
This article was previously published under Q199074
For information about the differences between Microsoft Outlook Express and Microsoft Outlook e-mail clients, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
257824 OL2000: Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express
SYMPTOMS
When you start Outlook Express for the first time, you receive the following message:
Please select a folder where Outlook Express should keep your messages.
If you then select a folder on a removable drive, or an external server, you will be unable to continue by clicking
OK.
CAUSE
This issue can occur because the Outlook Express message folder must be located on a local hard disk, not on removable media or a network share.
RESOLUTION
To work around this issue, choose a folder on a local hard disk.
MORE INFORMATION
This behavior also occurs if you try to move the message store to a network drive or by browsing to a network share after Outlook Express is already set up.
Additional query words: 4.00
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