pst file in OneDrive

Philbert wrote: ↑ I’ve been setting up my father-in-law’s new laptop and migrating info from his 12 year old Dell desktop with Windows 7. The problem: I had planned on setting up his Outlook 2016 Shaw account with the same pop settings as his Outlook 2010. However, when I set up the pop account it put the Outlook pst folder in the OneDrive, not Documents on C drive. No moves or changes to pst file name stop it. Even after deleting from OneDrive it comes back. A MS tech spent an hour trying to no avail. I finally created an imap Shaw account and it went to the proper place in AppData, but I don’t know how to get additional contacts and emails from pst file. It’s been a nightmare and waste of time. Should I stick with imap or has someone had a similar problem that they solved?

lostintransit wrote: ↑Hi,

The PST has nothing to do with the pop settings. To change the default data file and or just add in a pst file as a extra data file
go into the Account settings Files /etc
https://www.msoutlook.info/question/86
Follow the instructions on the shaw website to configure the pop account in outlook, google it , it exists your not the first person to do this

some recommendations
no one should be using pop setups anymore
no one should be using a service providers email anymore... what happens if you have to change isps...he will loose this address. its best if you create a gmail or hotmail /outlook which will never die
make sure he has a back up of that pst

Philbert wrote: ↑ I get that Shaw is not ideal, but I’m helping an 85 year old man who has been using a Shaw address for 25 years. With seniors there are certain things you let be.

Philbert wrote: ↑ I get that Shaw is not ideal, but I’m helping an 85 year old man who has been using a Shaw address for 25 years. With seniors there are certain things you let be.

I know how to set up a pop account in Shaw etc. and where pst is “supposed” to be stored. As I say, the problem is Outlook 2016 putting the pst folder in Onedrive upon profile configuration. That cannot be changed, and the pst file cannot be moved, only replicated. If I move it to C drive according to MS instructions and delete it from Onedrive, it recreates the pst file in Onedrive as soon as Outlook is reopened. Two simultaneous pst files is not ideal.