Yes Christine...in XP the psts are hidden. To unhide your hidden files in Windows XP, go into My Computer and click on the Tools menu and choose Folder Options...in there, click on the View tab and put a tick where it says to Show Hidden Files and Folders. Now when you do your search, be sure to use the Search option that includes hidden files FYI...normal.dot is also a hidden file in Windows XP Linda F. Johnson, M.A., MOS Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com Free e-Books, Newsletter, and tutorials -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of McDonald, Christine, Ms, DCAA Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 7:06 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Personal Folders in Outlook 2000 In Windows XP, I believe the PST folders are considered hidden files, which may be causing a problem in finding them if searching for *.pst. I can check when I get home, but I seem to remember having a problem locating them when I first switched to XP.=20 Christine McDonald ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************