{"id":7411,"date":"2016-08-02T14:59:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T14:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=7411"},"modified":"2016-08-02T15:14:31","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T15:14:31","slug":"change-default-location-for-outlook-pst-ost-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/change-default-location-for-outlook-pst-ost-file\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change Default Location for Outlook Data File (PST & OST)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is there a way to change the default location of new .pst file when create a new e-mail account in Outlook? Different versions of Outlook use different default locations to store pst files. In this tutorial we’ll show you how to change default location for Outlook .PST & .OST data file using a registry trick. It works with all versions of Outlook, including Outlook 2016 \/ 2013 \/ 2010 \/ 2007 \/ 2003.<\/p>\n

How to Change Default Location for Outlook PST\/OST File?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Press the Win + R keys in a meanwhile to open the Run box. Type regedit<\/strong> and click OK<\/strong>.\n

    \"regedit\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. \n

    When the Registry Editor launches, navigate to one of the following keys, depend on your Outlook version:<\/p>\n

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    • Outlook 2016:<\/strong>
      \nHKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Office\\16.0\\Outlook<\/li>\n
    • Outlook 2013:<\/strong>
      \nHKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Office\\15.0\\Outlook<\/li>\n
    • Outlook 2010:<\/strong>
      \nHKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Office\\14.0\\Outlook<\/li>\n
    • Outlook 2007:<\/strong>
      \nHKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Office\\12.0\\Outlook<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • At the right-side pane, right-click on any blank area and select New<\/strong> -> Expandable String Value<\/strong>.\n

      \"new-expandable-string\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    • Name the newly created value as ForcePSTPath<\/strong>, then double-click on it. On the Edit String<\/strong> dialog, enter the new default location where you wish to store the PST file for Outlook new profile, and click OK<\/strong>.\n

      \"ForcePSTPath\"<\/p>\n

      Note<\/strong>: To change the default location folder of .ost files generated by exchange accounts, you can create an expandable string value and name it as ForceOSTPath<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

      \"ForceOSTPath\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    • Close the Registry Editor and restart Microsoft Outlook application. From now on, when you set up a new email account, Outlook will automatically create a new PST file in the new default location.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      This method won’t affect the location of existing .pst files. If you want to change the location of existing pst file, follow these steps:<\/p>\n

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      1. Exit the Outlook application. Locate your .pst file in Windows Explorer and move it to a new location.\n

        \"outlook-pst-location\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

      2. Restart Outlook. An error dialog box appears that notifies you that an Outlook Data File (.pst) could not be found. Click OK<\/strong>.\n

        \"pst-file-cannot-be-found\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

      3. It will open the Create\/Open Outlook Data File<\/strong> dialog box. Browse to the new location, select the Outlook Data File (.pst) that you moved, and then click Open<\/strong>.\n

        \"open-outlook-data-file\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

      4. When you see a warning message, just ignore it by clicking OK<\/strong>. Now you’ve successfully moved your existing pst file to a new location.\n

        \"cannot-open-default-pst\"\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Is there a way to change the default location of new .pst file when create a new e-mail account in Outlook? Different versions of Outlook use different default locations to store pst files. In this tutorial we’ll show you how to change default location for Outlook .PST & .OST data file using a registry trick. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[2869,2870,2868,2872,2871],"class_list":["post-7411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","tag-change-default-pst-location","tag-change-outlook-data-file-location","tag-change-outlook-pst-location","tag-move-outlook-pst-location","tag-move-pst-file-to-new-location"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7411"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7432,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7411\/revisions\/7432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}