On or near 7/19/01 8:06 PM, J. Scott Rogers at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
observed:
> I realize Entourage utilizes the "Documents/Microsoft User Data" folder to
> store its preferences and email database. However, I prefer to keep the MS
> Data folder on a separate partition of my hard drive. The preferred
> partition does not have the MacOS 9.1 System folder.
>
> I didn't have a problem using Erage until recently for some reason I cannot
> understand. It fails to recognize the correct "MS Data" folder on my
> preferred partition, and instead recreates a new "Documents" folder on the
> partition with MacOS, thus creating a new "MS Data' folder.
>
> The MS help file says to create an alias of the MS Data folder in the
> MacOS/Documents folder so Erage knows where "to find the correct one". This
> doens't work.
>
The alias method works fine for me! I've been using it for a long time
without problems. I think that what you need to do is this:
1. On your System drive, in the Documents folder, make sure that there IS NO
folder called Microsoft User Data (MUD).
2. Make an alias of the real MUD folder, move it to the Documents folder of
the system drive, and rename it to "Microsoft User Data" (no "alias" at the
end).
Then, relaunch Entourage. I'm almost sure it will now find the correct MUD
folder. It <cannot> create a new one in SystemDisk:Documents if you already
have an alias there bearing that name.
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> UMASS/Memorial Medical Center [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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