Windows 7 Lost Rules and Alerts

[Asker24]

I recently had a glitch in my Outlook 2010 and had to redo the email accounts, and indicate the appropriate pst file. All is well except that I have lost all the Rules and Alerts. Where are they and how do I get them back?

 

[patcooke]

Rules and Alerts are set up by you, the user. It defines actions to be taken in specified circumstances or events. You may well not have had any - I suspect most people don't and the fact that you don't know what they are would seem to indicate that.

 

[Asker24]

I am sorry. I did not state my question clearly enough. I had a bucket-load of Rules and Alerts that I had set up and they have disappeared.

 

[patcooke]

OK They are stored within the pst file. Do you have any backed up copies of this any where? That's the only way you'll be able to recover them.

 

[Asker24]

OK They are stored within the pst file. Do you have any backed up copies of this any where? That's the only way you'll be able to recover them.

I had a copy of the pst file and pointed to it in Outlook Account Settings. All the messages appeared in their appropriate folders, bu no Rules and Alerts. I had thought they would appear with everthing else when I "showed Outlook the way."

 

[patcooke]

When I set up a new copy of outlook I simply copied the entire pst file across. In this circumstance I'd first make sure I had a secure copy of both pst files then:

1. Point Outlook to the first one and export all rules and alerts ( I tink it creates a file of type .rwz for this)

2. Point Outlook to the new pst file and import from the rwz file.