Where Is The Outlook PST file. 2 Ways to Find It! In this brief video tutorial, I will review to show you where is the outlook pst file location for all Outlook versions 2003-2013, although there are some differences. The major differences are the path through to get to the management which vary slightly especially from Office 2010 to Office 2013.
For Windows 7, the default location for your pst file is here: C: Users%username% AppData Local Microsoft Outlook For Windows XP, the default location for your pst file is here: C: Documents and Settings%username% Local Settings Application Data Microsoft Outlook Where Is The Outlook PST File Location? The first and simplest way to find the current, associated pst files for the user that is currently logged in is to go through the control panel, to the 'mail' icon. Launch that and it will come up with the email account management window. We want to look at Data Files, and look to the Data Files tab.
Within that lower window, you would see any pst data files that are currently associated with the currently logged in user's Outlook profile. This should also show the path where to find outlook pst file locations and you have the option to click on the button just above the window to 'open file location' The second and more thorough way to know where to find outlook pst files is by searching the whole hard drive (or drives). You need to be a user with administrator rights to be able to search all locations on the local hard drive for all user profiles. However, you do not have to be an administrator user to find the files for the user that you are currently logged in with.