Special Edition Using® Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2003

Outlook's Files

Some informationOutlook uses is stored in files on your hard drive. Some of these files are viewable, some are editable, and some are neither. Table C.1 lists many of these files, the information they hold, and whether they're viewable and editable.

Table C.1. Outlook's Files

File	Information	Viewable	Editable
Extend.dat	List of Outlook add-ins and extensions	No	No
Filters.txt	Criteria for junk mail filtering	Yes	No
Frmcache.dat	Cache of form definitions	No	No
<profile name>.nk2	Stores addresses you've replied to for the Automatic Suggest Names feature (AutoComplete)	No	No
Outcmd.dat	Menu and toolbar customizations	No	No
OutlPrnt	Print settings	No	No
VBAProject.otm	VBA macro code	Yes	Yes
Views.dat	Information on custom views	No	No
Outlbar.inf	Outlook Navigation pane ...