Microsoft Outlook Outlook Bar

In Microsoft Outlook 2000 there is the ability to create groups in the Outlook bar and folders that contain Outlook items such as Mail Items, Sent Items and so forth.

I have created new folders and subfolders that contain Mail Items. These folders correspond with the people, companies and newsletter subscriptions that I receive e-mail from. For example, in the TechRepublic folder I have sub-folders for Windows 95/98, Windows 2000 Server, Windows NT, Windows XP, Microsoft Office Suite, etc…

I’ve placed these folders in the Outlook bar groups for easy retrieval at a later date. The folders mentioned above are placed in a group called TechRepublic. I have many groups; most are named in the format Inbox A-C, Inbox D-J andso on.

In the case of user profile reconstruction or migration, disaster recovery, reinstallation of Outlook or the installation of Outlook on another machine and the subsequent import of all pst files all Outlook bar settings are lost. All of the Mail Item folders are rebuilt during the import process but the placement of these folders in the groups and the groups themselves are lost.

Is there a way to backup and restore these settings?
Where are these settings stored? Is it in a special folder that can be reapplied to a new installation of Outlook?

Gilbert Biro Simon
Gsimon1@cfl.rr.com