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Outlook 2013 running on Windows 8, straight POP client configuration. Client calls me today to say her email is not working. I remoted in to find that Outlook was pointed to the wrong location, reset the data file path to the correct one, Outlook starts, the expected email store is there, but getting data file error: Task 'work - Sending' reported error (0x8004010F) : 'Outlook data file cannot be accessed.'<br />
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I create a new profile, point to the old data file, same error. I create a new profile point to a new data file, Outlook still opens the old data file! So, I delete ALL profiles, Outlook starts with a profile that it finds, who knows where! I set profiles to always prompt, with NO profiles in the Control Panel Mail app showing at all, they are all deleted, but when I start Outlook there are two old profiles in the prompt list! Where are they coming from??? No matter what I do, Outlook finds one of these &quot;phantom&quot; profiles, starts up, but does not work of course, with the error as above: Task 'work - Sending' reported error (0x8004010F) : 'Outlook data file cannot be accessed.' Help!
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Outlook 2013 running on Windows 8, straight POP client configuration. Client calls me today to say her email is not working. I remoted in to find that Outlook was pointed to the wrong location, reset the data file path to the correct one, Outlook starts, the expected email store is there, but getting data file error: Task 'work - Sending' reported error (0x8004010F) : 'Outlook data file cannot be accessed.'

I create a new profile, point to the old data file, same error. I create a new profile point to a new data file, Outlook still opens the old data file! So, I delete ALL profiles, Outlook starts with a profile that it finds, who knows where! I set profiles to always prompt, with NO profiles in the Control Panel Mail app showing at all, they are all deleted, but when I start Outlook there are two old profiles in the prompt list! Where are they coming from??? No matter what I do, Outlook finds one of these "phantom" profiles, starts up, but does not work of course, with the error as above: Task 'work - Sending' reported error (0x8004010F) : 'Outlook data file cannot be accessed.' Help!

Outlook 2013 finding phantom profiles that do not appear in the Mail Control Panel applet

Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Although often used mainly as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note-taker, journal, and web browser.