Recover deleted items from Outlook 2007

Hi

Thanks guys but you give me more credit than I deserve for Office apps, I do know them well but not main area of expertise, but this I had come across before, if you are on a network and its Exchange one then recovering (if he admin has enabled it) deleted files is not too hard as Outlook has this built in http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA101835681033.aspx?pid=CH100776981033

Which Windows version, if Vista then you have an option called Previous Versions, so right click the folder which houses the PST (how to find is mentioned below) then choose Properties > Previous versions and choose a date from before emails where likely deleted, then double click the folder and right click copy the Outlook PST, then paste onto desktop for now and rename to outlookold then paste it into the Outlook main folder which is likely C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook open outlook up and click Tools > Account Settings > Data Files and click Add, then choose top option and click OK, then highlight the outlookold file and click apply if offered and then OK, you should now see a new listing in OL2007s right menu, hopefully with emails that where deleted.



Other methods are a mix of these BUT before doing this do backup your current .pst to locate this click in Outlook Tools > Account Settings > Data files then highlight your Personal Folder and click Open Folder then copy the .pst to another folder as a backup.
Also while in the pst location look for a pst called Backup and hover your mouse over it as if you have done backups you may find that this one is old enough to actually have copies of your deleted emails in it.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287497
http://bhandler.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!1pt1v0Q4vD8jSvNS4lqdAuug!391.entry?wa=wsignin1.0 < this method has you corrupt your PST first hence backing up, but the scanpst.exe tool can help recover emails.
http://www.gettingclever.com/2008/06/corrupting-your-outlook-pst-file.html

Scanpst.exe is likely also found in this location C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12 if not in the MAPI folder as many of those guides show.

If you have compacted the mail folders at any point then the emails will not be recoverable.