Outlook Banter - View Single Post - importing .pst file from home computer

**Gordon** · June 6th 07, 09:45 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts

"Sally in Georgia" Sally in wrote in
message ...
I exported my contact folders from my home computer to a .pst file, burned
it
to a cd and then brought it in to work to import.

Firstly NEVER use the export/import function to transfer data from one
Outlook to another. It's designed to transfer data to and from Outlook and a
non-Outlook application such as Excel or Access

When I try to import, it says I don't have permission? to import this
file.

Outlook needs read/write access to the pst file. CD ROM = CD Read Only
Memory
Copy the file to your HDD, do NOT overwrite any existing file. Remove the
Read-Only attribute if set. (Right-click, Properties)
Then in Outlook on the work machine, do File-Open-Outlook Data File and
navigate to where you copied it to. Then just copy the data you require to
your existing contacts.

In the future, when transferring data from one Outlook to another, just make
a copy of the pst file, when Outlook is closed.

HTH