Sounds like you haven't connected Outlook to the Personal Folder file.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312354/en-us
You receive the "The operation failed. An object could not be found" error
message when you click Send and Receive in Outlook
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829971/en-us
How to create a .pst file in Outlook 2003

Hal
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Hal Hostetler, CPBE --
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
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"mydevin" wrote in message
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I didn't try... Should I delete my profile and start over to try
sending/receiving before exporting?

"Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" wrote:

Were you able to send and receive before you did the export?

Hal
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Hal Hostetler, CPBE --
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

"mydevin" wrote in message
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I am moving from OL Express to OL and just finished exporting my
messages
from OLE to OL and now cannot send or receive any messages. When I try
I
get
an "operation failed" message.