Bob Newman wrote:

I realize the topic has probably been covered ad nausium but I still
can't find out how to solve this problem. Any help that can be given
would be greatly appreciated. I have just bought a new computer
(Vista) I installed Office 2003. I chose File/Open/Outlook Data File
and pointed to the pst file that was on the old computer. Outlook
imported everything into a separate "Personal Folders" list.

No, it didn't. It didn't import anything. It opened the PST in the mail
profile and gave you access to the exact data the old PC used.

I want
the information all in the main Personal Folders. How do I do this?

Two ways: the easiest is to click ToolsE-mail AccountsNext and change the
"Deliver new e-mail to the following location" drop-down at the lower left
to point to the old PST that you just opened. Close and restart Outlook and
those folders will be your default folders just like they were before. You
can then right-click and choose Close on the PST Outlook created when you
installed it, since it probably contains nothing. The other thing you can
do is to open each older in the added PST, select everything in the folder
with CTRL-A, and drag the selection to the proper folder in your existing
PST (or click EditCopy (or Move) to Folder, specifying the appropriate
default folder as the destination. I'd choose the former of the two methods
(i.e., reuse the old PST).
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]