Import and Export are to convert Outlook data to other file formats, like
Excel, Access, csv, etc. Outlook data needs no such conversion, so to
transfer Outlook data you just copy your data file. You don't export your
Word documents when you move them to a new location do you?
At one time, the Outlook developers thought it might be a useful method for
users who only want to transfer only portions of the PST file rather than
the whole thing, so they permitted an export to a PST file. That feature
only actually worked if the transfer was to a previously created, fully
defined PST file. They apparently never realized people would try to use the
export function to create a _new_ PST file. That has never worked and never
will. We advised them years ago of how much trouble it was causing and asked
them to remove the feature completely. Apparently, they have not seen fit to
do so.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
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On Jul 10, 3:56 pm, "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]"
wrote:
He did read the entire post and gave you the correct solution. Once you
exported the data you corrupted the file. Connect the new profile to the
original PST file or a good backup thereof, not the exported one.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]"theAphex" wrote in message

If you don't mind me asking, why is there an Import/Export function if
all it seems to do is corrupt data?