Thanks Russ for your help. I tried doing your first suggestion and got there
ok as far as the menus and doing it, but it would not open the data file or
bring in the new content for some reason. So I backed out and went in clean
to ask it to open a data file and I was able to trace outlook's present
folder location backwards. The destination folder for the files turned out
to be the following:
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook
This turned out to be the same as setting my new file as a default, since
all my present stuff got erased, but I expected that and was prepared.
Thanks again, Russ, for your help,...Frank
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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You should never import an Outlook Data file.
You can not access an Outlook Data file if it is on a CD.
Move the file to your hard drive, remove the read only attribute it
acquired from being on a CD, then open it in Outlook using the File Open
Outlook Data File... command.
Or you can simply configure Outlook to use this file as its new default if
you prefer:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...771141033.aspx
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Brightbelt" wrote in message
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Hello -
I'm on Win XP Pro sp2 and Outlook 2003 and I'm having to import Outlook
2003 files that have been saved manually onto a CD (meaning the tech guy
navigated to where they were stored somewhere in the program folders and
copied them from there to a CD). I tried seeing if Outlook 2003 had a
"wizard" type way of importing these files but there's nothing to help me
import anything from a CD. The file(s) I'm wanting to import manually
just says 'Outlook' and has the red/blue/green/yellow 4 squares-type
icon.
The destination path below shows me a general Outlook icon like I see
on my desktop, but not the same multi-colored icon:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11
But that may or may not be the right folder. I appreciate any help anyone
could give me. This would save me from going back to the computer shop
for help or from paying $200 + dollars. Many Thanks,...Frank