Actually I thought so, but now I see I have no address book anymore. Nada. I
do see that I have BOTH Outlook Data files (my original one and the newer
one) in the destination folder I mentioned. Is there any way to get my
address book back ? I could maybe reverse the data file situation back to
the former file, but I don't know...
I do appreciate your help - thanks for following thru,...Frank

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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So are you OK now, or not?
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Brightbelt" wrote in message
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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