I don't mean to be harsh - maybe I was not clear enough about my efforts - I
do mention in my second reply that I did try your first suggestion ;-) If
"creating a new outlook profile" means something other than a reinstall or
repair/reinstall, then I would appeciate an explanation of how to do it if
possible. Thanks for continuing to follow up with this,...Frank



"Brightbelt" wrote in message
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Hi Russ -
Let me repeat: I have tried all along doing File Open Outlook Data
File and nothing opens. Nothing happens. And I did save my pst to my
hard drive, and I had been told by my tech guy at Best Buy that it was
necessary to manually put this file where the file usually goes within the
outlook program files. That's why it "replaced" my present pst.
So what do you mean when you say "create a new Outlook profile" ? Does
this mean to do a reinstall or repair reinstall ? I'm thinking that's my
only choice left but I'm still open to ideas.
Frank


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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You keep adding more information. Why did you overwrite a PST file?
That's a sure fire way to corrupt your Outlook profile.
Please reread my post and do what I suggested. I said to copy the file
from the CD to your hard drive and remove its read only attribute. Do
_not_ overwrite another PST file.
Then open the file in Outlook using File Open.
You should probably also create a new Outlook profile since your current
one is now corrupt.
Once you open this file, you can then set it as your new default and
configure the Outlook Address Book to display your Contacts by enabling
your Contact Folder as an email address book in its properties.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Brightbelt" wrote in message
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I'm not sure you understand (or whether I do for that matter). Now it
seems the original Pst (the one I overwrote when I copied the one from
the CD to the destination folder) will not open. I think it has my
address book but I'm not sure. The main point is that right now all my
contacts are GONE. I see nothing for my address book.
When I try to open the address book, I get a window saying that there
is a contacts folder in the address book which either cannot be opened,
or it has been deleted. It tells me to consult Microsoft Help for
information on how to delete the contacts folder within the address
book. Why I would want to delete it is beyond me.
All I know is that I had my address book and when I put in this new Pst
(and overwrote the other one) my address book not only disappeared, but
the original Pst file seems to have been rendered useless as a result.
I appreciate anyone who will follow up with me on
this,...Thanks,....Frank


"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
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message ...


In ,
Brightbelt typed:
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

When you say 'address book' - do you mean, you can still see the
contacts in the other PST file? If so, copy them to your 'real' PST
file, and then make sure that folder has a tickmark next to "show this
folder as an address book' in its properties. If that doesn't work, you
may need to add the Outlook Address Book service to your profile.



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