OK, I'm an idiot for not looking here first. I apologize. I don't know what
made me think this was going to be a straightforward import/export since I'm
now using Vista rather than XP, but -- well, like I said, I'm an idiot.
Soooooo, I exported my Outlook 2003 .pst files from XP to a USB drive and
tried (ouch!) to import them into Outlook 2007 in Vista. Rather than errors
related to administrative privs, however, I'm getting a message that the .pst
file already exists in Outlook 2007 -- but it doesn't. No contacts, no
personal folders, etc. Now what do I do?

"Gordon" wrote:


"The Old One" The Old wrote in message
...
I am a naive user and am trying to transfer my Outlook 2000 files to
Outlook
2007 which I have on a new computer. Every time I try to import a ".pst"
file into Outlook 2007, a window opens telling me I do not have the
permission required to access the file to be imported even though I am
logged
on as the Adminstrator. What am I doing wrong?

As posted here usually at least one a day - do NOT use the import/export
function to transfer data from one Outlook to another.
Copy the pst file to your HDD, do NOT overwrite any existing pst file,
remove any read-only attribute (right-click - properties) then in Outlook do
File-Open-Outlook Data Fuile and navigate to where you pit it. Then you can
copy all the data into the new-format pst file that Outlook has already
created.

Why not importing?
(Courtesy of Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook])

Importing an entire PST may well corrupt your profile and may create a ghost
PST that you can't close. Importing PST's will lose:
1. Custom Forms
2. Custom Views
3. Connections between contacts and activities
4. Received dates on mail
5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
6. Journal connections
7. Distribution Lists

Importing will almost certainly break the connection between your Contacts
and the Addressbook view as well, requiring a new Mail Profile if that
happens.

Opening a PST file will preserve all of these. That is why we do not advise
people to import a native file into Outlook.



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