What possessed you to reply to a 2+ yr old message that was correctly
answered 2 yrs ago, with the wrong answer? Your method will only work if
the original profile that created the OST exists on the user's machine -
which he said it does not:

"I recently left a company and brought my archive files with me. I do not
have the original machine"

The only way for this user to get into the contents is using an OST to PST
conversion tool. See http://www.slipstick.com/problems/ost2pst.asp for
tools and methods if the exchange acct exists or was recently deleted.




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"Srinivas Tangella" wrote in message
...
Open outlook.
Export current emails to PST.
Close the Outlook.
Go to outlook OST folder.
[ in general C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook ]

Replace the existing OST with the OST you want to import into outlook.
Open outlook.
At this point you should see all the old emails and folders.

Now, export these mails to PST format.
Close the outlook.

Go to the outlook OST folder again.
Delete the OST. ( next time when you restart outlook it will automatically
create a new OST, so dont worry!).

Open the Outlook.
Let it download all the existing emails from the Exchange server.
Now import the mails from the PST your created above.

I hope this helps.



gedevane wrote:

How do I import OST files?
13-Aug-07

I recently left a company and brought my archive files with me. I do not
have3 the original machine ( Windows xp + Outlook 2000) and now have Vista
with Windows MAil.

I cannot run the import utility ( Cannot import messagesfrom the MAPI
client)

Any ideas?

Thanks