So your theory is that installing Office 2007 on a different partition that
never touched Outlook 2003's PST file, eliminated the rules from that file?
Not sure I see the connection here.
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"Charles Kenyon" wrote in message
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No. Different pst file. Different logical disk drives. Different operating
system. Different user. The only link is sequential.
User 1 - Rules in place. Outlook 2003 works fine.
Shut down computer. Restart computer in Windows XP Home edition.
Log in as User 2. Double check to make sure user 2 is using different pst
file on different disk drive.
Quit Outlook 2003 in User 2.
Download and Install Office 2007 in User 2.
Installation requires restart.
Restart in Windows XP Pro 64-bit.
Log in as User 1.
Start Outlook 2003.
Send/Receive.
No rules in effect. No rules show in Rules dialog.
Weird.
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"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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Do you mean that you were using the same PST file in Outlook 2003 that
you were using in Outlook 2007?
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"Charles Kenyon" wrote in message
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Never mind, I figured out how to import the old rules back into Outlook
2003.
I lost the rules by installing Outlook 2007. Or it may simply be
coincidence. Anyway, after installing Office 2007 in Windows XP Home
version, I restarted the computer in Windows XP 64 (different logical
disk) and opened Outlook 2003. I did a send-receive and everything was
going into my Inbox instead of the other folders. I checked and all the
rules were gone. Nothing else was gone, recent Journal entries, recently
sent emails, changes to the calendar - all there.
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"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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You'll need to clarify exactly how you "lost the rules." I've already
told you that in Outlook 2003, rules are stored with and migrate with
the PST file.
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"Charles Kenyon" wrote in message
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I lost the rules from a separate installation of Outlook 2003 when I
installed Office 2007. Office 2007 was installed for a different user
on a different partition under a different operating system. Completely
separate Outlook.pst files on different drives and partitions.
I want to get my rules back in my working Outlook 2003 installation. I
don't know how to do this. I do have an existing rwz file from a
couple of months ago as well as backup Outlook pst files.
I installed Office 2007 in what I thought was a completely separate
environment so I could look at it. I don't want to use the beta to do
work.
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There is probably still a question in here. If so, I'm having trouble
understanding it, especially when I try to reconcile to your first
post, from which I shall quote: "I don't really care whether I can
import the rules into Outlook 2007 at this point."
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"Charles Kenyon" wrote in message
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Yes. In both instances Outlook.pst.
I have rwz files, just don't know how to import (Outlook 2003, not
Outlook 2007)
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You didn't say. Are we to assume you are using a PST file?
In recent all Outlook versions, rules are stored with the PST file.
I've noticed in beta 2, however, that for the first time they do
not migrate with the PST. You must export/import to an RWZ file.
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"Charles Kenyon" wrote in message
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Outlook 2003
I just downloaded the Beta 2 of Office 2007 Pro. I installed it on
a different partition running a different OS for a different user.
My rules in Outlook 2003 in my regular user disappeared!
Regular user:
Outlook 2003
Windows XP Pro 64 bit OS
Partition1, program installed in Program Files (x86)
Datafile in userprofile on Partition1
Experimental user
Outlook 2007
Windows XP Home Edition
Partition 2, program installed in Program Files (different logical
hard drive)
Datafile in userprofile on Partition 2
Huh?
I suppose it could just be coincidence, but the only thing I did
was first make sure that the Outlook 2003 which had been installed
for Experimental user had a different data file and then install
the beta while running as that user under the different OS.
Where are rules stored? I know I have a backup of most of them but
I don't know how to reinstall from the backup and don't look
forward to reinventing them.
The Office 2007 installation is just to look at, I hadn't planned
on actually letting it have access to any of my email accounts. I
don't really care whether I can import the rules into Outlook 2007
at this point.
Any ideas?
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