why can't you import a pst file? Isn't that one of its purposes -- to be
able to back-up and retrieve files if needed?

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

LinnHarrison wrote:

I just backed up Outlook to move to another computer as a pst file.

Please state the exact step you took to do this. Also state your Outlook
version.

However, when I try to import it in to Outlook, I am told I don't
have authorization to access the file and I'm stuck.

Never import a PST.
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Brian Tillman

Importing a native Outlook file? Why? Just open it.

Importing loses received dates, custom forms, connections between contacts
and calendar, contact and activities, rules, etc.

That is why.

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Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, DR support asked:

| why can't you import a pst file? Isn't that one of its purposes --
| to be able to back-up and retrieve files if needed?
|
| "Brian Tillman" wrote:
|
|| LinnHarrison wrote:
||
||| I just backed up Outlook to move to another computer as a pst file.
||
|| Please state the exact step you took to do this. Also state your
|| Outlook version.
||
||| However, when I try to import it in to Outlook, I am told I don't
||| have authorization to access the file and I'm stuck.
||
|| Never import a PST.
|| --
|| Brian Tillman

DR support wrote:

why can't you import a pst file? Isn't that one of its purposes --
to be able to back-up and retrieve files if needed?

Exporting and importing are for changing between Outlook and non-Outlook
formats, not for backing up. You don't export a Word document to a Word
document, do you? Backing up a PST is EASY. With Outlook closed, just COPY
it.
--
Brian Tillman

Dear Brian
I had a huge struggle backing up my Outlook on my last computer, but
eventually somehow managed to get it to update regularly. Although I have
something called outlook backup (on new laptop, documents, vista) which i can
presumab;y copy or send to external drive, I don't know how to update it
because I don't know where it is. Is there an MVP website for Outlook, as
with Word?

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

DR support wrote:

why can't you import a pst file? Isn't that one of its purposes
to be able to back-up and retrieve files if needed?

Exporting and importing are for changing between Outlook and non-Outlook
formats, not for backing up. You don't export a Word document to a Word
document, do you? Backing up a PST is EASY. With Outlook closed, just COPY
it.
--
Brian Tillman

You mean the Outlook Backup Add-in from Microsoft?
Then you'll find it in the File menu.
If it is not visible there, see;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/backupaddin.htm

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

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"Jo Foster" wrote in message
...

Dear Brian
I had a huge struggle backing up my Outlook on my last computer, but
eventually somehow managed to get it to update regularly. Although I have
something called outlook backup (on new laptop, documents, vista) which i
can
presumab;y copy or send to external drive, I don't know how to update it
because I don't know where it is. Is there an MVP website for Outlook, as
with Word?

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

DR support wrote:

why can't you import a pst file? Isn't that one of its purposes
to be able to back-up and retrieve files if needed?

Exporting and importing are for changing between Outlook and non-Outlook
formats, not for backing up. You don't export a Word document to a Word
document, do you? Backing up a PST is EASY. With Outlook closed, just
COPY
it.
--
Brian Tillman