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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 |
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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. -- Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] 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 |
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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 |
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![]() 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 |
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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 ----- "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 |
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