What I'm asking is...... a user has 5 PST files on their hard drive, all
created prior to Outlook 2003. Now they have upgraded to 2003 and are
creating a new profile. They can "add" these pre-existing PSTs after
choosing either Office Outlook Personal Folders File (.pst) or Outlook
97-2002 Personal Folders File (.pst) and then browsing to the appropriate
folder.
Will there be a problem if the user chooses the Office Outlook Personal
Folders File (.pst) option then browses to a pre-2003 PST?
This has been done and there is no apparent problem, but all the articles on
Microsoft.com seem to indicate this may be a problem. All articles talk
about creating new PST's and importing in the old data. I am not concerned
with compatability with old versions of Outlook at all. I'm trying to
determine if choosing the new Unicode version of the Storage File Type for a
pre-2003 PST will introduce any problems.

Thank you..........
ST



"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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What exactly is your question?
The default format for Outlook 2003 PST files in UNICODE. Those files are
not compatible with any previous versions of Outlook. Hence the ability to
create PST files in ANSI ("Outlook 97-2002") format if you need to use
data files that are compatible with earlier versions. That option can only
be accessed with the File New command.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Shauna T" wrote in message
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I've done some reading but I'm still confused about the use of Office
Outlook Personal Folders File (.pst) versus Outlook 97-2002 Personal
Folders File (.pst). I understand the basic "Office Outlook Personal
Folders File (.pst) to create a new Outlook 2003 .pst file. Click Outlook
97-2002 Personal Folders File (.pst) to create a new Outlook .pst file
that is compatible with earlier versions of Outlook."
When we have upgraded to Outlook 2003 or set up a new PC with Outlook
2003, when adding PST's you can chosse either of the two file type
options and browse to chosse an existing PST file. If the original PST
was created pre-Outlook 2003, you can choose Office Outlook Personal
Folders File (.pst) and there appears to be no problem. Is there a
problem that is not apparent? I've read articles about how to "Convert a
non-Unicode data file (.pst) to a Unicode data file (.pst)", but as far
as I can tell it is not necessary. What am I missing? Just looking for
to understand so I ensure we create instructions for using PST's created
per-Outlook 2003 preoperly.
Thanks!!
ST.