Having a problem with a customer who recently had to swap out his Small
Business Server hardware and thus his Exchange data.

Since he was only using Exchange for Public Folders (no user
mailboxes contained any signifigant data) the data migration was done as
follows:

exported the Public Folders data to a PST file
recreated the Public Folders on the new SBS server
imported the data from the PST

This process worked fine until I realized he had a custom Outlook Contacts
form created. I still have the old server and figured I would export/save
the custom form from that machine and "Publish" it on the new one. But I
can't seem to figure this out..

any help or direction would be very much appreciated.

thanks,
-mike

See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=253658 for one method. Or you can
open the form and use File, Save as oft.

--
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"Mike (NLX)" wrote in message
...
Having a problem with a customer who recently had to swap out his Small
Business Server hardware and thus his Exchange data.

Since he was only using Exchange for Public Folders (no user
mailboxes contained any signifigant data) the data migration was done as
follows:

exported the Public Folders data to a PST file
recreated the Public Folders on the new SBS server
imported the data from the PST

This process worked fine until I realized he had a custom Outlook Contacts
form created. I still have the old server and figured I would export/save
the custom form from that machine and "Publish" it on the new one. But I
can't seem to figure this out..

any help or direction would be very much appreciated.

thanks,
-mike

Diane,

Thank you so much for your quick reply. Solution worked great!

-mike

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
...
See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=253658 for one method. Or you can
open the form and use File, Save as oft.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:


EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:


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"Mike (NLX)" wrote in message
...
Having a problem with a customer who recently had to swap out his Small
Business Server hardware and thus his Exchange data.

Since he was only using Exchange for Public Folders (no user
mailboxes contained any signifigant data) the data migration was done as
follows:

exported the Public Folders data to a PST file
recreated the Public Folders on the new SBS server
imported the data from the PST

This process worked fine until I realized he had a custom Outlook
Contacts
form created. I still have the old server and figured I would export/save
the custom form from that machine and "Publish" it on the new one. But I
can't seem to figure this out..

any help or direction would be very much appreciated.

thanks,
-mike

Diane,

One more question. For some reason the form didn't install on all the
clients when they opened up the public folder that the form was installed
to.

Also, when the Outlook clients make a new contact, it defaults to the
standard form. How do I make it use the public Folders Custom Contacts
form?

-mike

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
...
See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=253658 for one method. Or you can
open the form and use File, Save as oft.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:


EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:


Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

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http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


"Mike (NLX)" wrote in message
...
Having a problem with a customer who recently had to swap out his Small
Business Server hardware and thus his Exchange data.

Since he was only using Exchange for Public Folders (no user
mailboxes contained any signifigant data) the data migration was done as
follows:

exported the Public Folders data to a PST file
recreated the Public Folders on the new SBS server
imported the data from the PST

This process worked fine until I realized he had a custom Outlook
Contacts
form created. I still have the old server and figured I would export/save
the custom form from that machine and "Publish" it on the new one. But I
can't seem to figure this out..

any help or direction would be very much appreciated.

thanks,
-mike

Right click on the PF, choose properties. You'll set the default form there.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:


EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:


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"Mike (NLX)" wrote in message
...
Diane,

One more question. For some reason the form didn't install on all the
clients when they opened up the public folder that the form was installed
to.

Also, when the Outlook clients make a new contact, it defaults to the
standard form. How do I make it use the public Folders Custom Contacts
form?

-mike

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
...
See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=253658 for one method. Or you can
open the form and use File, Save as oft.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:


EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:


Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point
your newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


"Mike (NLX)" wrote in message
...
Having a problem with a customer who recently had to swap out his Small
Business Server hardware and thus his Exchange data.

Since he was only using Exchange for Public Folders (no user
mailboxes contained any signifigant data) the data migration was done as
follows:

exported the Public Folders data to a PST file
recreated the Public Folders on the new SBS server
imported the data from the PST

This process worked fine until I realized he had a custom Outlook
Contacts
form created. I still have the old server and figured I would
export/save
the custom form from that machine and "Publish" it on the new one. But
I
can't seem to figure this out..

any help or direction would be very much appreciated.

thanks,
-mike