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Good day
I have a problem transfering my files from an old computer with Outlook 2003, escpecially the contacts folder. In outlook express you would the files across, with outlook 2003 it is not that simple. Tried importing .pst files (as I understand that this is where all the contacts are), telling it to import personal folder .pst from drive:/documents/user/application data/microsoft/outlook, the old folder from the previous pc has a Outlook folder with the office 2003 icon but it doesn't recognise this as being a personal folder, have to use file type all files but still won't accept it as being a personal folder. tried adding .pst at the end of the file name, still inserts nk2 or some other extension. The old pc was on the same domain as the new one, have taken ownership on the security settings & allowed full control, also removed the read only setting on the outlook folder under microsoft in application data Please advise Thanks |
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Importing is never the correct way to transfer Outlook data. You should
simply copy your Outlook data file and open it in the other installation. State how you created and transported this PST file. You may have corrupted it by exporting it. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Gibgo" wrote in message ... Good day I have a problem transfering my files from an old computer with Outlook 2003, escpecially the contacts folder. In outlook express you would the files across, with outlook 2003 it is not that simple. Tried importing .pst files (as I understand that this is where all the contacts are), telling it to import personal folder .pst from drive:/documents/user/application data/microsoft/outlook, the old folder from the previous pc has a Outlook folder with the office 2003 icon but it doesn't recognise this as being a personal folder, have to use file type all files but still won't accept it as being a personal folder. tried adding .pst at the end of the file name, still inserts nk2 or some other extension. The old pc was on the same domain as the new one, have taken ownership on the security settings & allowed full control, also removed the read only setting on the outlook folder under microsoft in application data Please advise Thanks |
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Doing an import now as we speak, I went to application data/microsoft/outlook
instead of local settings/application data/microsoft.... Common mistake I make at times, even with outlook express, where is there another folder like this in the other sub directory as well? "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Importing is never the correct way to transfer Outlook data. You should simply copy your Outlook data file and open it in the other installation. State how you created and transported this PST file. You may have corrupted it by exporting it. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Gibgo" wrote in message ... Good day I have a problem transfering my files from an old computer with Outlook 2003, escpecially the contacts folder. In outlook express you would the files across, with outlook 2003 it is not that simple. Tried importing .pst files (as I understand that this is where all the contacts are), telling it to import personal folder .pst from drive:/documents/user/application data/microsoft/outlook, the old folder from the previous pc has a Outlook folder with the office 2003 icon but it doesn't recognise this as being a personal folder, have to use file type all files but still won't accept it as being a personal folder. tried adding .pst at the end of the file name, still inserts nk2 or some other extension. The old pc was on the same domain as the new one, have taken ownership on the security settings & allowed full control, also removed the read only setting on the outlook folder under microsoft in application data Please advise Thanks |
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Gibgo wrote:
Doing an import now as we speak, Never import a PST. You lose data. Instead, click FileOpenOutlook Data File to access its contents. -- Brian Tillman |
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