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November 16th 06, 10:27 PM
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Moving Outlook Contacts
Win2000 machine. Want to bring "Contacts" from another computer (XP) into
this one as a second contacts folder named "Real Estate". Have copied the contacts folder to desktop, unchecked read only, transferred to CD and copied to destination computer desktop. Destination computer has a blank Outlook contacts folder named "Real Estate. Try to open folder on desktop with FileopenOutlook data file but nothing appears to happen. No messages either. Also, what is path to Outlook Contacts? -- Thanks for your help!! 
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November 17th 06, 12:10 AM
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You'll need to provide more complete and more accurate information.
Specifically, provide in detail what you mean by the following: "Have copied the contacts folder to desktop, unchecked read only, transferred to CD and copied to destination computer desktop." Since you cannot directly copy individual Outlook folders for use in another installation, your post does not make sense and requires clarification. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "mgosi" wrote in message ... Win2000 machine. Want to bring "Contacts" from another computer (XP) into this one as a second contacts folder named "Real Estate". Have copied the contacts folder to desktop, unchecked read only, transferred to CD and copied to destination computer desktop. Destination computer has a blank Outlook contacts folder named "Real Estate. Try to open folder on desktop with FileopenOutlook data file but nothing appears to happen. No messages either. Also, what is path to Outlook Contacts? -- Thanks for your help!!
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November 17th 06, 05:17 AM
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-- Thanks for your help!! "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: You'll need to provide more complete and more accurate information. Specifically, provide in detail what you mean by the following: "Have copied the contacts folder to desktop, unchecked read only, transferred to CD and copied to destination computer desktop." Since you cannot directly copy individual Outlook folders for use in another installation, your post does not make sense and requires clarification. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "mgosi" wrote in message ... Win2000 machine. Want to bring "Contacts" from another computer (XP) into this one as a second contacts folder named "Real Estate". Have copied the contacts folder to desktop, unchecked read only, transferred to CD and copied to destination computer desktop. Destination computer has a blank Outlook contacts folder named "Real Estate. Try to open folder on desktop with FileopenOutlook data file but nothing appears to happen. No messages either. Also, what is path to Outlook Contacts? -- Thanks for your help!! Russ, I followed Microsoft instructions to copy the folder with Outlook closed by following the path to the folder. I have been advised by microsoft that it is not recommended to export and import contacts (.pst) folders. Anyway I have tried this and it did not work. I will follow any procedure that will work, the objective is to get the contacts in one machine onto another. Curiously, I was able to transfer the contacts from my Win2000 machine many months ago with no problem although I can not remember how I did it. I now want to move a copy of the folder back to my Win2000 machine from the XP machine. How do I do this? Thanks
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November 17th 06, 11:18 AM
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Moving Outlook Contacts
Just copy the PST file that contains the Contacts and open it in the other
installation. Then copy the contacts from that PST file to the folder. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "mgosi" wrote in message ... -- Thanks for your help!! "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: You'll need to provide more complete and more accurate information. Specifically, provide in detail what you mean by the following: "Have copied the contacts folder to desktop, unchecked read only, transferred to CD and copied to destination computer desktop." Since you cannot directly copy individual Outlook folders for use in another installation, your post does not make sense and requires clarification. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "mgosi" wrote in message ... Win2000 machine. Want to bring "Contacts" from another computer (XP) into this one as a second contacts folder named "Real Estate". Have copied the contacts folder to desktop, unchecked read only, transferred to CD and copied to destination computer desktop. Destination computer has a blank Outlook contacts folder named "Real Estate. Try to open folder on desktop with FileopenOutlook data file but nothing appears to happen. No messages either. Also, what is path to Outlook Contacts? -- Thanks for your help!! Russ, I followed Microsoft instructions to copy the folder with Outlook closed by following the path to the folder. I have been advised by microsoft that it is not recommended to export and import contacts (.pst) folders. Anyway I have tried this and it did not work. I will follow any procedure that will work, the objective is to get the contacts in one machine onto another. Curiously, I was able to transfer the contacts from my Win2000 machine many months ago with no problem although I can not remember how I did it. I now want to move a copy of the folder back to my Win2000 machine from the XP machine. How do I do this? Thanks
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November 17th 06, 03:25 PM
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uss, thanks for the try but as you will see from my intitial post, when I try
to open the .pst file residing on my desktop with Outlook open everythiing seems to go well except I can not find the opened file. The process I use is: Open Outlook, go to fileopenoutlook data file. Again, no error message just no obvious opened file. I must be doing something stupid but I do not see it. Remember, this is a Win2000 machine and Outlook 2003. Please help. Gary -- Thanks for your help!! "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Just copy the PST file that contains the Contacts and open it in the other installation. Then copy the contacts from that PST file to the folder. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "mgosi" wrote in message ... -- Thanks for your help!! "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: You'll need to provide more complete and more accurate information. Specifically, provide in detail what you mean by the following: "Have copied the contacts folder to desktop, unchecked read only, transferred to CD and copied to destination computer desktop." Since you cannot directly copy individual Outlook folders for use in another installation, your post does not make sense and requires clarification. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "mgosi" wrote in message ... Win2000 machine. Want to bring "Contacts" from another computer (XP) into this one as a second contacts folder named "Real Estate". Have copied the contacts folder to desktop, unchecked read only, transferred to CD and copied to destination computer desktop. Destination computer has a blank Outlook contacts folder named "Real Estate. Try to open folder on desktop with FileopenOutlook data file but nothing appears to happen. No messages either. Also, what is path to Outlook Contacts? -- Thanks for your help!! Russ, I followed Microsoft instructions to copy the folder with Outlook closed by following the path to the folder. I have been advised by microsoft that it is not recommended to export and import contacts (.pst) folders. Anyway I have tried this and it did not work. I will follow any procedure that will work, the objective is to get the contacts in one machine onto another. Curiously, I was able to transfer the contacts from my Win2000 machine many months ago with no problem although I can not remember how I did it. I now want to move a copy of the folder back to my Win2000 machine from the XP machine. How do I do this? Thanks
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November 17th 06, 05:43 PM
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mgosi wrote:
uss, thanks for the try but as you will see from my intitial post, when I try to open the .pst file residing on my desktop with Outlook open everythiing seems to go well except I can not find the opened file. The process I use is: Open Outlook, go to fileopenoutlook data file. Again, no error message just no obvious opened file. It's not open at that point. In that dialogue you have to browse to the PST you placed on the desktop (C:\Documenhts and Settings\{user}\Desktop), select it, and click OK. It will then appear in Outlook in the Navigation Pane's Folder List view. -- Brian Tillman
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