Importing a previous PST File
 

Hi all, I had to reformat my computer. Before I did this I saved my PST file.
When I imported it back into my new outlook the contact database says it is
an internal version. i am having trouble with other MS Office programs
recognising contacts for merges and resourses.
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Work hard ... Play hard

Importing a previous PST File
 

A few helpful hints:

#1 - Always provide program versions for whatever it is you're asking about
#2 - Do not "summarize" error messages - provide exact message - "says its
an internal version" is neither an Outlook error message nor does provide a
clue as what exactly you've run into.

That being said, absolutely no need to "import" your old PST file and
definitely not recommended in this particular case. Simply open the old PST
file in your current Outlook session. Importing from PST to PST is almost
one sure way to give yourself heartburn either immediately or somewhere down
the line when the "import aspect" will have been forgotten and you run into
"strange" issues of one kind or another. Am sure there was a legitimate
purpose for PST2PST import/ export at some point in history but today, the
value of that capability totally escapes me and IMHO is something that
should be removed from Outlook altogether.

Karl
__________________________________________________ _
Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group
ContactGenie - Importer 1.3 / DataPorter 2.0 / Exporter
"Power contact importers/exporters for MS Outlook '2000/2007"
http://www.contactgenie.com


"Dappa" wrote in message
...
Hi all, I had to reformat my computer. Before I did this I saved my PST
file.
When I imported it back into my new outlook the contact database says it
is
an internal version. i am having trouble with other MS Office programs
recognising contacts for merges and resourses.
--
Work hard ... Play hard

Importing a previous PST File
 

Well said. Importing PST files was really handy when Outlook 2003 came out
and users wanted an easy way to convert from ANSI to UNICODE PST files.
Ironically, that is also the time when it became so defective it was
unusable. There are a number of features in Outlook like this that have
become dysfunctional over the years. I suspect they just keep getting
carried over from one version to the next because removing them requires too
much rewriting of code.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Karl Timmermans" wrote in message
...
A few helpful hints:

#1 - Always provide program versions for whatever it is you're asking
about
#2 - Do not "summarize" error messages - provide exact message - "says its
an internal version" is neither an Outlook error message nor does provide
a clue as what exactly you've run into.

That being said, absolutely no need to "import" your old PST file and
definitely not recommended in this particular case. Simply open the old
PST file in your current Outlook session. Importing from PST to PST is
almost one sure way to give yourself heartburn either immediately or
somewhere down the line when the "import aspect" will have been forgotten
and you run into "strange" issues of one kind or another. Am sure there
was a legitimate purpose for PST2PST import/ export at some point in
history but today, the value of that capability totally escapes me and
IMHO is something that should be removed from Outlook altogether.

Karl
__________________________________________________ _
Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group
ContactGenie - Importer 1.3 / DataPorter 2.0 / Exporter
"Power contact importers/exporters for MS Outlook '2000/2007"
http://www.contactgenie.com


"Dappa" wrote in message
...
Hi all, I had to reformat my computer. Before I did this I saved my PST
file.
When I imported it back into my new outlook the contact database says it
is
an internal version. i am having trouble with other MS Office programs
recognising contacts for merges and resourses.
--
Work hard ... Play hard