Re: How to import personal folders file from 2002 XP to 2003?
Tech-Archive recommends: Speed Up your PC by fixing your registry
NEVER import a native Outlook .pst file. Simply copy from the old computer,
paste to the new computer to a place of your choice (My Documents is good
since most users back that up - you DO back up your files, right?) NOTE:
never overwrite a .pst file either - then rename your current .pst file to
..old, open Outlook, point it to your copied .pst file when it asks and you
are good to go.
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
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After furious head scratching, e cali asked:
| I am trying to move a personal folders file from 2002 XP to 2003.
| After exporting the file in 2002 XP and burning on CD, I copied the
| file to the hard drive with 2003 and removed the read-only access.
| When I try to import the file I get the error "The file xxx.pst is
| not a personal folders file." Help for "Convert a non-Unicode data
| file to a Unicode data file" describes the steps I have already taken
| but it is still not recognizing this as a .pst file.
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Relevant Pages
- Re: Word 2003 doesnt see Outlook 2003 Contacts
... Russ Valentine ... documentation for the problems with Outlook data migration that we have seen, ... There is no technical evidence or any reasonable Outlook programming paradigm shift that indicates that statuement to be true. ... What is stored in the PST file and how it is stored has changed over the years, so now the import process may leave information and connections behind that create problems in the receiving PST file. ...
(microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields) - Re: Word 2003 doesnt see Outlook 2003 Contacts
... Sorry I can't jump through your hoops of providing technical documentation for the problems with Outlook data migration that we have seen, ... Outlook 2007 has become extremely intolerant of the PST file migration strategies that used to work well in older versions, including simply placing a file with the right name in the default location. ...
(microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields) - Re: Word 2003 doesnt see Outlook 2003 Contacts
... The "we" is the Outlook MVP's after discussions with the Outlook Development Team during the Outlook 2007 beta and after so many end users started reporting difficulties with both migrating and importing PST files. ... What is stored in the PST file and how it is stored has changed over the years, so now the import process may leave information and connections behind that create problems in the receiving PST file. ... How and when a given profile creates its connection to a PST file has changed and may get disrupted during an import process or during file migration which corrupts the receiving profile. ... Russ, stop drinking your Kool-aide and you'll see that you have been extremely arrogant and continue to provide corrections and advice to someone who hasn't asked for any and has posted the problem, cause, and solution. ...
(microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields) - Re: Word 2003 doesnt see Outlook 2003 Contacts
... been addressed is incorrect, however. ... scratch nor do they include importing from an older PST file. ... either the Outlook 97 file was so old that it was no longer fully ... Would you characterize "Some corrections are necessary to your post. ...
(microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields) - Re: Word 2003 doesnt see Outlook 2003 Contacts
... You never clarified what procedures you tried to migrate your PST file that failed.When done correctly, PST files can readily be migrated from one installation to another. ... Migrating the PST file correctly would have prevented this problem and PST files from previous Outlook versions can readily be used in a mail merge when migrated correctly. ... Message after message of people talking about their succes with Importing? ...
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