Install Office/Outlook 2003 or newer. (Only Outlook 2003 or newer has two
different PST file formats. The new unicode format is not compatible with
the older versions and if a user attempts to open, then they get the not
compatible error.)
Hi, I installed an Access database that I created on my computer
(Windows XP & Office XP) on a client's computer (Windows XP & Office
XP) and was getting a Windows installer 1706 DAO error when trying to
access some fields. My client decided to uninstall then reinstall
Office XP on his computer. Problem - when he tried to open his Outlook
after this none of his mail or messages were there. He tried importintg
his Outlook 300M pst file but got a version not compatible error. He
did not have the option to create an Outlook 97-2002 Data file so he
uninstalled Office XP and installed Office 2000 but could not open it
that way either. He then tried reinstalling Office XP and deleting the
newly created Outlook (1) pst file in the user/application data folder
so that Outlook would open the 300M Outlook pst file in that same
folder instead but that did not work either. I assume that this pst
file contains email messages from years ago and maybe in more than one
previous version of Outlook. There may have been some service packs
installed before we originally unistalled Office XP but I am not sure
which ones or if that would matter. What else can we try?
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)
2003 Uninstall & Reinstall ... XP) and was getting a Windows installer 1706 DAO error when trying to ... Problem - when he tried to open his Outlook... his Outlook 300M pst file but got a version not compatible error. ... (microsoft.public.outlook.installation)
Office XP Uninstall & Reinstall ... XP) and was getting a Windows installer 1706 DAO error when trying to ... Problem - when he tried to open his Outlook... his Outlook 300M pst file but got a version not compatible error. ... (microsoft.public.office.setup)
