Re: New computer, want to transfer Outlook http://www.microso2007 data

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Dave <Dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Old machine using Windows XP SP2, Outlook 2007 opened, selected File,
Export, Export to a file, create a file of type Personal Folder File
(.pst), Slected the Personal Folder to export from with Include
Subfolders checked.

Here's your first mistake. Never export to a PST. You lose data and it's unnecessary.

File created, transferred to Windows Vista machine,

Was the old Outlook open or closed when you copied it?

Outlook 2007 opened and File Import from another program or
file, type of file Personal Folder File (.pst), selected the .pst
file created on other machine with Do Not Import Duplicates selected.

Here's your second mistake: never import from a PST. YOu lose data and may corrupt your mail profile. Importing and exporting are for transferring Outlook data to and from applications OTHER THAN Outlook. Transferring data between one Outlook and another involves somply copying the original PST while Outlook is closed and then configuring the mail profile on the destination machine to use that PST. See this: http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm and this: http://www.slipstick.com/config/movepst.htm

All mail currently in Inbox and other folders that had mail
transferred to them are present and can be opened. Contacts all made
it in with no apparent problems, details and notes all look to be
there. Journal appears to have all information relevant to emails
saved to journal, contact assigned to, categories, etc.

But when I click on the enveleope icon representing an email
transferred into the journal I get the error message that the file
path is not valid.

That may be because it's referencing the original PST's path, which you no longer have. Try going back to the original PST, transferring it correctly, and reusing it correctly. It may not work, but you'll be guaranteed that your data will have been transferred intact.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

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