Re: Importing Outlook 2003 Contacts to WSS

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From: Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] (suemvp_at_outlookcode.com)
Date: 01/26/05 

Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:50:01 -0500

You can probably isolate whether this is a BCM issue (I suspect it is) by
trying again with a profile that doesn't include BCM. 

-- 
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
     Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
     Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
     http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
"Dan" <hiptolick@comcast.net> wrote in message 
news:s9idnUxqD-lrYmrcRVn-hg@comcast.com...
> Ok spoke too soon. It worked once without the erro, but after a reboot and 
> retry it still gives the error but allows the import. Very odd!
> "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp@outlookcode.com> wrote in message 
> news:esKp0D%23AFHA.2012@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> It's probably trying to install the Address Book Control, which is an 
>> Outlook component normally installed on first use. You can try running 
>> Office 2003 setup from Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs and explicitly 
>> installiing that component from the list of Outlook components.
>>
>> Alternatively, export from your contacts folder to an Excel spread***. 
>> Then open the spread*** and define a named range for the data you want 
>> to import. You should then be able to use the Create | Import Spread*** 
>> command to create a new contacts list containing the data from the 
>> spread***.
>>
>> -- 
>> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
>> Author of
>>     Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
>>     Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
>>     http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
>>
>>
>> "Dan" <hiptolick@comcast.net> wrote in message 
>> news:OK6dnXczPe5PbGrcRVn-qw@comcast.com...
>>>I posted this to the WSS newsgroup, with no joy and a recommendation to 
>>>post it here. So, hopefully someone can help.
>>>
>>> I am running the latest greatest version of Outlook - 2003 with BCM, on 
>>> WinXP SP2 box. Brand new box by the way. I am attempting to import 
>>> Contacts from Outlook 2003 into WSS using standard WSS import capablity 
>>> associated with the Contacts Web Part. When I click on the "Import 
>>> Contacts" link in the WSS Contacts Web Part I am asked to insert the 
>>> Office2003 Professional CD. The CD will spin for about 5 minutes after 
>>> inserting and eventually returns an error-
>>> ""Installation Error, File Not Found
>>> A Required Installation File SKU111.CAB could not be found"
>>> I searched the CD found the file and tried again. No joy. I moved the 
>>> file to a directory on my hard drive, but no joy again! Same error.
>>> Can anyone tell me what's up and how this can be overcome.
>>
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