Re: Problems with export of mails with Outlook 97

When you create a file by exporting and then move it without properly
disconnecting it, it will be corrupt beyond repair.
That is one of many reason we advise against exporting and importing to
transfer Outlook data.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"C.Schlehaus" <carlhermann.schlehaus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:d5ktfv$3jc$05$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
> that's correct, while opening the outlook.pst as
> of the Outlook 97 installation failed in the Outlook 2003
> with file corrupted.
> As I also wrote, trying to fix the pst file using
> scanpst.exe failed on the OL97 PC. Meanwhile I tried
> similar by copying the file from the OL97 PC to my OL2003
> PC, running the scanpst.exe on this PC. While it took quite
> some minutes, this seems to fix the file, as now I'm able
> to import the mails from the fixed OL97 file...
> Thus everythings fine now, while it's somewhat strange why
> the scanpst on the original PC did not fixed as neccessary.
>
> Thanks, Carlhermann
>
> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <russval@xxxxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:%23JHsN%237UFHA.616@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Why do you keep trying to change file formats?
>> These emails are already saved in a PST file.
>> Just open that PST file in your other installation.
>> You have no reason to export or import anything.
>> --
>> Russ Valentine
>> [MVP-Outlook]
>> "C.Schlehaus" <carlhermann.schlehaus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:d5khlu$b0q$05$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Hi,
>> > I tried to export one of my mail-folders on one PC running
>> > Outlook 97 to import these mails to my outlook 2003 running
>> > on my second PC. Unfortunately this fails by an error message
>> > stating, that this cannot be completed for one or more
>> > elements have been deleted or moved (I have german version,
>> > thus the failure message may not be exactly wordwise).
>> > I already ran scanpst on the *.pst file, while scanpst
>> > did not find any falure...
>> > Second try to get the message moved to the OL2003 PC was
>> > to transfer them by forwarding, this failed by next failure
>> > message similar to "Cannot complete for one or more
>> > parameters are not valid".
>> > My last try was to save mail by mail with "save as" using
>> > the msg file format. This results in next failure as of
>> > Internal MAPI failure. A function has been started with
>> > invalid parameters".
>> > Summarizing my problems results in having mails on one
>> > PC which are non transferrable, while fully visible
>> > on the Outlook 97 system.
>> > Any ideas how to transfer these mails are welcome,
>> >
>> > thanks, Carlhermann
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>


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