Dude just open the external drive and copy the My documents folder and
favorites folder into your current
c:\documents and settings\user profile directory.
If your not sure what that is, open MY Computer and in the address bar
type in
%userprofile%
Cookies and Application data are useless. If you used outlook, your
gonna need some help to get the PST file, It is buried in Applications,
Microsoft, Outlook or something.
Cheers on the backup. Was a good move.
Are you replying to me or to the original poster?
The OP's aim is to "import user settings" (see his Subject line).
Copying "My Documents", as you recommend, will restore his
documents but it will not import any settings.
What makes you think the OP has a .PST file? These files are
specific to Outlook, and the the user might use Outlook Express
or Hotmail!
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: number of contacts in filtered view; old views ... Views are stored in the same pst file or mailbox ... The status bar has never shown the number of items in the filter-always the ... Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP... (microsoft.public.outlook.contacts)
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)
