I maintain a dual-boot system with XP/Outlook2003 on one partition and
Vista/Outlook2007 on the other partition.
As I spend equal time in both environements it would be nice if I could use
the database of Outlook2003 in Outlook 2007 (or vice versa).
Is there any way that I could do that?
--
Rob

To access the same, or both data files they (data files) would need to be
located in a folder to which both o/s have full access

"Pensionada" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I maintain a dual-boot system with XP/Outlook2003 on one partition and
> Vista/Outlook2007 on the other partition.
> As I spend equal time in both environements it would be nice if I could
> use
> the database of Outlook2003 in Outlook 2007 (or vice versa).
> Is there any way that I could do that?
> --
> Rob

I wouldn't know why I would not have full access, but how do I make the
settings?

--
Rob


"DL" wrote:

> To access the same, or both data files they (data files) would need to be
> located in a folder to which both o/s have full access
>
> "Pensionada" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:F64E234A-27AD-46C5-9318-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I maintain a dual-boot system with XP/Outlook2003 on one partition and
> > Vista/Outlook2007 on the other partition.
> > As I spend equal time in both environements it would be nice if I could
> > use
> > the database of Outlook2003 in Outlook 2007 (or vice versa).
> > Is there any way that I could do that?
> > --
> > Rob
>
>
>

"Pensionada" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I wouldn't know why I would not have full access, but how do I make the
> settings?

XP's file protections and Vista's file protections don't play well together
in the user-specific folders. Create a folder at the root of one of your
hard drives and move your PST to that folder. You should be able make that
PST the the delivery location for each O/S then.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Ok, Brian, so if I understand you correctly, I move my Outlook.pst file
(which is now only used in Outlook2003 under XP) from its current location to
say the root of my C-drive.
And then change the settings for both Outlook2003 and Outlook2007 to point
to that new location. .
Is that correct?
--
Rob


"Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

> "Pensionada" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:46CA654E-77E0-4C80-87A6-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> >I wouldn't know why I would not have full access, but how do I make the
> > settings?
>
> XP's file protections and Vista's file protections don't play well together
> in the user-specific folders. Create a folder at the root of one of your
> hard drives and move your PST to that folder. You should be able make that
> PST the the delivery location for each O/S then.
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>
>

I have been trying but run into problems:
- putting the pst-file in the root of my XP partition does not work, Outlook
Vista (2007) won't accept that file
- putting the pst-file in the root of my vista partition will allow outlook
vista to see all my data. but now, i am not able to change the settings in
outlook XP. I can add a second pst file but do not know how to remove the
original one. How do I set which one is the default?

PS I just copied the pst-file to another location, no changes to the original.
Rob


"Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

> "Pensionada" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:46CA654E-77E0-4C80-87A6-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> >I wouldn't know why I would not have full access, but how do I make the
> > settings?
>
> XP's file protections and Vista's file protections don't play well together
> in the user-specific folders. Create a folder at the root of one of your
> hard drives and move your PST to that folder. You should be able make that
> PST the the delivery location for each O/S then.
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>
>

"Pensionada" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news7D917D4-138B-4E33-8FE8-(E-Mail Removed)...

>I have been trying but run into problems:
> - putting the pst-file in the root of my XP partition does not work,
> Outlook
> Vista (2007) won't accept that file
> - putting the pst-file in the root of my vista partition will allow
> outlook
> vista to see all my data. but now, i am not able to change the settings in
> outlook XP. I can add a second pst file but do not know how to remove the
> original one. How do I set which one is the default?
>
> PS I just copied the pst-file to another location, no changes to the
> original.

Had you simply moved the file instead of copying it, Outlook would have
complained that it couldn't find its folders and given you a chance to
browse to the new PST locaiton.

If you can add it as a second PST, change the delivery location in Control
Panel's Mail applet and remove the pointer to the old PST.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

OK, it is working now, thank you for your help.
In the end, once I knew what the mechanism was, it turned out to be easier
to allow sharing on the 2003 (XP) version and have 2007 (vista) use that
PST-file.
If I could also make my PDA (Palm via Chapura) work under Vista, live would
be (almost) perfect.

--
Rob


"Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

> "Pensionada" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news7D917D4-138B-4E33-8FE8-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> >I have been trying but run into problems:
> > - putting the pst-file in the root of my XP partition does not work,
> > Outlook
> > Vista (2007) won't accept that file
> > - putting the pst-file in the root of my vista partition will allow
> > outlook
> > vista to see all my data. but now, i am not able to change the settings in
> > outlook XP. I can add a second pst file but do not know how to remove the
> > original one. How do I set which one is the default?
> >
> > PS I just copied the pst-file to another location, no changes to the
> > original.
>
> Had you simply moved the file instead of copying it, Outlook would have
> complained that it couldn't find its folders and given you a chance to
> browse to the new PST locaiton.
>
> If you can add it as a second PST, change the delivery location in Control
> Panel's Mail applet and remove the pointer to the old PST.
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>
>

"Pensionada" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> If I could also make my PDA (Palm via Chapura) work under Vista, live
> would
> be (almost) perfect.

The current version of Chapura PocketMirror for Palm does work on Vista.
http://www.chapura.com/pm_standard.php
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Sorry Brian, I misled you, the problem is not the Chapura version but the
fact that there is no Vista driver available for PalmOS 3.1H2 which is what
my old PDA uses.
Thank you anyway.

--
Rob


"Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

> "Pensionada" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> newsAA97112-DB58-432D-A993-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > If I could also make my PDA (Palm via Chapura) work under Vista, live
> > would
> > be (almost) perfect.
>
> The current version of Chapura PocketMirror for Palm does work on Vista.
> http://www.chapura.com/pm_standard.php
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>
>