Contact List from Outlook 2000 to Outlook 2003

I'm upgrading from Office 2000 to Office 2003 and also from Win2000 Pro to
WinXP Pro. I copied the old outlook.pst to the new location. All my old
e-mail is there, but I can't get the Contact list. Is it possible to import
the old contact list from Office2000 to Office2003. I get messages about
unicode etc.
Gary

Why import?
Just open the PST file.
If your Contacts aren't there, you copied the wrong file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Gary Lindgren" <kate@theconnection.com> wrote in message
news:esjIIyrREHA.1160@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I'm upgrading from Office 2000 to Office 2003 and also from Win2000 Pro to
> WinXP Pro. I copied the old outlook.pst to the new location. All my old
> e-mail is there, but I can't get the Contact list. Is it possible to
import
> the old contact list from Office2000 to Office2003. I get messages about
> unicode etc.
> Gary
>
>

After assistance from Microsoft, I have the solution. Outlook2000 and
Outlook2003 do not use the exactly same file definition. Outlook2003 uses
Unicode. The problem that I had was that outlook.pst file was corrupted. So
I started with a new profile (generates the Outlook.pst file). I then
Imported my old Outlook.pst file from Outlook2000. Everything OK now. All
the information is there now.
Thank you,


"Gary Lindgren" <kate@theconnection.com> wrote in message
news:esjIIyrREHA.1160@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I'm upgrading from Office 2000 to Office 2003 and also from Win2000 Pro to
> WinXP Pro. I copied the old outlook.pst to the new location. All my old
> e-mail is there, but I can't get the Contact list. Is it possible to
import
> the old contact list from Office2000 to Office2003. I get messages about
> unicode etc.
> Gary
>
>

Just so no one misunderstands your misinterpretation here: All previous
Outlook version PST files are perfectly compatible with Outlook 2003. Only a
newly created PST files in Outlook 2003 would be incompatible with earlier
versions.
Your problem was that your PST file was corrupted--quite another matter
entirely. The solution had nothing to do with your creating a new PST file
in Outlook 2003.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Gary Lindgren" <kate@theconnection.com> wrote in message
news:%23GFPb8CSEHA.1348@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> After assistance from Microsoft, I have the solution. Outlook2000 and
> Outlook2003 do not use the exactly same file definition. Outlook2003 uses
> Unicode. The problem that I had was that outlook.pst file was corrupted.
So
> I started with a new profile (generates the Outlook.pst file). I then
> Imported my old Outlook.pst file from Outlook2000. Everything OK now. All
> the information is there now.
> Thank you,
>
>
> "Gary Lindgren" <kate@theconnection.com> wrote in message
> news:esjIIyrREHA.1160@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > I'm upgrading from Office 2000 to Office 2003 and also from Win2000 Pro
to
> > WinXP Pro. I copied the old outlook.pst to the new location. All my old
> > e-mail is there, but I can't get the Contact list. Is it possible to
> import
> > the old contact list from Office2000 to Office2003. I get messages about
> > unicode etc.
> > Gary
> >
> >
>
>

Russ,
I think the important thing to do when moving from Outlook2000 to
Outlook2003 is to first start with the default Outlook.pst file with the all
the profile information entered. Then use the Import Wizard to get the data
from the former outlook file. Doing this you have a matrix which Outlook2003
readily understands.




"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <russval@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:eAKRJKDSEHA.624@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Just so no one misunderstands your misinterpretation here: All previous
> Outlook version PST files are perfectly compatible with Outlook 2003. Only
a
> newly created PST files in Outlook 2003 would be incompatible with earlier
> versions.
> Your problem was that your PST file was corrupted--quite another matter
> entirely. The solution had nothing to do with your creating a new PST file
> in Outlook 2003.
> --
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
> "Gary Lindgren" <kate@theconnection.com> wrote in message
> news:%23GFPb8CSEHA.1348@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > After assistance from Microsoft, I have the solution. Outlook2000 and
> > Outlook2003 do not use the exactly same file definition. Outlook2003
uses
> > Unicode. The problem that I had was that outlook.pst file was corrupted.
> So
> > I started with a new profile (generates the Outlook.pst file). I then
> > Imported my old Outlook.pst file from Outlook2000. Everything OK now.
All
> > the information is there now.
> > Thank you,
> >
> >
> > "Gary Lindgren" <kate@theconnection.com> wrote in message
> > news:esjIIyrREHA.1160@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > I'm upgrading from Office 2000 to Office 2003 and also from Win2000
Pro
> to
> > > WinXP Pro. I copied the old outlook.pst to the new location. All my
old
> > > e-mail is there, but I can't get the Contact list. Is it possible to
> > import
> > > the old contact list from Office2000 to Office2003. I get messages
about
> > > unicode etc.
> > > Gary
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Not really.
Importing a PST always loses some data.
You can readily reuse a PST from an earlier installation. The only reason to
import a PST and to move to the new format is if you think you might need to
exceed the 2 GB limit, which few users ever do.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Gary Lindgren" <kate@theconnection.com> wrote in message
news:eHKxCoESEHA.3608@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Russ,
> I think the important thing to do when moving from Outlook2000 to
> Outlook2003 is to first start with the default Outlook.pst file with the
all
> the profile information entered. Then use the Import Wizard to get the
data
> from the former outlook file. Doing this you have a matrix which
Outlook2003
> readily understands.
>
>
>
>
> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <russval@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:eAKRJKDSEHA.624@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Just so no one misunderstands your misinterpretation here: All previous
> > Outlook version PST files are perfectly compatible with Outlook 2003.
Only
> a
> > newly created PST files in Outlook 2003 would be incompatible with
earlier
> > versions.
> > Your problem was that your PST file was corrupted--quite another matter
> > entirely. The solution had nothing to do with your creating a new PST
file
> > in Outlook 2003.
> > --
> > Russ Valentine
> > [MVP-Outlook]
> > "Gary Lindgren" <kate@theconnection.com> wrote in message
> > news:%23GFPb8CSEHA.1348@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > After assistance from Microsoft, I have the solution. Outlook2000 and
> > > Outlook2003 do not use the exactly same file definition. Outlook2003
> uses
> > > Unicode. The problem that I had was that outlook.pst file was
corrupted.
> > So
> > > I started with a new profile (generates the Outlook.pst file). I then
> > > Imported my old Outlook.pst file from Outlook2000. Everything OK now.
> All
> > > the information is there now.
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> > >
> > > "Gary Lindgren" <kate@theconnection.com> wrote in message
> > > news:esjIIyrREHA.1160@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > > I'm upgrading from Office 2000 to Office 2003 and also from Win2000
> Pro
> > to
> > > > WinXP Pro. I copied the old outlook.pst to the new location. All my
> old
> > > > e-mail is there, but I can't get the Contact list. Is it possible to
> > > import
> > > > the old contact list from Office2000 to Office2003. I get messages
> about
> > > > unicode etc.
> > > > Gary
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 19:33:46 -0700 Gary Lindgren wrote:
> I think the important thing to do when moving from Outlook2000 to
> Outlook2003 is to first start with the default Outlook.pst file with the all
> the profile information entered. Then use the Import Wizard to get the data
> from the former outlook file.
>
Ummm, no. The best thing is to use your old PST if at all possible. If your
old file was in some way corrupted and could not be fixed with the Inbox
Repair Tool, then creating a new one was the only way. For most people
though, that should be the method of last resort.

--
Athena

The old file was not corrupted because I used it to Import the data into the
Outlook2003 profile. The problem occurred when I tried to just use a copy
from the Outlook2000 .pst. The address book data was not there.


"Athena [MVP-Outlook]" <mvpathena-newsgroups@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:VA.0000002e.01bb6f88@yahoo.com...
> On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 19:33:46 -0700 Gary Lindgren wrote:
> > I think the important thing to do when moving from Outlook2000 to
> > Outlook2003 is to first start with the default Outlook.pst file with the
all
> > the profile information entered. Then use the Import Wizard to get the
data
> > from the former outlook file.
> >
> Ummm, no. The best thing is to use your old PST if at all possible. If
your
> old file was in some way corrupted and could not be fixed with the Inbox
> Repair Tool, then creating a new one was the only way. For most people
> though, that should be the method of last resort.
>
> --
> Athena
>

Then you were opening the wrong file. Importing is never preferable to
simply reusing or opening a previous PST file. Importing can never reclaim
more data than reusing or opening a previous PST file can. By definition,
importing can only return less data.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Gary Lindgren" <kate@theconnection.com> wrote in message
news:ev0NXWMSEHA.1340@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> The old file was not corrupted because I used it to Import the data into
the
> Outlook2003 profile. The problem occurred when I tried to just use a copy
> from the Outlook2000 .pst. The address book data was not there.
>
>
> "Athena [MVP-Outlook]" <mvpathena-newsgroups@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:VA.0000002e.01bb6f88@yahoo.com...
> > On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 19:33:46 -0700 Gary Lindgren wrote:
> > > I think the important thing to do when moving from Outlook2000 to
> > > Outlook2003 is to first start with the default Outlook.pst file with
the
> all
> > > the profile information entered. Then use the Import Wizard to get the
> data
> > > from the former outlook file.
> > >
> > Ummm, no. The best thing is to use your old PST if at all possible. If
> your
> > old file was in some way corrupted and could not be fixed with the Inbox
> > Repair Tool, then creating a new one was the only way. For most people
> > though, that should be the method of last resort.
> >
> > --
> > Athena
> >
>
>