exporting to Outlook 2002

[Bill]

I waited to purchase my latest PC to be able to get
Office 2003, mainly for the improved Outlook described in
various PC magazines. Now I find that I cannot export
the various Outlook folders (mail, calendar,
contacts, ...) to my other three PCs, which use Outlook
2002 (Office XP). If someone has found a way to do this,
please let me know. If not, is there a way to revert to
the installation of Outlook 2003 which is backward
compatible (recognizing that it is a smaller file, etc.)
and which presumably can export in a backwards-compatible
format? If I do this change in file structure, do I give
up more than capacity and a greater special symbol
capability?
Thanks, Bill

 

[Brian Tillman]

I waited to purchase my latest PC to be able to get

Office 2003, mainly for the improved Outlook described in
various PC magazines. Now I find that I cannot export
the various Outlook folders (mail, calendar,
contacts, ...) to my other three PCs, which use Outlook
2002 (Office XP).

When you create your Data File (.pst), there is an option to create it in
the old format. Create one this way and copy all of your items to it. That
Data File will then be transportable to the prior versions of Outlook.
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-aerospace.com is the domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't speak for me.

 

[Bill]

I tried this before and again now, and I must be doing
something wrong. The properties of the newly created
Personal Folders folder clealy indicates that it is in
the older format. I then drag (while holding
down "ctrl") a mail file to the new Personal Folders
folder, and it is copied. However, when I export from
one of the mail folders and then try to import into
Outlook 2002, I always get the message "The
file:<exported file> is not compatible with the version
of the Personal Folders information service. Contact
your administrator." What do I need to do differently?
Thanks again.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Don't export. Exporting will only create UNICODE format.
As Brian said, you must expressly create a new PST file in the old (Outlook
97-2000) format.

 

[Bill]

How do I get all of the information in my current new-
format file transferred to that old-format file? [The
new Outlook 2003 Help file says that you can export in
either format, but I have not been able to find a way to
do it. Brian said (see his original message) that after
creating the old-format .pst folder I should copy my
files (presumably new-format folders) to it, but how?
Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
Don't export. Exporting will only create UNICODE format.
As Brian said, you must expressly create a new PST file in the old (Outlook
97-2000) format.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I tried this before and again now, and I must be doing
something wrong. The properties of the newly created
Personal Folders folder clealy indicates that it is in
the older format. I then drag (while holding
down "ctrl") a mail file to the new Personal Folders
folder, and it is copied. However, when I export from
one of the mail folders and then try to import into
Outlook 2002, I always get the message "The
file:<exported file> is not compatible with the version
of the Personal Folders information service. Contact
your administrator." What do I need to do differently?
Thanks again. described
in

.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Create your PST file in the old format.
Drag and drop or Copy and Paste information into it.
There is no need to export.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

How do I get all of the information in my current new-
format file transferred to that old-format file? [The
new Outlook 2003 Help file says that you can export in
either format, but I have not been able to find a way to
do it. Brian said (see his original message) that after
creating the old-format .pst folder I should copy my
files (presumably new-format folders) to it, but how?
Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
Don't export. Exporting will only create UNICODE format.
As Brian said, you must expressly create a new PST file in the old (Outlook
97-2000) format.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I tried this before and again now, and I must be doing
something wrong. The properties of the newly created
Personal Folders folder clealy indicates that it is in
the older format. I then drag (while holding
down "ctrl") a mail file to the new Personal Folders
folder, and it is copied. However, when I export from
one of the mail folders and then try to import into
Outlook 2002, I always get the message "The
file:<exported file> is not compatible with the version
of the Personal Folders information service. Contact
your administrator." What do I need to do differently?
Thanks again.
-----Original Message-----
I waited to purchase my latest PC to be able to get
Office 2003, mainly for the improved Outlook described
in
various PC magazines. Now I find that I cannot export
the various Outlook folders (mail, calendar,
contacts, ...) to my other three PCs, which use Outlook
2002 (Office XP).

When you create your Data File (.pst), there is an
option to create it in
the old format. Create one this way and copy all of
your items to it. That
Data File will then be transportable to the prior
versions of Outlook.
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-aerospace.com is the
domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't speak for
me.

.

.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

I don't know how else to say it.
Why are you exporting? That's what's causing the problem.
Just create the PST in the old format. Copy your data into it.
Then open it in the older version.
Do not touch the export or import command. Ever. Even once.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I've DONE that, and ALSO tried exporting from the new
format to a file which I then import into the old
format .pst. The different background color on the
Calendar, for example, seems to imply that the format is
the old format. However, whenever I then try to export
from that old-format file in order to import into Outlook
2002 on other PCs, the Outlook 2002 installations give me
the referenced error message. Just chaning the format on
the new PC is not enough; I need to transfer the files to
other PCs (at least one of two other desktops, plus my
laptop). Maybe there is a way to sync all of the others
(outlook 2002) to my main (new) PC Outlook 2003).
Bill

-----Original Message-----
Create your PST file in the old format.
Drag and drop or Copy and Paste information into it.
There is no need to export.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

How do I get all of the information in my current new-
format file transferred to that old-format file? [The
new Outlook 2003 Help file says that you can export in
either format, but I have not been able to find a way to
do it. Brian said (see his original message) that after
creating the old-format .pst folder I should copy my
files (presumably new-format folders) to it, but how?
Thanks.
-----Original Message-----
Don't export. Exporting will only create UNICODE format.
As Brian said, you must expressly create a new PST file
in the old (Outlook
97-2000) format.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I tried this before and again now, and I must be doing
something wrong. The properties of the newly created
Personal Folders folder clealy indicates that it is in
the older format. I then drag (while holding
down "ctrl") a mail file to the new Personal Folders
folder, and it is copied. However, when I export from
one of the mail folders and then try to import into
Outlook 2002, I always get the message "The
file:<exported file> is not compatible with the version
of the Personal Folders information service. Contact
your administrator." What do I need to do differently?
Thanks again.
-----Original Message-----
I waited to purchase my latest PC to be able to get
Office 2003, mainly for the improved Outlook
described
in
various PC magazines. Now I find that I cannot
export
the various Outlook folders (mail, calendar,
contacts, ...) to my other three PCs, which use
Outlook
2002 (Office XP).

When you create your Data File (.pst), there is an
option to create it in
the old format. Create one this way and copy all of
your items to it. That
Data File will then be transportable to the prior
versions of Outlook.
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-aerospace.com is the
domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't speak for
me.

.



.

.

 

[Bill]

Then how do I bring my Outlook 2000 on my other PCs up to
sync with my normally-used Outlook 2003? Or are you
saying that I need to copy the Outlook 2003 .pst file to
the other PCs and then try to open the entire Outlook.pst
file, replacing the existing .pst file on each of the
other PCs (without exporting and importing)?

-----Original Message-----
I don't know how else to say it.
Why are you exporting? That's what's causing the problem.
Just create the PST in the old format. Copy your data into it.
Then open it in the older version.
Do not touch the export or import command. Ever. Even once.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I've DONE that, and ALSO tried exporting from the new
format to a file which I then import into the old
format .pst. The different background color on the
Calendar, for example, seems to imply that the format is
the old format. However, whenever I then try to export
from that old-format file in order to import into Outlook
2002 on other PCs, the Outlook 2002 installations give me
the referenced error message. Just chaning the format on
the new PC is not enough; I need to transfer the files to
other PCs (at least one of two other desktops, plus my
laptop). Maybe there is a way to sync all of the others
(outlook 2002) to my main (new) PC Outlook 2003).
Bill

-----Original Message-----
Create your PST file in the old format.
Drag and drop or Copy and Paste information into it.
There is no need to export.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
How do I get all of the information in my current new-
format file transferred to that old-format file? [The
new Outlook 2003 Help file says that you can export in
either format, but I have not been able to find a

way
to

do it. Brian said (see his original message) that after
creating the old-format .pst folder I should copy my
files (presumably new-format folders) to it, but how?
Thanks.
-----Original Message-----
Don't export. Exporting will only create UNICODE format.
As Brian said, you must expressly create a new PST file
in the old (Outlook
97-2000) format.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I tried this before and again now, and I must be doing
something wrong. The properties of the newly created
Personal Folders folder clealy indicates that it

is
in

the older format. I then drag (while holding
down "ctrl") a mail file to the new Personal Folders
folder, and it is copied. However, when I export from
one of the mail folders and then try to import into
Outlook 2002, I always get the message "The
file:<exported file> is not compatible with the version
of the Personal Folders information service. Contact
your administrator." What do I need to do differently?
Thanks again.
-----Original Message-----
I waited to purchase my latest PC to be able to get
Office 2003, mainly for the improved Outlook
described
in
various PC magazines. Now I find that I cannot
export
the various Outlook folders (mail, calendar,
contacts, ...) to my other three PCs, which use
Outlook
2002 (Office XP).

When you create your Data File (.pst), there is an
option to create it in
the old format. Create one this way and copy

all
of

your items to it. That
Data File will then be transportable to the prior
versions of Outlook.
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-aerospace.com

is
the

domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't

speak
for

me.

.



.



.

.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Just copy or move the PST to the hard drive of the other installation and
keep track of where you put it. (Do NOT overwrite an existing PST.) Then
either open the PST in the other Outlook installation, or configure the
other installation to use this PST as its new default.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Then how do I bring my Outlook 2000 on my other PCs up to
sync with my normally-used Outlook 2003? Or are you
saying that I need to copy the Outlook 2003 .pst file to
the other PCs and then try to open the entire Outlook.pst
file, replacing the existing .pst file on each of the
other PCs (without exporting and importing)?

-----Original Message-----
I don't know how else to say it.
Why are you exporting? That's what's causing the problem.
Just create the PST in the old format. Copy your data into it.
Then open it in the older version.
Do not touch the export or import command. Ever. Even once.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I've DONE that, and ALSO tried exporting from the new
format to a file which I then import into the old
format .pst. The different background color on the
Calendar, for example, seems to imply that the format is
the old format. However, whenever I then try to export
from that old-format file in order to import into Outlook
2002 on other PCs, the Outlook 2002 installations give me
the referenced error message. Just chaning the format on
the new PC is not enough; I need to transfer the files to
other PCs (at least one of two other desktops, plus my
laptop). Maybe there is a way to sync all of the others
(outlook 2002) to my main (new) PC Outlook 2003).
Bill
-----Original Message-----
Create your PST file in the old format.
Drag and drop or Copy and Paste information into it.
There is no need to export.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
How do I get all of the information in my current new-
format file transferred to that old-format file? [The
new Outlook 2003 Help file says that you can export in
either format, but I have not been able to find a way
to
do it. Brian said (see his original message) that
after
creating the old-format .pst folder I should copy my
files (presumably new-format folders) to it, but how?
Thanks.
-----Original Message-----
Don't export. Exporting will only create UNICODE
format.
As Brian said, you must expressly create a new PST
file
in the old (Outlook
97-2000) format.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I tried this before and again now, and I must be
doing
something wrong. The properties of the newly
created
Personal Folders folder clealy indicates that it is
in
the older format. I then drag (while holding
down "ctrl") a mail file to the new Personal Folders
folder, and it is copied. However, when I export
from
one of the mail folders and then try to import into
Outlook 2002, I always get the message "The
file:<exported file> is not compatible with the
version
of the Personal Folders information service.
Contact
your administrator." What do I need to do
differently?
Thanks again.
-----Original Message-----
I waited to purchase my latest PC to be able to
get
Office 2003, mainly for the improved Outlook
described
in
various PC magazines. Now I find that I cannot
export
the various Outlook folders (mail, calendar,
contacts, ...) to my other three PCs, which use
Outlook
2002 (Office XP).

When you create your Data File (.pst), there is an
option to create it in
the old format. Create one this way and copy all
of
your items to it. That
Data File will then be transportable to the prior
versions of Outlook.
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-aerospace.com is
the
domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't speak
for
me.

.



.



.

.

 

[Bill]

Russ,

Thanks for your patience, but I have concluded that my
desire to get the Outlook features of Office 2003 was a
waste of several hundred dollars, since I have been
unable to sync files as this chat chain has sought. I
tried making all permissions to share -- even of hidden
files -- down to where the .pst file was on my new PC. I
could copy it to the same PC, but not to another PC --
access was denied. Even if this approach had worked, it
is so cumbersome that I would follow it too infrequently.
I sadly admit defeat.
Bill

-----Original Message-----
Just copy or move the PST to the hard drive of the other installation and
keep track of where you put it. (Do NOT overwrite an existing PST.) Then
either open the PST in the other Outlook installation, or configure the
other installation to use this PST as its new default.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Then how do I bring my Outlook 2000 on my other PCs up to
sync with my normally-used Outlook 2003? Or are you
saying that I need to copy the Outlook 2003 .pst file to
the other PCs and then try to open the entire Outlook.pst
file, replacing the existing .pst file on each of the
other PCs (without exporting and importing)?

-----Original Message-----
I don't know how else to say it.
Why are you exporting? That's what's causing the problem.
Just create the PST in the old format. Copy your data into it.
Then open it in the older version.
Do not touch the export or import command. Ever. Even once.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I've DONE that, and ALSO tried exporting from the new
format to a file which I then import into the old
format .pst. The different background color on the
Calendar, for example, seems to imply that the

format
is

the old format. However, whenever I then try to export
from that old-format file in order to import into Outlook
2002 on other PCs, the Outlook 2002 installations

give
me

the referenced error message. Just chaning the

format
on

the new PC is not enough; I need to transfer the

files
to

other PCs (at least one of two other desktops, plus my
laptop). Maybe there is a way to sync all of the others
(outlook 2002) to my main (new) PC Outlook 2003).
Bill
-----Original Message-----
Create your PST file in the old format.
Drag and drop or Copy and Paste information into it.
There is no need to export.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
How do I get all of the information in my current new-
format file transferred to that old-format file? [The
new Outlook 2003 Help file says that you can

export
in

either format, but I have not been able to find a way
to
do it. Brian said (see his original message) that
after
creating the old-format .pst folder I should copy my
files (presumably new-format folders) to it, but how?
Thanks.
-----Original Message-----
Don't export. Exporting will only create UNICODE
format.
As Brian said, you must expressly create a new PST
file
in the old (Outlook
97-2000) format.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I tried this before and again now, and I must be
doing
something wrong. The properties of the newly
created
Personal Folders folder clealy indicates that

it
is

in
the older format. I then drag (while holding
down "ctrl") a mail file to the new Personal Folders
folder, and it is copied. However, when I export
from
one of the mail folders and then try to import into
Outlook 2002, I always get the message "The
file:<exported file> is not compatible with the
version
of the Personal Folders information service.
Contact
your administrator." What do I need to do
differently?
Thanks again.
-----Original Message-----
I waited to purchase my latest PC to be able to
get
Office 2003, mainly for the improved Outlook
described
in
various PC magazines. Now I find that I cannot
export
the various Outlook folders (mail, calendar,
contacts, ...) to my other three PCs, which use
Outlook
2002 (Office XP).

When you create your Data File (.pst), there

is
an

option to create it in
the old format. Create one this way and copy all
of
your items to it. That
Data File will then be transportable to the prior
versions of Outlook.
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-

aerospace.com
is

the
domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't speak
for
me.

.



.



.



.

.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

It shouldn't really be that hard. If you need to use the same PST with both
Outlook 2003 and earlier versions, just use the old format in both versions.
Synching PST files between versions has never been a strong suit of Outlook.
Exporting was never a good way to do so anyway. Look at some other options
here:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.htm
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ,

Thanks for your patience, but I have concluded that my
desire to get the Outlook features of Office 2003 was a
waste of several hundred dollars, since I have been
unable to sync files as this chat chain has sought. I
tried making all permissions to share -- even of hidden
files -- down to where the .pst file was on my new PC. I
could copy it to the same PC, but not to another PC --
access was denied. Even if this approach had worked, it
is so cumbersome that I would follow it too infrequently.
I sadly admit defeat.
Bill

-----Original Message-----
Just copy or move the PST to the hard drive of the other installation and
keep track of where you put it. (Do NOT overwrite an existing PST.) Then
either open the PST in the other Outlook installation, or configure the
other installation to use this PST as its new default.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Then how do I bring my Outlook 2000 on my other PCs up to
sync with my normally-used Outlook 2003? Or are you
saying that I need to copy the Outlook 2003 .pst file to
the other PCs and then try to open the entire Outlook.pst
file, replacing the existing .pst file on each of the
other PCs (without exporting and importing)?
-----Original Message-----
I don't know how else to say it.
Why are you exporting? That's what's causing the problem.
Just create the PST in the old format. Copy your data
into it.
Then open it in the older version.
Do not touch the export or import command. Ever. Even
once.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I've DONE that, and ALSO tried exporting from the new
format to a file which I then import into the old
format .pst. The different background color on the
Calendar, for example, seems to imply that the format
is
the old format. However, whenever I then try to export
from that old-format file in order to import into
Outlook
2002 on other PCs, the Outlook 2002 installations give
me
the referenced error message. Just chaning the format
on
the new PC is not enough; I need to transfer the files
to
other PCs (at least one of two other desktops, plus my
laptop). Maybe there is a way to sync all of the
others
(outlook 2002) to my main (new) PC Outlook 2003).
Bill
-----Original Message-----
Create your PST file in the old format.
Drag and drop or Copy and Paste information into it.
There is no need to export.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
How do I get all of the information in my current
new-
format file transferred to that old-format file?
[The
new Outlook 2003 Help file says that you can export
in
either format, but I have not been able to find a
way
to
do it. Brian said (see his original message) that
after
creating the old-format .pst folder I should copy my
files (presumably new-format folders) to it, but
how?
Thanks.
-----Original Message-----
Don't export. Exporting will only create UNICODE
format.
As Brian said, you must expressly create a new PST
file
in the old (Outlook
97-2000) format.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I tried this before and again now, and I must be
doing
something wrong. The properties of the newly
created
Personal Folders folder clealy indicates that it
is
in
the older format. I then drag (while holding
down "ctrl") a mail file to the new Personal
Folders
folder, and it is copied. However, when I export
from
one of the mail folders and then try to import
into
Outlook 2002, I always get the message "The
file:<exported file> is not compatible with the
version
of the Personal Folders information service.
Contact
your administrator." What do I need to do
differently?
Thanks again.
-----Original Message-----
I waited to purchase my latest PC to be able to
get
Office 2003, mainly for the improved Outlook
described
in
various PC magazines. Now I find that I cannot
export
the various Outlook folders (mail, calendar,
contacts, ...) to my other three PCs, which use
Outlook
2002 (Office XP).

When you create your Data File (.pst), there is
an
option to create it in
the old format. Create one this way and copy
all
of
your items to it. That
Data File will then be transportable to the
prior
versions of Outlook.
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths- aerospace.com
is
the
domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't
speak
for
me.

.



.



.



.

.

 

[Bill]

Thanks. I'll look at the other options. I can use Plaxo
to sync the Contacts folder, but the others are still a
challenge.
I really don't know how to effectively convert my
existing new-format 2003 installation to 2002, but I may
experiment. I've wasted far too much time already on
what should be a simple procedure. In not making this
easier, Microsoft has insured that there will be maximum
dissatisfaction with new users of 2003. [It also showed
that it lied in its "help" info when it says that
exporting can be done in either the new or old format.]
It showed that it has near-total disregard for its
customers' time and dollars. And I agree that syncing
Outlook has never been easy, but it has been "livable,"
and now it is not.

-----Original Message-----
It shouldn't really be that hard. If you need to use the same PST with both
Outlook 2003 and earlier versions, just use the old format in both versions.
Synching PST files between versions has never been a strong suit of Outlook.
Exporting was never a good way to do so anyway. Look at some other options
here:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.htm
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ,

Thanks for your patience, but I have concluded that my
desire to get the Outlook features of Office 2003 was a
waste of several hundred dollars, since I have been
unable to sync files as this chat chain has sought. I
tried making all permissions to share -- even of hidden
files -- down to where the .pst file was on my new PC. I
could copy it to the same PC, but not to another PC --
access was denied. Even if this approach had worked, it
is so cumbersome that I would follow it too infrequently.
I sadly admit defeat.
Bill

-----Original Message-----
Just copy or move the PST to the hard drive of the

other
installation and

keep track of where you put it. (Do NOT overwrite an existing PST.) Then
either open the PST in the other Outlook installation, or configure the
other installation to use this PST as its new default.

up
to

sync with my normally-used Outlook 2003? Or are you
saying that I need to copy the Outlook 2003 .pst

file
to

the other PCs and then try to open the entire Outlook.pst
file, replacing the existing .pst file on each of the
other PCs (without exporting and importing)?
-----Original Message-----
I don't know how else to say it.
Why are you exporting? That's what's causing the problem.
Just create the PST in the old format. Copy your data
into it.
Then open it in the older version.
Do not touch the export or import command. Ever. Even
once.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I've DONE that, and ALSO tried exporting from the new
format to a file which I then import into the old
format .pst. The different background color on the
Calendar, for example, seems to imply that the format
is
the old format. However, whenever I then try to export
from that old-format file in order to import into
Outlook
2002 on other PCs, the Outlook 2002 installations give
me
the referenced error message. Just chaning the format
on
the new PC is not enough; I need to transfer the files
to
other PCs (at least one of two other desktops,

plus
my

laptop). Maybe there is a way to sync all of the
others
(outlook 2002) to my main (new) PC Outlook 2003).
Bill
-----Original Message-----
Create your PST file in the old format.
Drag and drop or Copy and Paste information into it.
There is no need to export.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
How do I get all of the information in my current
new-
format file transferred to that old-format file?
[The
new Outlook 2003 Help file says that you can export
in
either format, but I have not been able to find a
way
to
do it. Brian said (see his original message) that
after
creating the old-format .pst folder I should copy my
files (presumably new-format folders) to it, but
how?
Thanks.
-----Original Message-----
Don't export. Exporting will only create UNICODE
format.
As Brian said, you must expressly create a

new
PST

file
in the old (Outlook
97-2000) format.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
[email protected]...
I tried this before and again now, and I

must
be

doing
something wrong. The properties of the newly
created
Personal Folders folder clealy indicates

that
it

is
in
the older format. I then drag (while holding
down "ctrl") a mail file to the new Personal
Folders
folder, and it is copied. However, when I export
from
one of the mail folders and then try to import
into
Outlook 2002, I always get the message "The
file:<exported file> is not compatible with the
version
of the Personal Folders information service.
Contact
your administrator." What do I need to do
differently?
Thanks again.
-----Original Message-----
I waited to purchase my latest PC to be able to
get
Office 2003, mainly for the improved Outlook
described
in
various PC magazines. Now I find that I cannot
export
the various Outlook folders (mail, calendar,
contacts, ...) to my other three PCs,

which
use

Outlook
2002 (Office XP).

When you create your Data File (.pst),

there
is

an
option to create it in
the old format. Create one this way and copy
all
of
your items to it. That
Data File will then be transportable to the
prior
versions of Outlook.
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths- aerospace.com
is
the
domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't
speak
for
me.

.



.



.



.



.

.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

As I said, I've done it quite easily by simply creating a PST file in the
old format and copying the information into it.

I've reported the error in the Help files. I felt like you do that not
supporting exporting to the old format was an omission. It's turned out to
be much less of an issue than I thought. People use exporting less than I
had thought. Good thing, too. Exporting is a poor way to transfer PST data
anyway. Always better to simply copy and reuse PST files.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thanks. I'll look at the other options. I can use Plaxo
to sync the Contacts folder, but the others are still a
challenge.
I really don't know how to effectively convert my
existing new-format 2003 installation to 2002, but I may
experiment. I've wasted far too much time already on
what should be a simple procedure. In not making this
easier, Microsoft has insured that there will be maximum
dissatisfaction with new users of 2003. [It also showed
that it lied in its "help" info when it says that
exporting can be done in either the new or old format.]
It showed that it has near-total disregard for its
customers' time and dollars. And I agree that syncing
Outlook has never been easy, but it has been "livable,"
and now it is not.

-----Original Message-----
It shouldn't really be that hard. If you need to use the same PST with both
Outlook 2003 and earlier versions, just use the old format in both versions.
Synching PST files between versions has never been a strong suit of Outlook.
Exporting was never a good way to do so anyway. Look at some other options
here:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.htm
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ,

Thanks for your patience, but I have concluded that my
desire to get the Outlook features of Office 2003 was a
waste of several hundred dollars, since I have been
unable to sync files as this chat chain has sought. I
tried making all permissions to share -- even of hidden
files -- down to where the .pst file was on my new PC. I
could copy it to the same PC, but not to another PC --
access was denied. Even if this approach had worked, it
is so cumbersome that I would follow it too infrequently.
I sadly admit defeat.
Bill
-----Original Message-----
Just copy or move the PST to the hard drive of the other
installation and
keep track of where you put it. (Do NOT overwrite an
existing PST.) Then
either open the PST in the other Outlook installation,
or configure the
other installation to use this PST as its new default.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
Then how do I bring my Outlook 2000 on my other PCs up
to
sync with my normally-used Outlook 2003? Or are you
saying that I need to copy the Outlook 2003 .pst file
to
the other PCs and then try to open the entire
Outlook.pst
file, replacing the existing .pst file on each of the
other PCs (without exporting and importing)?
-----Original Message-----
I don't know how else to say it.
Why are you exporting? That's what's causing the
problem.
Just create the PST in the old format. Copy your data
into it.
Then open it in the older version.
Do not touch the export or import command. Ever. Even
once.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I've DONE that, and ALSO tried exporting from the
new
format to a file which I then import into the old
format .pst. The different background color on the
Calendar, for example, seems to imply that the
format
is
the old format. However, whenever I then try to
export
from that old-format file in order to import into
Outlook
2002 on other PCs, the Outlook 2002 installations
give
me
the referenced error message. Just chaning the
format
on
the new PC is not enough; I need to transfer the
files
to
other PCs (at least one of two other desktops, plus
my
laptop). Maybe there is a way to sync all of the
others
(outlook 2002) to my main (new) PC Outlook 2003).
Bill
-----Original Message-----
Create your PST file in the old format.
Drag and drop or Copy and Paste information into
it.
There is no need to export.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
How do I get all of the information in my current
new-
format file transferred to that old-format file?
[The
new Outlook 2003 Help file says that you can
export
in
either format, but I have not been able to find a
way
to
do it. Brian said (see his original message)
that
after
creating the old-format .pst folder I should
copy my
files (presumably new-format folders) to it, but
how?
Thanks.
-----Original Message-----
Don't export. Exporting will only create UNICODE
format.
As Brian said, you must expressly create a new
PST
file
in the old (Outlook
97-2000) format.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
[email protected]...
I tried this before and again now, and I must
be
doing
something wrong. The properties of the newly
created
Personal Folders folder clealy indicates that
it
is
in
the older format. I then drag (while holding
down "ctrl") a mail file to the new Personal
Folders
folder, and it is copied. However, when I
export
from
one of the mail folders and then try to import
into
Outlook 2002, I always get the message "The
file:<exported file> is not compatible with
the
version
of the Personal Folders information service.
Contact
your administrator." What do I need to do
differently?
Thanks again.
-----Original Message-----
I waited to purchase my latest PC to be
able to
get
Office 2003, mainly for the improved Outlook
described
in
various PC magazines. Now I find that I
cannot
export
the various Outlook folders (mail, calendar,
contacts, ...) to my other three PCs, which
use
Outlook
2002 (Office XP).

When you create your Data File (.pst), there
is
an
option to create it in
the old format. Create one this way and copy
all
of
your items to it. That
Data File will then be transportable to the
prior
versions of Outlook.
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-
aerospace.com
is
the
domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't
speak
for
me.

.



.



.



.



.

.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I've DONE that, and ALSO tried exporting from the new

format to a file which I then import into the old
format .pst. The different background color on the
Calendar, for example, seems to imply that the format is
the old format. However, whenever I then try to export
from that old-format file in order to import into Outlook
2002 on other PCs, the Outlook 2002 installations give me
the referenced error message.

No, you HAVEN'T "done that". DON'T USE EXPORT/IMPORT. Create your
old-style PST file, drag everything you want to transfer into that file,
then copy it to the other computers and simply OPEN the file
(File>Open>Outlook Data File). Don't Import.
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-aerospace.com is the domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't speak for me.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Or are you

saying that I need to copy the Outlook 2003 .pst file to
the other PCs and then try to open the entire Outlook.pst
file, replacing the existing .pst file on each of the
other PCs (without exporting and importing)?

Almost correct. Don't replace the existing .pst, simply open the one you've
copied. You can have as many PST files as you want.
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-aerospace.com is the domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't speak for me.

 

[Bill]

Yes, I have "done that" too. I have been unable to
transfer the relevant .pst file to another PC, even when
I open up everything to "share"; I always get a message
that this file cannot be copied (see some of my messages
in the interim).
However, even if this did work, it is terribly cumbersome
to keep doing this whenever I want to crudely sync my
other PCs to this PC. For my main other desktop, copying
everything would work; however, I wasnt only selected
areas copied for the laptop. This could be done with
Export/Import previously (and the "Help" for Outlook 2003
says that it can be done for both the new and old format
folders, too - apparently not true), since I could select
just the portions of Outlook that I wanted to transfer.
[I would still much prefer a true "sync", for this as
well as the other Office programs, such as Laplink used
to provide a few years ago (and may still provide; I
haven't kept up with Laplink).
In not providing a convenient means of using Outlook 2003
in an otherwise Outlook 2002 (or older) environment,
Microsoft has once again shown total disdain for the
users who cannot do a flash cut to its latest (and
otherwise excellent) software. And to think that, based
on a very positive review of the Outlook 2003 features I
waited for my new PC until it could be shipped with
Office 2003, shows once again that early adopters are
taking a huge risk.
Bill

 

[Bill]

HOW DO I COPY TO THE OTHER PCs? Every time I try it,
even with sharing permissions, etc., I get error messages
saying that the file cannot be copied. I copy many other
files between the PCs without a problem but I have been
unable to get this file to transfer. [My approach is to
open two Windows Explorer windows, locate the file to be
transferred and drag it to the target folder on the other
PC; this works for everything (including exported files,
which this is NOT) except my old-format .pst folder
created within Outlook 2003.]

 

[Bill]

You bet that I think that not allowing export to the old
format is an omission -- and a serious one at that.

At any rate, IF I can figure out how to get the old-
format .pst file created in Outlook 2003 to my other PCs,
I'll live with this extremely crude approach. But I have
not figured out how to do it.
HOW DO I COPY TO THE OTHER PCs? Every time I try it,
even with sharing permissions, etc., I get error messages
saying that the file cannot be copied. I copy many other
files between the PCs without a problem but I have been
unable to get this file to transfer. [My approach is to
open two Windows Explorer windows, locate the file to be
transferred and drag it to the target folder on the other
PC; this works for everything (including exported files,
which this is NOT) except my old-format .pst folder
created within Outlook 2003.]

-----Original Message-----
As I said, I've done it quite easily by simply creating a PST file in the
old format and copying the information into it.

I've reported the error in the Help files. I felt like you do that not
supporting exporting to the old format was an omission. It's turned out to
be much less of an issue than I thought. People use exporting less than I
had thought. Good thing, too. Exporting is a poor way to transfer PST data
anyway. Always better to simply copy and reuse PST files.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thanks. I'll look at the other options. I can use Plaxo
to sync the Contacts folder, but the others are still a
challenge.
I really don't know how to effectively convert my
existing new-format 2003 installation to 2002, but I may
experiment. I've wasted far too much time already on
what should be a simple procedure. In not making this
easier, Microsoft has insured that there will be maximum
dissatisfaction with new users of 2003. [It also showed
that it lied in its "help" info when it says that
exporting can be done in either the new or old format.]
It showed that it has near-total disregard for its
customers' time and dollars. And I agree that syncing
Outlook has never been easy, but it has been "livable,"
and now it is not.

-----Original Message-----
It shouldn't really be that hard. If you need to use

the
same PST with both

Outlook 2003 and earlier versions, just use the old format in both versions.
Synching PST files between versions has never been a strong suit of Outlook.
Exporting was never a good way to do so anyway. Look

at
some other options

here:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.htm
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Russ,

Thanks for your patience, but I have concluded that my
desire to get the Outlook features of Office 2003 was a
waste of several hundred dollars, since I have been
unable to sync files as this chat chain has sought. I
tried making all permissions to share -- even of hidden
files -- down to where the .pst file was on my new PC. I
could copy it to the same PC, but not to another PC --
access was denied. Even if this approach had

worked,
it

is so cumbersome that I would follow it too infrequently.
I sadly admit defeat.
Bill
-----Original Message-----
Just copy or move the PST to the hard drive of the other
installation and
keep track of where you put it. (Do NOT overwrite an
existing PST.) Then
either open the PST in the other Outlook installation,
or configure the
other installation to use this PST as its new default.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
Then how do I bring my Outlook 2000 on my other

PCs
up

to
sync with my normally-used Outlook 2003? Or are you
saying that I need to copy the Outlook 2003 .pst file
to
the other PCs and then try to open the entire
Outlook.pst
file, replacing the existing .pst file on each of the
other PCs (without exporting and importing)?
-----Original Message-----
I don't know how else to say it.
Why are you exporting? That's what's causing the
problem.
Just create the PST in the old format. Copy your data
into it.
Then open it in the older version.
Do not touch the export or import command. Ever. Even
once.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I've DONE that, and ALSO tried exporting from the
new
format to a file which I then import into the old
format .pst. The different background color

on
the

Calendar, for example, seems to imply that the
format
is
the old format. However, whenever I then try to
export
from that old-format file in order to import into
Outlook
2002 on other PCs, the Outlook 2002 installations
give
me
the referenced error message. Just chaning the
format
on
the new PC is not enough; I need to transfer the
files
to
other PCs (at least one of two other desktops, plus
my
laptop). Maybe there is a way to sync all of the
others
(outlook 2002) to my main (new) PC Outlook 2003).
Bill
-----Original Message-----
Create your PST file in the old format.
Drag and drop or Copy and Paste information into
it.
There is no need to export.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
[email protected]...
How do I get all of the information in my current
new-
format file transferred to that old-format file?
[The
new Outlook 2003 Help file says that you can
export
in
either format, but I have not been able to find a
way
to
do it. Brian said (see his original message)
that
after
creating the old-format .pst folder I should
copy my
files (presumably new-format folders) to

it,
but

how?
Thanks.
-----Original Message-----
Don't export. Exporting will only create UNICODE
format.
As Brian said, you must expressly create a new
PST
file
in the old (Outlook
97-2000) format.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
[email protected]...
I tried this before and again now, and I must
be
doing
something wrong. The properties of the newly
created
Personal Folders folder clealy indicates that
it
is
in
the older format. I then drag (while holding
down "ctrl") a mail file to the new Personal
Folders
folder, and it is copied. However, when I
export
from
one of the mail folders and then try to import
into
Outlook 2002, I always get the message "The
file:<exported file> is not compatible with
the
version
of the Personal Folders information service.
Contact
your administrator." What do I need to do
differently?
Thanks again.
-----Original Message-----
I waited to purchase my latest PC to be
able to
get
Office 2003, mainly for the improved Outlook
described
in
various PC magazines. Now I find that I
cannot
export
the various Outlook folders (mail, calendar,
contacts, ...) to my other three PCs, which
use
Outlook
2002 (Office XP).

When you create your Data File (.pst), there
is
an
option to create it in
the old format. Create one this way

and
copy

all
of
your items to it. That
Data File will then be transportable to the
prior
versions of Outlook.
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-
aerospace.com
is
the
domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't
speak
for
me.

.



.



.



.



.



.

.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

I've never had a problem just using Copy and Paste.
I wonder if we aren't dealing with some other issue here.
You have yet to mention your operating system and network configuration.
This does not sound like any Outlook problem I've encountered.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

You bet that I think that not allowing export to the old
format is an omission -- and a serious one at that.

At any rate, IF I can figure out how to get the old-
format .pst file created in Outlook 2003 to my other PCs,
I'll live with this extremely crude approach. But I have
not figured out how to do it.
HOW DO I COPY TO THE OTHER PCs? Every time I try it,
even with sharing permissions, etc., I get error messages
saying that the file cannot be copied. I copy many other
files between the PCs without a problem but I have been
unable to get this file to transfer. [My approach is to
open two Windows Explorer windows, locate the file to be
transferred and drag it to the target folder on the other
PC; this works for everything (including exported files,
which this is NOT) except my old-format .pst folder
created within Outlook 2003.]

-----Original Message-----
As I said, I've done it quite easily by simply creating a PST file in the
old format and copying the information into it.

I've reported the error in the Help files. I felt like you do that not
supporting exporting to the old format was an omission. It's turned out to
be much less of an issue than I thought. People use exporting less than I
had thought. Good thing, too. Exporting is a poor way to transfer PST data
anyway. Always better to simply copy and reuse PST files.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thanks. I'll look at the other options. I can use Plaxo
to sync the Contacts folder, but the others are still a
challenge.
I really don't know how to effectively convert my
existing new-format 2003 installation to 2002, but I may
experiment. I've wasted far too much time already on
what should be a simple procedure. In not making this
easier, Microsoft has insured that there will be maximum
dissatisfaction with new users of 2003. [It also showed
that it lied in its "help" info when it says that
exporting can be done in either the new or old format.]
It showed that it has near-total disregard for its
customers' time and dollars. And I agree that syncing
Outlook has never been easy, but it has been "livable,"
and now it is not.
-----Original Message-----
It shouldn't really be that hard. If you need to use the
same PST with both
Outlook 2003 and earlier versions, just use the old
format in both versions.
Synching PST files between versions has never been a
strong suit of Outlook.
Exporting was never a good way to do so anyway. Look at
some other options
here:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.htm
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
Russ,

Thanks for your patience, but I have concluded that my
desire to get the Outlook features of Office 2003 was a
waste of several hundred dollars, since I have been
unable to sync files as this chat chain has sought. I
tried making all permissions to share -- even of hidden
files -- down to where the .pst file was on my new
PC. I
could copy it to the same PC, but not to another PC --
access was denied. Even if this approach had worked,
it
is so cumbersome that I would follow it too
infrequently.
I sadly admit defeat.
Bill
-----Original Message-----
Just copy or move the PST to the hard drive of the
other
installation and
keep track of where you put it. (Do NOT overwrite an
existing PST.) Then
either open the PST in the other Outlook installation,
or configure the
other installation to use this PST as its new
default.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
Then how do I bring my Outlook 2000 on my other PCs
up
to
sync with my normally-used Outlook 2003? Or are you
saying that I need to copy the Outlook 2003 .pst
file
to
the other PCs and then try to open the entire
Outlook.pst
file, replacing the existing .pst file on each of
the
other PCs (without exporting and importing)?
-----Original Message-----
I don't know how else to say it.
Why are you exporting? That's what's causing the
problem.
Just create the PST in the old format. Copy your
data
into it.
Then open it in the older version.
Do not touch the export or import command. Ever.
Even
once.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I've DONE that, and ALSO tried exporting from the
new
format to a file which I then import into the old
format .pst. The different background color on
the
Calendar, for example, seems to imply that the
format
is
the old format. However, whenever I then try to
export
from that old-format file in order to import into
Outlook
2002 on other PCs, the Outlook 2002 installations
give
me
the referenced error message. Just chaning the
format
on
the new PC is not enough; I need to transfer the
files
to
other PCs (at least one of two other desktops,
plus
my
laptop). Maybe there is a way to sync all of the
others
(outlook 2002) to my main (new) PC Outlook 2003).
Bill
-----Original Message-----
Create your PST file in the old format.
Drag and drop or Copy and Paste information into
it.
There is no need to export.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
[email protected]...
How do I get all of the information in my
current
new-
format file transferred to that old-format
file?
[The
new Outlook 2003 Help file says that you can
export
in
either format, but I have not been able to
find a
way
to
do it. Brian said (see his original message)
that
after
creating the old-format .pst folder I should
copy my
files (presumably new-format folders) to it,
but
how?
Thanks.
-----Original Message-----
Don't export. Exporting will only create
UNICODE
format.
As Brian said, you must expressly create a
new
PST
file
in the old (Outlook
97-2000) format.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
[email protected]...
I tried this before and again now, and I
must
be
doing
something wrong. The properties of the
newly
created
Personal Folders folder clealy indicates
that
it
is
in
the older format. I then drag (while
holding
down "ctrl") a mail file to the new
Personal
Folders
folder, and it is copied. However, when I
export
from
one of the mail folders and then try to
import
into
Outlook 2002, I always get the message "The
file:<exported file> is not compatible with
the
version
of the Personal Folders information
service.
Contact
your administrator." What do I need to do
differently?
Thanks again.
-----Original Message-----
I waited to purchase my latest PC to be
able to
get
Office 2003, mainly for the improved
Outlook
described
in
various PC magazines. Now I find that I
cannot
export
the various Outlook folders (mail,
calendar,
contacts, ...) to my other three PCs,
which
use
Outlook
2002 (Office XP).

When you create your Data File (.pst),
there
is
an
option to create it in
the old format. Create one this way and
copy
all
of
your items to it. That
Data File will then be transportable to
the
prior
versions of Outlook.
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-
aerospace.com
is
the
domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths
doesn't
speak
for
me.

.



.



.



.



.



.

.

 

[Bill]

Okay. I tried multiple times to drag and drop, as well
as copy and paste, unsuccessfully. [All of my PCs use
Windows XP Home, and all except the new one use a version
of Office XP; the new one uses Office 2003.] I copied
the old-format Office 2003 file to a folder I use mainly
for dragging exported Office XP files to another PC in
preparation for importing. I could not drag this file to
the other PC, although all of the exported files went
easily. I tried removing all protection from my
ZoneAlarm firewall, and that did not help, so I restored
the protection levels. I then tried slightly changing
the file name, and I still got the "cannot move..."
message. However, when I changed that file name back to
the original name, the file could be transferred.
I sure cannot explain this.
So I have a version of the .pst file on one other PC. If
I want to periodically update that PC, given that
Microsoft removed the export/import option in my usage, I
take it that I have to follow the same procedure
(hopefully without so many blocked attempts to transfer
the file), add another .pst file to the Outlook in the
second PC, and then remove the former .pst file (as too
many would be a problem or at least an inconvenience).
Or is there a better way?
Thanks again.

-----Original Message-----
I've never had a problem just using Copy and Paste.
I wonder if we aren't dealing with some other issue here.
You have yet to mention your operating system and network configuration.
This does not sound like any Outlook problem I've encountered.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

You bet that I think that not allowing export to the old
format is an omission -- and a serious one at that.

At any rate, IF I can figure out how to get the old-
format .pst file created in Outlook 2003 to my other PCs,
I'll live with this extremely crude approach. But I have
not figured out how to do it.
HOW DO I COPY TO THE OTHER PCs? Every time I try it,
even with sharing permissions, etc., I get error messages
saying that the file cannot be copied. I copy many other
files between the PCs without a problem but I have been
unable to get this file to transfer. [My approach is to
open two Windows Explorer windows, locate the file to be
transferred and drag it to the target folder on the other
PC; this works for everything (including exported files,
which this is NOT) except my old-format .pst folder
created within Outlook 2003.]

-----Original Message-----
As I said, I've done it quite easily by simply

creating
a PST file in the

old format and copying the information into it.

I've reported the error in the Help files. I felt like you do that not
supporting exporting to the old format was an

omission.
It's turned out to

be much less of an issue than I thought. People use exporting less than I
had thought. Good thing, too. Exporting is a poor way

to
transfer PST data

anyway. Always better to simply copy and reuse PST files.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Thanks. I'll look at the other options. I can use Plaxo
to sync the Contacts folder, but the others are still a
challenge.
I really don't know how to effectively convert my
existing new-format 2003 installation to 2002, but I may
experiment. I've wasted far too much time already on
what should be a simple procedure. In not making this
easier, Microsoft has insured that there will be maximum
dissatisfaction with new users of 2003. [It also showed
that it lied in its "help" info when it says that
exporting can be done in either the new or old format.]
It showed that it has near-total disregard for its
customers' time and dollars. And I agree that syncing
Outlook has never been easy, but it has been "livable,"
and now it is not.
-----Original Message-----
It shouldn't really be that hard. If you need to

use
the

same PST with both
Outlook 2003 and earlier versions, just use the old
format in both versions.
Synching PST files between versions has never been a
strong suit of Outlook.
Exporting was never a good way to do so anyway.

Look
at

some other options
here:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.htm
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
Russ,

Thanks for your patience, but I have concluded

that
my

desire to get the Outlook features of Office 2003 was a
waste of several hundred dollars, since I have been
unable to sync files as this chat chain has sought. I
tried making all permissions to share -- even of hidden
files -- down to where the .pst file was on my new
PC. I
could copy it to the same PC, but not to another PC --
access was denied. Even if this approach had worked,
it
is so cumbersome that I would follow it too
infrequently.
I sadly admit defeat.
Bill
-----Original Message-----
Just copy or move the PST to the hard drive of the
other
installation and
keep track of where you put it. (Do NOT

overwrite
an

existing PST.) Then
either open the PST in the other Outlook installation,
or configure the
other installation to use this PST as its new
default.

wrote
in

message
Then how do I bring my Outlook 2000 on my

other
PCs

up
to
sync with my normally-used Outlook 2003? Or

are
you

saying that I need to copy the Outlook 2003 .pst
file
to
the other PCs and then try to open the entire
Outlook.pst
file, replacing the existing .pst file on each of
the
other PCs (without exporting and importing)?
-----Original Message-----
I don't know how else to say it.
Why are you exporting? That's what's causing the
problem.
Just create the PST in the old format. Copy your
data
into it.
Then open it in the older version.
Do not touch the export or import command. Ever.
Even
once.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
[email protected]...
I've DONE that, and ALSO tried exporting

from
the

new
format to a file which I then import into

the
old

format .pst. The different background

color
on

the
Calendar, for example, seems to imply that the
format
is
the old format. However, whenever I then

try
to

export
from that old-format file in order to

import
into

Outlook
2002 on other PCs, the Outlook 2002 installations
give
me
the referenced error message. Just chaning the
format
on
the new PC is not enough; I need to

transfer
the

files
to
other PCs (at least one of two other desktops,
plus
my
laptop). Maybe there is a way to sync all

of
the

others
(outlook 2002) to my main (new) PC Outlook 2003).
Bill
-----Original Message-----
Create your PST file in the old format.
Drag and drop or Copy and Paste

information
into

it.
There is no need to export.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
[email protected]...
How do I get all of the information in my
current
new-
format file transferred to that old- format
file?
[The
new Outlook 2003 Help file says that you can
export
in
either format, but I have not been able to
find a
way
to
do it. Brian said (see his original message)
that
after
creating the old-format .pst folder I should
copy my
files (presumably new-format folders) to it,
but
how?
Thanks.
-----Original Message-----
Don't export. Exporting will only create
UNICODE
format.
As Brian said, you must expressly create a
new
PST
file
in the old (Outlook
97-2000) format.

wrote
in

message
[email protected]...
I tried this before and again now, and I
must
be
doing
something wrong. The properties of the
newly
created
Personal Folders folder clealy indicates
that
it
is
in
the older format. I then drag (while
holding
down "ctrl") a mail file to the new
Personal
Folders
folder, and it is copied. However, when I
export
from
one of the mail folders and then try to
import
into
Outlook 2002, I always get the message "The
file:<exported file> is not

compatible
with

the
version
of the Personal Folders information
service.
Contact
your administrator." What do I need

to
do

differently?
Thanks again.
-----Original Message-----
I waited to purchase my latest PC

to
be

able to
get
Office 2003, mainly for the improved
Outlook
described
in
various PC magazines. Now I find that I
cannot
export
the various Outlook folders (mail,
calendar,
contacts, ...) to my other three PCs,
which
use
Outlook
2002 (Office XP).

When you create your Data File (.pst),
there
is
an
option to create it in
the old format. Create one this way and
copy
all
of
your items to it. That
Data File will then be transportable to
the
prior
versions of Outlook.
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-
aerospace.com
is
the
domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths
doesn't
speak
for
me.

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