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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
Are you sure some process hasn't locked that PST? If you reboot before
trying to copy it, does it work then?
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
trying to copy it, does it work then?
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Bill said: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.
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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.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
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
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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.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
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.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
[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.
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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.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
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.
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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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