HOW CAN I TRANSFER EMAIL ACCOUNTS FROM ONE PC TO ANOTHER?

[X-Privat News Server]

Hi,

I have a new PC and have installed OfficeXP Professional (same as on my old
PC).

I used the Save my settings wizard to transfer the configuration from old
to new.

This did NOT transfer my email account definitions (I support many clients,
and have some 30 accounts!). Is there a facility to Export/Import email
accounts from/to Outlook in OfficeXP ?

TIA

Richard

 

[Guest]

Have you tried exporting to pst files. you may need to do this for each
account depending how you have them set up???

 

[X-Privat News Server]

Have you tried exporting to pst files. you may need to do this for each
account depending how you have them set up???

Duh .....????

How??? Export only exports folders of messages/contacts/appointments etc.

Outlook doesn't have an Export Account facility that I can find ... which is
why I asked the question.

 

[Guest]

You can transfer the whold mailbox into a pst file. when being asked what to
export, select from the top level eg:- Mailbox - mailbox name.

and please don't Duh me. not a place for insults. if you want help, be
nice!!!

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have a new PC and have installed OfficeXP Professional (same as on
my old PC).

I used the Save my settings wizard to transfer the configuration
from old to new.

This did NOT transfer my email account definitions (I support many
clients, and have some 30 accounts!). Is there a facility to
Export/Import email accounts from/to Outlook in OfficeXP ?

Account data is kept in the Registry. Conceivably you could export the key
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging
Subsystem\Profiles\yourprofilename and import it on the other machine, but I
don't know for sure this will work.

 

[Andreas Roeder]

Account data is kept in the Registry. Conceivably you could export the key
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging
Subsystem\Profiles\yourprofilename and import it on the other machine, but I
don't know for sure this will work.

Hi,
The Save My Settings Wizard can transfer email accounts just fine

 

[X-Privat News Server]

You can transfer the whold mailbox into a pst file. when being asked what
to
export, select from the top level eg:- Mailbox - mailbox name.

and please don't Duh me. not a place for insults. if you want help, be
nice!!!

I'm nice LOL ! ... but there is no way to export the accounts !

Or if there is you've not explained it.

 

[X-Privat News Server]

[...snipped...]

Hi,
The Save My Settings Wizard can transfer email accounts just fine

Errm ......... except it didn't !

None of my accounts was transferred. Everything else was, but not the
accounts.

 

[X-Privat News Server]

Account data is kept in the Registry. Conceivably you could export the
key
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging
Subsystem\Profiles\yourprofilename and import it on the other machine, but
I don't know for sure this will work.

Hi,

Yes .... they are there, but not under profile names, just meaningless hex
id's. But as you say, no idea whether it would work.

My main requirement now that I've typed them all in again on the new PC is
to be able to back them up for disaster recovery purposes.

I really couldn't believe that the Save My Settings wizard didn't copy them.
Hence my query for another method.

 

[Andreas Roeder]

Hi,

Yes .... they are there, but not under profile names, just meaningless hex
id's. But as you say, no idea whether it would work.

My main requirement now that I've typed them all in again on the new PC is
to be able to back them up for disaster recovery purposes.

I really couldn't believe that the Save My Settings wizard didn't copy them.
Hence my query for another method.

Hi,
there is another solution,
but only in german,
on www.mobackup.de
this software backup also your accounts, but not for free! :-(