R
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
Not possible. There is no such thing as a "Save as..." function for a
Contacts Folder. A Contacts Folder can only be exported, not saved. You can
export to one of several formats and in that process you would have had to
specify the file type and map the data fields, so that the file could then
be imported.
"Save as..." is only available for a single Contact entry, so I would
suspect that is all you managed to save. What does the TXT file contain when
you open it?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Contacts Folder. A Contacts Folder can only be exported, not saved. You can
export to one of several formats and in that process you would have had to
specify the file type and map the data fields, so that the file could then
be imported.
"Save as..." is only available for a single Contact entry, so I would
suspect that is all you managed to save. What does the TXT file contain when
you open it?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Bernard said:I did not do anything unusual. Really, it was a basic
move. I opened my contacts file and went to
Menu/File/Save as... choose my drop location on my
desktop folder and that was it. I looked at up this file
after and it was under Notepad and Text format. Frankly,
there is nothing much to add up...
If you know how to import from Outlook a text format
file, please let me know, thanks.
Please provide the information I requested. Most of your-----Original Message-----
questions in this thread cannot be answered with any
accuracy because you provide so little of the information
required.
I do not know how you created this file or whether it is
a tab delimited file, comma delimited file, or some other
format. I do not know how you've designated the fields in
this file.
Once you figure that out, Outlook's Help files will guide
you the rest of the way.
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]As I said earlier, this file contacts was created as a
file TEXT Format under note pad...
Could you please explain how to do it from Outlook
knowing there are different options...?
-----Original Message-----
How did you create this file and in what format is it?
If you created it
correctly you should be able to use Outlook's Import
Wizard to import it
into your Contacts Folder as a Tab delimited file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
R: I did find the original one. It's simple, this is
the
biggest one, 91.3 MB the other are 4100 K, 625 K, and
235K...
Yes indeed, I searched for and all opened PST. File.
Question:
Do you know how to Import From Outlook this
notepad/text
format on my desktop which is my contacts address file
saved a week ago?
Could you please tell me how to do that????
If you don't know how to do it, that's find but tell
me,
thank you.
-----Original Message-----
Then that would mean that you still have not found your
original PST file.
Have you searched for and opened all PST file on your
hard drive? If so,
then you must have done something to this PST file to
cause it to lose data.
Simply running Detect and Repair would not do this.
There must be more to
this story.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Russ,
It seems that you're not reading my reply or not
taking
into consideration my information.
I told you that I read this article. I did follow up
(simple and clear) but the result is not what I was
counting on.
Again and again, I do have my mails back with the
exception of what I wrote you yesterday.
Please, let's focus on those two aspects, if your
want..
- I was able to retrieve my calendar in a funny
way. When I click to my Calendar folder I have this
new
clean one in, without my previous data in and below
that
same new calendar folder, I have my old one now.
What I
need to do is to replace my old calendar as my
default
calendar by eliminating (deleting or removing it
definitely) this new one without any data. Could
please
tell how to that? Thank you...
Contacts:
Regarding my contacts folder, it's still empty.
It is not in. What should I do?
Now as you remember, I told you that I have a while
ago
that Contacts folder under notepad/ Text format. Do
you
know how from Outlook I could import that Text/format
contacts file?
Bernard
-----Original Message-----
Are you unable to access the article I posted? We
can't
explain it any more
clearly than that.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
in
message
Any idea how??
-----Original Message-----
Hello and thanks for your patience.
I'm new in the PC environment, coming from Mac.
I tried your method >File-> Open-> Outlook Data
File...
then what? You have 3 choices: Settings or Open
Folder
or
Add. Which one is it? then what ? I went to that
article
and could not read anything showing precisely the
step
by
step!!
Thanks
-----Original Message-----
Don't Export/Import
File-> Open-> Outlook Data File...
READ the article Russ pointed you at. It's very
clear
on
what you should do.
--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com
Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with
Service
Pack
1
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"Bernard" <[email protected]>
wrote
in
message
I was able to pinpoint this file called "Outlook
Office
Data File, size -- 71,441 KB).
Question. How should I export now this PST. File
toward
Outlook program? Should I open first the
Application
Outlook and go File /Export-import then what
after?
Thanks.
-----Original Message-----
Read my post. Follow the instructions. What part
do
you
not understand?
Your Outlook data is where it was before. Just
search
for *.PST if you don't
know where it was and open one you find each in
Outlook
until you find the
one that has all your data.
The article I posted is pretty clear.wrote
in
message
Hi,
Clicking Documents and Settings, on the next
column
I
have those two folders: Administration and All
users
but
do not have Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook.
Maybe I was not very clear. I need to retrieve
the
integrality of my previous outlook environment
with
all
data and that include: delete folder,
contacts,
note,
saved mail, calendar etc... Can you do that
(restore
or
retrieve from Outlook?
Thanks
-----Original Message-----
Your data is fine. Outlook just created a new
profile.
Just search for your
old Outlook data file (PST file) and
configure
Outlook
to use it instead of
the new one. Instructions here:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-
us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
[email protected]...
Very Urgent Situation
I have Microsoft Outlook 2003 - Windows XP
Pro
part
of
Microsoft Outlook Small Business
On the menu bar, I went on HELP then
clicked
on
Detect
and Repair. I had a few problems and
thought
that
it
would resolve it. Instead after this
process, I
reopened
Outlook and found a new copy of outlook and
all
data
where gone.
I lost everything:
-All my contacts addresses,
-All my data appointments etc. on my
calendar
-All my recent e-mails and save one in fact
everything
outlook. How can retrieve and restore just
like
it
was
few hours ago???
-I went on Systems Tools and did try the
Restore
process.
Did several attempts on different bold
dates
prior
to
yesterday and did not work??
I'm aware that the system restore feature
restores
my
operating system (drivers, Windows itself,
patches)
to
its previous state. It does not affect my
data
files,
including email, addresses and such.
Unfortunately,
I
did
not restore my previous Outlook with my
data.
Can you HELP, thank you.
Bernard
(e-mail address removed)
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