PST conversion: 2002 to 2003

[gxdata]

I had Outlook XP (2002) installed, upgrade to 2003 and the file format
remains at XP. I know that's more compatible, but - apart from creating a
new 2003 .PST and copying everything to it (within Outlook 2003), isn't
there a stand-alone utility to convert up to the new file format?

Can I do this programmatically, using the Outlook object model?

(I hope these are the appropriate news forums)

Ian Thomas
GeoSciSoft - Perth, Australia

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

No, there's no utility. You could write something to do it programmatically,
but using File | Import and Export is probably a whole lot faster.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Just create a new Outlook 2003 .pst file and drag and drop items from the
old to the new.

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After furious head scratching, gxdata asked:

| I had Outlook XP (2002) installed, upgrade to 2003 and the file format
| remains at XP. I know that's more compatible, but - apart from
| creating a new 2003 .PST and copying everything to it (within Outlook
| 2003), isn't there a stand-alone utility to convert up to the new
| file format?
|
| Can I do this programmatically, using the Outlook object model?
|
| (I hope these are the appropriate news forums)
|
| Ian Thomas
| GeoSciSoft - Perth, Australia