How do I copy outlook files to a new computer?

[Guest]

I have my just purchased a new pc and am trying to move my calendar,
contacts, and pst files to the new pc. Any guidance would be appreciated.

 

[BillR [MVP]]

Your Calendar and Contacts are in your PST file. Just transfer that and
either import via File | Import and Export or open it and copy items over.
Note that the PST file might be hidden.

 

[Guest]

BILLR,
Have tried that and keep getting an access denied message. Just to be clear
I have tried copying the pst files (by burning them on a CD and loading onto
new machine) as well as exporting to both existing desktop and to cd. Neither
method seems to work. Any ideas?

 

[Bob]

Outlook likes to have 'write" access to the files it opens. Most files on a
CD are ReadOnly
You will need to copy the file from CD to hard-disk and remove the
"read-only" attribute from the file.
I think you'll find that you can't copy the "folders" as they already exist
in your new "outlook", but you should be able to copy the "contents" of the
folders
CTRL+A will select everything then copy and paste

 

[Guest]

tried that. copied file to desktop then went to outlook file open and got
message that the file is not a personal folders file. BTW the was not
readonly. Not sure if that is itself an indication i am doing something wrong
or not.

 

[BillR [MVP]]

What version of Outlook are you copying from and to what version are you
copying to?

 

[Guest]

BillR
Converting fromOutlook 2000 SR-1 to Outlook 2003.

Dougs

 

[BillR [MVP]]

It should work ok but not necessarily in reverse. Id' try running a detect
and repair on that PST and ensure it is not set to read-only.

 

[Guest]

Doug, I'm in the same situation, except I managed to copy my files to the
desktop, anyone can tell hoe to copy them into my Outlook?