How to open a .pst file from office 2003 in office 2000

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Andy

I have office 2003 on a PC, and Office 2000 on a laptop.
I want to move a mail account and all the emails
associated with it from the PC to the laptop, but it will
not allow me to open the .pst file created by Office
2003. Any suggestions??
 
Andy,

You will have to:

1. Create a new "Outlook 97-2002" .pst file in Outlook 2003 (this is an ANSI
..pst file that is compatible with all versions of Outlook)
2. Import the data from the .pst file (with your data) into the .pst file
created in Step 1
3. Open the ANSI pst file in Outlook 2000

Hope this helps.
 
greg mansius said:
2. Import the data from the .pst file (with your data) into the .pst
file created in Step 1
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What import? Just copy the data from the Unicode folders to the ANSI
folders.
 
This still does not work! I keep getting the error, .pst
is not compatible with this version of the Personal
Folders information service.
I have exported them as Comma Delimited files, but you
lose dates received and other information that is
important, so I'd rather just be able to get this to work!
Any other thoughts or suggestions?
Thanks in advance for your time.
 
This still does not work!
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Then you didn't do it correctly. The PST you create in Outlook 2003 must be
a 97-2002 PST (File>New>Outlook data File>Outlook 97-2002 Personal Folders
file (.pst). Then, drag-and-drop from the OL 2003 PST to the new PST.
Transport that PST to the OL 2000 machine. FIle>Open. You're done.
 
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