I can't back up Outlook 2003 in Vista - no Backup Tool.

[Guest]

Vista won't allow Verification of Outlook 2003 - therefore I can't download
the Personal Folders Backup Tool. I cannot backup Outlook, nor make a CD to
transfer to another computer.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Sure you can; you don't need the tool for that. See;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm

As for the validation issue you should contact Microsoft Support directly.

 

[Guest]

Vista doesn't appear to create any .pst files. There is no folder
C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\ that I can find in Vista. The only .pst files are
those on an external hard drive from a previous XP computer and dated
previous to the use of this Vista machine. I'm going to re-install Outlook
2003 and see if this helps. Otherwise Vista doesn't seem to treat Outlook at
all as XP did.

Sure you can; you don't need the tool for that. See;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm

As for the validation issue you should contact Microsoft Support directly.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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Vista won't allow Verification of Outlook 2003 - therefore I can't
download
the Personal Folders Backup Tool. I cannot backup Outlook, nor make a CD
to
transfer to another computer.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

The location of the user profile has changed in Vista and thus also the
location of the pst-files;
C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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Vista doesn't appear to create any .pst files. There is no folder
C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\ that I can find in Vista. The only .pst files
are
those on an external hard drive from a previous XP computer and dated
previous to the use of this Vista machine. I'm going to re-install
Outlook
2003 and see if this helps. Otherwise Vista doesn't seem to treat Outlook
at
all as XP did.

Sure you can; you don't need the tool for that. See;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm

As for the validation issue you should contact Microsoft Support
directly.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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Vista won't allow Verification of Outlook 2003 - therefore I can't
download
the Personal Folders Backup Tool. I cannot backup Outlook, nor make a
CD
to
transfer to another computer.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Of course Outlook creates PST file on Vista. Nothing has changed except the
location of all of Outlook's files. All well documented in Vista's KB
articles. Do some reading about your new OS.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Vista doesn't appear to create any .pst files. There is no folder
C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\ that I can find in Vista. The only .pst files
are
those on an external hard drive from a previous XP computer and dated
previous to the use of this Vista machine. I'm going to re-install
Outlook
2003 and see if this helps. Otherwise Vista doesn't seem to treat Outlook
at
all as XP did.

Sure you can; you don't need the tool for that. See;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm

As for the validation issue you should contact Microsoft Support
directly.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----

Vista won't allow Verification of Outlook 2003 - therefore I can't
download
the Personal Folders Backup Tool. I cannot backup Outlook, nor make a
CD
to
transfer to another computer.

 

[Guest]

Thank you.

The location of the user profile has changed in Vista and thus also the
location of the pst-files;
C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----

Vista doesn't appear to create any .pst files. There is no folder
C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\ that I can find in Vista. The only .pst files
are
those on an external hard drive from a previous XP computer and dated
previous to the use of this Vista machine. I'm going to re-install
Outlook
2003 and see if this helps. Otherwise Vista doesn't seem to treat Outlook
at
all as XP did.

Sure you can; you don't need the tool for that. See;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm

As for the validation issue you should contact Microsoft Support
directly.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

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Vista won't allow Verification of Outlook 2003 - therefore I can't
download
the Personal Folders Backup Tool. I cannot backup Outlook, nor make a
CD
to
transfer to another computer.

 

[Brian Tillman]

The location of the user profile has changed in Vista and thus also
the location of the pst-files;
C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook

This begs a question that is actually a Windows question, but does the
%UserProfile% environment variable still exist in Vista and point to
C:\Users\username now?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Yes, it opens the root of your profile folder so the direct subfolders are;
-AppData
-Contacts
-Desktop
-Documents
-Downloads
-Etc...

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

 

[Guest]

I had the same problem, but in my case the pst files were stored in a folder
called "Windows-old". The problem is that I have the student version and
Outlook is not available anymore. Any suggestion?

"cmelt" escreveu:

 

[Brian Tillman]

I had the same problem, but in my case the pst files were stored in a
folder called "Windows-old". The problem is that I have the student
version and Outlook is not available anymore. Any suggestion?

I'm unsure of your question, but if it's about backing up without using the
PFBackup tool, then the method is simplicity itself. Just copy the PST with
Windows Explorer.

 

[Guest]

I found my pst files by following your directions. Thanks. I burned a CD
but am having trouble opening the files from the CD. I get the following
message:

Adobe Reader could not open 'Outlook.pst' because it is either not a
supported file type or because the file has been damaged (for example, it was
sent as an email attachment and wasn't correctly decoded).

I'm brand new to Outlook (my version is 2007) and Vista, so I would
definitely appreciate some help. Should I use some other program to open the
files from the CD? I've already tried a couple with no luck. I love
Outlook, but can't relax until I know that I can backup my email, calendar,
and contacts, in case my computer crashes or is stolen.

 

[DL]

OL cannot access data files on the cd, you need to copy them to eg your
Documents folders on Vista, then check the properties of the data files and
set the read only attribute to off. (do not attempt to copy the files to the
native OL location)
Then start outlook, and File>Open>data file.......browse to the location.
(outlook.pst is the default name)
( when you copy the data files, do not overwrite any existing data file)

 

[Gordon]

I found my pst files by following your directions. Thanks. I burned a CD
but am having trouble opening the files from the CD. I get the following
message:

Adobe Reader could not open 'Outlook.pst'

Why are you trying to open the pst file with Adobe?