Lost mail in Outlook 2002 when upgrading to WinXP Pro

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Wilson Lee

I was using Outlook 2002 to read mail in my Administrator
account under Windows 2000 Pro. When I upgraded to
Windows XP Pro, I lost all of my E-mail, because
apparently the installer didn't copy my old Administrator
account to the new WinXP Administrator account.

I tried to copy the Outlook-related folders from my old
Admin account to my new Admin account. It seemed to work
for a while, but then the Outlook Shortcuts bar started
acting strangely. Is there an elegant way to get my old
Outlook mail into my new WinXP Admin account?
 
The best way is simply to configure a new installation to use your old
information store (PST file).

- Go to Tools > Options > Mail Setup > Data Files > Add...
- Add the PST you'd like as your new default, then Close > OK to exit the
Options dialog
- Go to Tools > E-mail Accounts > View or change existing e-mail accounts
- Select the PST you just added in the "Deliver New e-mail to the following
location" dropdown (it will most likely appear just below the current
default Personal Folders file) > Finish
- Exit and Restart Outlook
- You can now close the previous default PST (R-click on that pst folder
while in Folder View and select "Close <foldername> Folders"). If you have
any information in your former PST that you'd like to transfer to your new
default PST, you can drag and drop from one to the other before you close
the old one.
 
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