Migrating Outlook 2007 Account Settings and Email Folders

[Bryce]

I used to use a different computer, with Outlook 2007 installed on it.
I had to remove the hard drive from that computer and now have it in
my new computer, also with Outlook 2007 installed on it. I have full
access to the entire hard drive and all its contents from the old
computer and want to do one simple thing: copy all the necessary files
over from the old hard drive to the new one so that Outlook 2007 will
have the correct accounts set up and folders in place. I just haven't
been able to find a clear solution to this.

I've already tried just moving the Outlook folder from Local Settings
\App Data\MS\Outlook & App Data\MS\Outlook over and it didn't restore
my accounts, so any help here is appreciated.

 

[DL]

Accounts are stored in the registry, I dont believe you can recover them

 

[Bryce]

Accounts are stored in the registry, I dont believe you can recover them

Well, I've still got the entire registry from the old computer on the
old hard drive, couldn't I just import all the appropriate keys? If
someone could tell me what they were, of course.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Well, I've still got the entire registry from the old computer on the
old hard drive, couldn't I just import all the appropriate keys? If
someone could tell me what they were, of course.

You can export from a registry only when it's active. I don't know of any
tools that will allow you to extract keys from the registry files when
they're not loaded.

 

[Bryce]

You can export from a registry only when it's active. I don't know of any
tools that will allow you to extract keys from the registry files when
they're not loaded.

Isn't it possible to just open the registry in notepad and extract and
re-enter the keys manually? I know I can view the registry pretty
easily using gedit in Gnome.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Isn't it possible to just open the registry in notepad and extract and
re-enter the keys manually? I know I can view the registry pretty
easily using gedit in Gnome.

The registry is not a human-readable file nor is it a single file. It
contains a lot of binary data and has references between physical files.

 

[damnprinter]

I used to use a different computer, with Outlook 2007 installed on it.
I had to remove the hard drive from that computer and now have it in
my new computer, also with Outlook 2007 installed on it. I have full
access to the entire hard drive and all its contents from the old
computer and want to do one simple thing: copy all the necessary files
over from the old hard drive to the new one so that Outlook 2007 will
have the correct accounts set up and folders in place. I just haven't
been able to find a clear solution to this.

I've already tried just moving the Outlook folder from Local Settings
\App Data\MS\Outlook & App Data\MS\Outlook over and it didn't restore
my accounts, so any help here is appreciated.

It can be done: http://damnprinter.com/index.php/14...ort-profiles-account-settings-in-outlook.html
or here: http://pixma.ulmb.com/?p=233
I would think that if you can export that key it would work as well
even if the computer is not running.

 

[tigrfire]

It can be done:http://damnprinter.com/index.php/145/how-to-import-and-export-profile...
or here:http://pixma.ulmb.com/?p=233
I would think that if you can export that key it would work as well
even if the computer is not running.

I do see now that the registry section I need to edit is not human-
readable. Anyone aware of any registry editing programs that will
allow me to open something like c:\windows\system32\config\software
(where HKEY CURRENT SOFTWARE is located in the registry according to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Registry#Windows_NT.2C_2000.2C_XP.2C_Server_2003.2C_and_Vista
)