Moving from Outlook 2000 to Outlook 2003

[Guest]

I'm moving from an old, Windows ME machine using Outlook 2000 to a new machine with XP Professional and Outlook 2003.
What files do I move to the new machine to keep my email and contact list?

 

[DL]

The *.pst file(s)

I'm moving from an old, Windows ME machine using Outlook 2000 to a new

machine with XP Professional and Outlook 2003.

 

[Guest]

The .pst files don't match up between 2000 and 2003. I tryed moving them all but did not get everything that way and I got a bunch of duplicate folders. There is mor to it than just moving the .pst files.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Indeed there is. You must tell Outlook which PST file to use. Just
overwriting a PST file will corrupt your profile.
To use another PST file (such as one from an earlier installation) and set
it to be the default for your current installation of Outlook, you will
first need to know the location and name of the PST file you'd like to use
as your new default. Then use the following directions, depending on version
and mode of Outlook:

Corporate Mode: (With Outlook closed)
- Control Panel > Mail applet
- Remove the current Personal Folder service
- Readd the service, directing it to the new PST file location
- Restart Outlook

Internet Mail Only mode:
- File menu > Open > Personal Folders file > migrate to the new PST file
location to open it
- Right-click on the root of the new set of folders in the folder pane (View

Folder List)

- Choose Properties
- Check the "Deliver POP mail" box
- Quit & restart Outlook
- Now you can Close the PST file that you were previously using (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.


Outlook 2002 and 2003:
- 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.

More information:
http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/preview.aspx?AssetID=HA010771141033&CTT=98




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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

The .pst files don't match up between 2000 and 2003. I tryed moving them

all but did not get everything that way and I got a bunch of duplicate
folders. There is mor to it than just moving the .pst files.