Office Oops

[Jel.421]

I had Office 2000 Pro installed, I recieved a 2007 Basic CD that someone got
with their new PC and didnt want. So they said. I installed 2007 on my
machine. It converted all my .pst and contact info to 2007. After doing that
the program says I cannot use it because it has exeeded number of license
registrations allowed. Fine, I removed 2007 and re-installed 2000. 2000
cannot read my .pst etc now because they are in 2007 format. Yes, I am a
dumb@ss for not backing up first. Moving on, how can I convert them back to
be used with 2000 Pro?

Thank you.

 

[Gordon]

I had Office 2000 Pro installed, I recieved a 2007 Basic CD that someone
got
with their new PC and didnt want. So they said. I installed 2007 on my
machine. It converted all my .pst and contact info to 2007. After doing
that
the program says I cannot use it because it has exeeded number of license
registrations allowed. Fine, I removed 2007 and re-installed 2000. 2000
cannot read my .pst etc now because they are in 2007 format. Yes, I am a
dumb@ss for not backing up first. Moving on, how can I convert them back
to
be used with 2000 Pro?

Thank you.

Firstly, installing 2007 would NOT have "converted" the existing pst file
that you were using with Outlook 2000, it would have created a NEW pst file
in 2007 format. Your old 2000 pst file is still there. In Outlook 2000 do
File-Open-Outlook Data File.
Secondly, if you have stored any emails in the new pst file, the only way to
retrieve them (AFAIK) is to download a trial version of Office 2007, open
the pst file in Outlook, create a new pst file in 97-2002 format, and copy
the data from the 2007 pst file to this one.

HTH

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

In Outlook 2000 do File-Open-Outlook Data File.

Actually, File>Open>Personal Folders File for Outlook 2000.

 

[Gordon]

Actually, File>Open>Personal Folders File for Outlook 2000.

Thanks - It's so long since I used 2000 I'd forgotten!
;-)

 

[Jel.421]

Still has same problem. File not compatible with this version of Outlook.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Still has same problem. File not compatible with this version of Outlook.

Then you're still trying to open the wrong PST. You're trying to open the one
created automatically when you installed Outlook 2007 and not the one that
Outlook 2000 had been using originally.

 

[Jel.421]

Searched entire computer for *.pst and only came up with that file. What else
can I do? Thanks for helping me.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Searched entire computer for *.pst and only came up with that file. What
else
can I do? Thanks for helping me.

Did you enable viewing hidden files and folders?