Outlook 2000 PST questions

[Guest]

I have a client who just bought a new Dell XP cpu to replace his old cpu. He
wanted me to install his older copy of Office 2000 on the new cpu, which I
did.

I started outlook and created his internet email account based on his old
settings
Then I copied his old outlook.pst file to a flash drive and copied it to the
new cpu.

I did a search for a .pst file on his new cpu, and couldn't find any other
than the old one I had copied over.

Doesn't outlook automatically create a .pst file when you start it up? I
even added some names and calendar items, and closed it, but no new .pst file
showed up in a file search.

Anyway, I opened his old .pst file and brought it into Outlook, and can see
the data in it, but now have the following problems:

His old file is NOT the default Outlook file. Instead there's one called
Outlook today which is the new one I created with just a couple names and
appointments. . I would like to make his old .pst file the default and only
file, but I couldn't delete the new one.

When he creates a new email, Outlook looks at the new contacts addressbook,
and can't see his old one, which has hundreds of names. In the pulldown list
there are no other addressbooks, but I can click on the old contacts folder
and see all the names.

Thanks for replies

 

[Spider]

The easiest thing to do is keep the new pst file and import the old pst file
into the new one. In Outlook, click File / Import Export and follow the
wizard.

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[Guest]

Will that work if all the folder names aren't the same also ?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Wrong. Importing and Exporting are never the correct way to transfer Outlook
Data.
The answer to your question depends on which version of Outlook you are
using, which you have not specified. Outlook 2000 has 2 completely different
versions.
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.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Russ - I'll try it your way tomorrow for the Internet mail only mode.

Wrong. Importing and Exporting are never the correct way to transfer Outlook
Data.
The answer to your question depends on which version of Outlook you are
using, which you have not specified. Outlook 2000 has 2 completely different
versions.
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.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

The easiest thing to do is keep the new pst file and import the old pst
file into the new one. In Outlook, click File / Import Export and follow
the wizard.

--
Spider

http://spiderathome.blogspot.com/
http://spider1.blogspot.com/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/24hrsupporthelpdesk

 

[Guest]

Russ

I tried doing your instructions but there is no "Deliver POP mail" box when
I click on properties on the root of the folder that has the pst file in it
that I want to be the default.

Wrong. Importing and Exporting are never the correct way to transfer Outlook
Data.
The answer to your question depends on which version of Outlook you are
using, which you have not specified. Outlook 2000 has 2 completely different
versions.
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.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

The easiest thing to do is keep the new pst file and import the old pst
file into the new one. In Outlook, click File / Import Export and follow
the wizard.

--
Spider

http://spiderathome.blogspot.com/
http://spider1.blogspot.com/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/24hrsupporthelpdesk