Outlook messages - converting from XP to Windows 2000

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Is there any way of converting Outlook .msg files saved on Windows XP
computers so that they may be opened and viewed on computers running Windows
2000?

Saving as plain text would lose attachments and this would cause problems on
my company network, as colleagues need to read both emails and all
attachments. on a shared drive.

Also, if I have a particular network drive mapped as G:\ and hyperlink
emails to a spreadsheet (saved on the same drive) using that path but a
colleague has the same drive mapped as, say E:\ - how do we avoid the problem
of access to those emails via that spreadsheet?

I'd appreciate any ideas on these 2 problems.

Many thanks!
 
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Zakynthos said:
Is there any way of converting Outlook .msg files saved on Windows XP
computers so that they may be opened and viewed on computers running
Windows 2000?
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This isn't a Windows thing - it's an Outlook thing. And the version of
Outlook shouldn't even matter. If you had .msg files saved by a computer
running W2k and Outlook, you should be able to open them on a WinXP PC
running Outlook. You haven't mentioned what problems you're having opening
them now, but I suggest you try posting in microsoft.public.outlook - and
mention your versions of everything, and as much other relevent detail as
possible.

Saving as plain text would lose attachments and this would cause
problems on my company network, as colleagues need to read both
emails and all attachments. on a shared drive.
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If you have Exchange server, you don't need to save these out to the file
system to begin with, note.
Also, if I have a particular network drive mapped as G:\ and hyperlink
emails to a spreadsheet (saved on the same drive) using that path but
a colleague has the same drive mapped as, say E:\ - how do we avoid
the problem of access to those emails via that spreadsheet?
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Use UNC paths.

I also recommend that you use login scripts so everyone has the exact same
drive mappings - this will make your lives easier. You can do this even
without AD, if you create a batch file on each user's computer and put it in
the all users\startup folder.

For example -

net use * /del
net use k: \\computer\share /persistent:no
net use v: \\computer\anothershare /persistent:no
 
Zakynthos,
Why don't you use MailToFile? It's an add in for Outlook and archives
email to msg files (www.mailtofile.com). With MailToFile there is no
compatibility problem between windows and office versions. Even Outlook
2007 is supported.
As a developer of MailToFile I made a special legacy function to
re-save all msg files again, having the right file date/time, clear
file name and so on. You can start this legacy function on a windows XP
computer, having all msg files "converted" to readable msg files for
Outlook 2000.

And about the hyperlinks in Excel: MailToFile has a document
registration module which gives a unique number to every e-mail and
save the e-mail properties (as well the filename) in an (Access)
database.
I'm sorry to post this answer on this discussion site, but I couldn't
find your re-post on microsoft.public.outlook.


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