Outlook personal contact, calender & Task Files

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I would like to copy my calender, tasks and contacts from my home computer to
my laptop. Where does Outlook store these files? What are their names?
 
All of your Outlook data (including your address book which is called Contacts)
is contained in one file, usually named outlook.pst. If you search using *.pst,
you may also find archive.pst, which is where the content of user designated
folders are archived. You may have to allow hidden files to be shown via Folder
Options to find these files.

As an alternative, see this link for a free backup utility for Outlook 2000 and
later versions:

Outlook 2003 Add-in: Personal Folders Backup
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...3a-b7d0-4b16-b8af-5a6322f4fd01&displaylang=en

For non-networked stations the most common transfer can be made by burning a
copy of the pst file(s) to a CD-R or CD-RW disc, and then copying the file to
the other system, remove the read-only attribute of the file, and then use the
import feature to transfer the data. Be sure to clear the read-only attribute of
the pst files, if required.

See this link for info regarding the location of many other Outlook files you
may want to transfer:

Outlook & Exchange/Windows Messaging Backup and Dual-Boot
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
 
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