Restore english pst to danish outlook

[Jan Eliasen]

Hi

I have two machines. One is running Outlook 2003 English version and
the other is running Outlook 2003 Danish version.

I need to get all data from the english one to the danish one.

If I export all folders from the English version to a .pst file and
import them in the Danish version, I get a "Calendar" from the
imported .PST file, and the original "Kalender" which is from the
Danish version.

So basically, I can't seem to import my .PST file in such a way that I
get my two calendars in one calender, my contacts in one contacts
folder, and inbox, sent items, etc. in one folde rinstead of two
folders per folder - one in English and one in Danish.

Any help?

Thanks!

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[F. H. Muffman]

Hi

I have two machines. One is running Outlook 2003 English version and
the other is running Outlook 2003 Danish version.

I need to get all data from the english one to the danish one.

If I export all folders from the English version to a .pst file and
import them in the Danish version, I get a "Calendar" from the
imported .PST file, and the original "Kalender" which is from the
Danish version.

So basically, I can't seem to import my .PST file in such a way that I
get my two calendars in one calender, my contacts in one contacts
folder, and inbox, sent items, etc. in one folde rinstead of two
folders per folder - one in English and one in Danish.

Any help?

Sure. Don't import it. Just open it and drag and drop the items where you
want them to go. What you're looking at is one of the reasons why importing
data from a PST isn't suggested by folks in this newsgroup.

 

[Diane Poremsky]

drag items to the default calendar and then delete the extra folder. You may
need to run outlook using the /resetfolder switch.

 

[Jan Eliasen]

Sure. Don't import it. Just open it and drag and drop the items where you
want them to go. What you're looking at is one of the reasons why importing
data from a PST isn't suggested by folks in this newsgroup.

So the built in functionality to import and export can not handle
doing it across language versions? That seems to me to be a very silly
restriction.

My calendar has appointments for the last 4 years in it. I am the kind
of guy that likes to keep that data around. I am very reluctant to
having to manually drag these across calendars...

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[Diane Poremsky]

apparently it can not. Seems like the import/ export engine looks at folder
names and does not translate them or otherwise determine you are using the
default folder in another language. You've already imported them so just
switch the folder to a category view and drag... you won't lose anything and
will have a copy in the original pst to reference should you need to.

FWIW... import can 'lose' as much data as dragging can so your worry is
misplaced... it rarely does, unless there is a corrupt item it can't handle.
Then it stops, leaving you to guess which one caused import to halt.

 

[Pat Willener]

Drag-and-drop is a safe method to copy/move data between PST files (use
right-click drag-and-drop to chose between copy or move).

Import/export's main intention is to migrate data between Outlook and
non-Outlook applications. Using import/export between installations is
not only impractical, it also often leads to data loss.

 

[Jan Eliasen]

I need to get all data from the english one to the danish one.

Thanks to all for the answers - I ended up dragging the appointments
and contacts between folders.

I still think Microsoft should provide some clever way of doing this,
but this way will do.

Thanks.

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