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How can I transfer my Outlook 2003 .pst file to another comoputer with
Outlook 2002. The Import tells me the files are incompatible.
Outlook 2002. The Import tells me the files are incompatible.
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Gordon
Smod said:How can I transfer my Outlook 2003 .pst file to another comoputer with
Outlook 2002. The Import tells me the files are incompatible.
firstly do NOT use the import function between two instances of Outlook.
Why?
(Courtesy of Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook])
Importing an entire PST may well corrupt your profile and may create a ghost
PST that you can't close. Importing PST's will lose:
1. Custom Forms
2. Custom Views
3. Connections between contacts and activities
4. Received dates on mail
5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
6. Journal connections
7. Distribution Lists
Opening a PST file will preserve all of these. That is why we do not advise
people to import a native file into Outlook.
Secondly, if Outlook 2003 created it's own pst file then it is NOT
compatible. You need to open Outlook 2003 (if you haven't got access to that
machine then you will have to find one that has Outlook 2003 on it), and
create a new pst file in Outlook 97-2002 format. Copy all your data to that
pst file and use that to transfer to the other machine.
HTH
G
Guest
Gordon said:Smod said:How can I transfer my Outlook 2003 .pst file to another comoputer with
Outlook 2002. The Import tells me the files are incompatible.
firstly do NOT use the import function between two instances of Outlook.
Why?
(Courtesy of Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook])
Importing an entire PST may well corrupt your profile and may create a ghost
PST that you can't close. Importing PST's will lose:
1. Custom Forms
2. Custom Views
3. Connections between contacts and activities
4. Received dates on mail
5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
6. Journal connections
7. Distribution Lists
Opening a PST file will preserve all of these. That is why we do not advise
people to import a native file into Outlook.
Secondly, if Outlook 2003 created it's own pst file then it is NOT
compatible. You need to open Outlook 2003 (if you haven't got access to that
machine then you will have to find one that has Outlook 2003 on it), and
create a new pst file in Outlook 97-2002 format. Copy all your data to that
pst file and use that to transfer to the other machine.
HTH
Thank you for your response. I have access to the computer with Outlook 2003. How do I create a new .pst file in the 97-02 format and then copy my information to it. I have been trying but it does not seem to be working.
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Gordon
Smod said:Gordon said:Smod said:How can I transfer my Outlook 2003 .pst file to another comoputer with
Outlook 2002. The Import tells me the files are incompatible.
firstly do NOT use the import function between two instances of Outlook.
Why?
(Courtesy of Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook])
Importing an entire PST may well corrupt your profile and may create a
ghost
PST that you can't close. Importing PST's will lose:
1. Custom Forms
2. Custom Views
3. Connections between contacts and activities
4. Received dates on mail
5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
6. Journal connections
7. Distribution Lists
Opening a PST file will preserve all of these. That is why we do not
advise
people to import a native file into Outlook.
Secondly, if Outlook 2003 created it's own pst file then it is NOT
compatible. You need to open Outlook 2003 (if you haven't got access to
that
machine then you will have to find one that has Outlook 2003 on it), and
create a new pst file in Outlook 97-2002 format. Copy all your data to
that
pst file and use that to transfer to the other machine.
HTH
Thank you for your response. I have access to the computer with Outlook
2003. How do I create a new .pst file in the 97-02 format and then copy
my information to it. I have been trying but it does not seem to be
working.
In outlook do File-New-Outlook Data File and make sure you highlight the
97-2002 option.
Then copy all your data to the newly created file within Outlook. Close
Outlook, copy the file to the other machine. Do NOT overwrite any existing
pst file. Then in Outlook on the other machine you have two options. Either
open the copied pst file and copy the data to the existing pst file, or, if
you have lots of data, then set the copied file as the default delivery
location.
HTH
G
Guest
I created a new data .pst file with '97-'02 configuration. How do I copy all
the data from the 2003 file to the one I just created?
the data from the 2003 file to the one I just created?
Gordon said:Smod said:Gordon said:How can I transfer my Outlook 2003 .pst file to another comoputer with
Outlook 2002. The Import tells me the files are incompatible.
firstly do NOT use the import function between two instances of Outlook.
Why?
(Courtesy of Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook])
Importing an entire PST may well corrupt your profile and may create a
ghost
PST that you can't close. Importing PST's will lose:
1. Custom Forms
2. Custom Views
3. Connections between contacts and activities
4. Received dates on mail
5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
6. Journal connections
7. Distribution Lists
Opening a PST file will preserve all of these. That is why we do not
advise
people to import a native file into Outlook.
Secondly, if Outlook 2003 created it's own pst file then it is NOT
compatible. You need to open Outlook 2003 (if you haven't got access to
that
machine then you will have to find one that has Outlook 2003 on it), and
create a new pst file in Outlook 97-2002 format. Copy all your data to
that
pst file and use that to transfer to the other machine.
HTH
Thank you for your response. I have access to the computer with Outlook
2003. How do I create a new .pst file in the 97-02 format and then copy
my information to it. I have been trying but it does not seem to be
working.
In outlook do File-New-Outlook Data File and make sure you highlight the
97-2002 option.
Then copy all your data to the newly created file within Outlook. Close
Outlook, copy the file to the other machine. Do NOT overwrite any existing
pst file. Then in Outlook on the other machine you have two options. Either
open the copied pst file and copy the data to the existing pst file, or, if
you have lots of data, then set the copied file as the default delivery
location.
HTH
H
Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]
Drag the data from the old Personal Folders to the new one and drop it.
Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com
Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com
Smod said:I created a new data .pst file with '97-'02 configuration. How do I copy all
the data from the 2003 file to the one I just created?
Gordon said:Smod said::
How can I transfer my Outlook 2003 .pst file to another comoputer with
Outlook 2002. The Import tells me the files are incompatible.
firstly do NOT use the import function between two instances of Outlook.
Why?
(Courtesy of Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook])
Importing an entire PST may well corrupt your profile and may create a
ghost
PST that you can't close. Importing PST's will lose:
1. Custom Forms
2. Custom Views
3. Connections between contacts and activities
4. Received dates on mail
5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
6. Journal connections
7. Distribution Lists
Opening a PST file will preserve all of these. That is why we do not
advise
people to import a native file into Outlook.
Secondly, if Outlook 2003 created it's own pst file then it is NOT
compatible. You need to open Outlook 2003 (if you haven't got access to
that
machine then you will have to find one that has Outlook 2003 on it), and
create a new pst file in Outlook 97-2002 format. Copy all your data to
that
pst file and use that to transfer to the other machine.
HTH
Thank you for your response. I have access to the computer with Outlook
2003. How do I create a new .pst file in the 97-02 format and then copy
my information to it. I have been trying but it does not seem to be
working.
In outlook do File-New-Outlook Data File and make sure you highlight the
97-2002 option.
Then copy all your data to the newly created file within Outlook. Close
Outlook, copy the file to the other machine. Do NOT overwrite any existing
pst file. Then in Outlook on the other machine you have two options. Either
open the copied pst file and copy the data to the existing pst file, or, if
you have lots of data, then set the copied file as the default delivery
location.
HTH