TRANSFERRING OUTLOOK EMAILS AND CONTACTS FROM OLD COMPUTER TO NEW COMPUTER

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I think I am making some progress on this - I have found outlook.pst on my old computer. I have also found where outlook.pst is on the new one
But before I do any damage, I wonder if anyone knows if i just copy outlook.pst on my old computer and overwrite it or swop it for outlook.pst on the new computer. the old was outlook 2000 and the new is 2002. Just swopping the two files seems easy - but probably a can of worms! Could anyone help

ALso, this is not a outlook question - but does anyone know how to move IE favorites from old computer to new one

Many thank

Paul

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

No. Never try to overwrite a PST file.
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:

- Go to Tools > Options > Mail Setup > Data Files > Add...
- Add the PST you'd like as your new default, then Close > OK to exit the
Options dialog
- Go to Tools > E-mail Accounts > View or change existing e-mail accounts
- Select the PST you just added in the "Deliver New e-mail to the following
location" dropdown (it will most likely appear just below the current
default Personal Folders file) > Finish
- Exit and Restart Outlook
- You can now close the previous default PST (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]

hi

I think I am making some progress on this - I have found outlook.pst on my

old computer. I have also found where outlook.pst is on the new one.

But before I do any damage, I wonder if anyone knows if i just copy

outlook.pst on my old computer and overwrite it or swop it for outlook.pst
on the new computer. the old was outlook 2000 and the new is 2002. Just
swopping the two files seems easy - but probably a can of worms! Could
anyone help?

ALso, this is not a outlook question - but does anyone know how to move IE

favorites from old computer to new one?