using a 2007 pst in an Office xp machine

[Guest]

I copied my Outlook 2007 pst file from my Vista desktop machine to a thumb
drive and then tried to open (not import) the file on my XP laptop machine
which has Outlook (as part of Office XP Professional). I received the
message "Outlook.pst is not compatible with this version of the Personal
Folders information service. Contact your administrator." I thought that
the pst files were compatible back and forth between versions. I've read
through a number of the posts on transferring files back and forth and can't
seem to find a similar situation. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Gordon]

I copied my Outlook 2007 pst file from my Vista desktop machine to a thumb
drive and then tried to open (not import) the file on my XP laptop machine
which has Outlook (as part of Office XP Professional). I received the
message "Outlook.pst is not compatible with this version of the Personal
Folders information service. Contact your administrator." I thought that
the pst files were compatible back and forth between versions. I've read
through a number of the posts on transferring files back and forth and
can't
seem to find a similar situation. Any help would be appreciated.

Unfortunately, they are NOT compatible. This began with Outlook 2003 when
the default pst format was not backwards compatible with prior versions.
Your only way out of this is to open Outlook on your Vista machine, create a
new pst file in the 97-2002 format, and copy all your data into it. Then
close Outlook and copy the new pst file to the other machine.

 

[Guest]

Gordon,

Thanks. While not perfect. That did the trick. Appreciate the help. Stan

 

[Gordon]

Gordon,

Thanks. While not perfect. That did the trick. Appreciate the help.
Stan

YW.