My old computer is dead but the C-drive disk is OK, now connected to my new
computer via a USB adapter. I installed Outlook 2003 onto the new computer
from CD, and wanted to copy all stored emails etc. from the old disk.

I found that installation from CD put new outlook.pst and some other OL
files in c:\documents and settings\Elbert\local settings\application
data\microsoft\outlook. I deleted them and then copied the files from the
same place on the old disk drive.

It almost worked, except:

(1) when I try to compose a new email and click on the TO button, it says
"The address list could not be displayed. The contacts list associated with
this address list could not be opened; it may have been moved or deleted..."
But if I click on Contacts in the navigation bar, I see my contacts, and if I
right click on a contact, I can select "New Message to Contact";

(2) When I click on Personal Folders in the navigation bar, I see columns
with my calendar, tasks, and counts of messages of messages, just as I used
to, except that the tasks are shown reverse chronological order. If I
display tasks by clicking tasks in the navigation bar, I see them in
chronological order, but I can't figure out how to see them that way in
Personal Folders view.

(3) Something I read gave me the impression that I should have imported the
old outlook.pst into outlook.pst that was newly created when I installed OL.
I moved all OL related files I could find to a temporary folder, then
uninstalled OL and reinstalled it, figuring it would create a nice clean
outlook.pst and I'd try importing to it; this would give me the new file
structure, too, in place of the OL2002 structure. But no dice: When I try to
run the newly intsalled OL, it says it cannot find outlook.pst (it did not
create a new one) and it refuses to run.

I have a feeling that all of these are due to the simple-minded approach I
took to trying to move the old data. If anybody can tell me how to start
over and do it right, or how to fix things without starting over, I'd sure
appreciate it.

Elbert