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Importing Outlook contacts completely freezes Outlook
I just purchased Office Professional and have exported my contacts from an
older laptop (as a .pst file) and installed the contacts on Outlook 2003 on the new laptop. The contacts import fine, but as soon as the import operation is complete Outlook takes up about 50% of the system resources and never relelases them. Outlook becomes totally unresposive and I end up terminating the process. I restart Outlook and the same thing happens. I have uninstalled Outlook and re-installed it. I don't even import the contacts and Outlook still takes up 50% of the resources. The only way I have been able to get Outlook back to normal state is by doing a system restore. I have used Outlook for a long time, but have never seen thie behavior before. Any clues would be greatly appreciated. At this point Outlook is un-useable to me. |
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Importing Outlook contacts completely freezes Outlook
This is one of many scenarios where importing/exporting is not the preferred
(recommended) approach. Simply "copy" the PST file from the laptop to your new laptop. If you copy to a CD/DVD then don't forget to clear the "read-only" flag when you copy the file to the new pst. As to what is causing the problematic behaviour - any number of reasons that are not worth finding out about if you have a cleaner solution that can be applied especially when the actual cause may never be determined - just too many variables. Karl __________________________________________________ ___________ Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group ContactGenie - Importer 1.3 / DataPorter 2.0 / Exporter "Power contact importers/exporters for MS Outlook '2000/2007" http://www.contactgenie.com "Clemens" wrote in message ... I just purchased Office Professional and have exported my contacts from an older laptop (as a .pst file) and installed the contacts on Outlook 2003 on the new laptop. The contacts import fine, but as soon as the import operation is complete Outlook takes up about 50% of the system resources and never relelases them. Outlook becomes totally unresposive and I end up terminating the process. I restart Outlook and the same thing happens. I have uninstalled Outlook and re-installed it. I don't even import the contacts and Outlook still takes up 50% of the resources. The only way I have been able to get Outlook back to normal state is by doing a system restore. I have used Outlook for a long time, but have never seen thie behavior before. Any clues would be greatly appreciated. At this point Outlook is un-useable to me. |
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Importing Outlook contacts completely freezes Outlook
Karl - thanks for the response. I am not 100% sure how this copy of the pst
should work. I have the contacts pst file on the new laptop and tried to drag & drop it into Outlooks empty Contacts folder. It just puts the entire pst file into a single contact. Obviously that is wrong. Maybe I am dense, but what are the steps to make this copy operation work? thx "Karl Timmermans" wrote: This is one of many scenarios where importing/exporting is not the preferred (recommended) approach. Simply "copy" the PST file from the laptop to your new laptop. If you copy to a CD/DVD then don't forget to clear the "read-only" flag when you copy the file to the new pst. As to what is causing the problematic behaviour - any number of reasons that are not worth finding out about if you have a cleaner solution that can be applied especially when the actual cause may never be determined - just too many variables. Karl __________________________________________________ ___________ Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group ContactGenie - Importer 1.3 / DataPorter 2.0 / Exporter "Power contact importers/exporters for MS Outlook '2000/2007" http://www.contactgenie.com "Clemens" wrote in message ... I just purchased Office Professional and have exported my contacts from an older laptop (as a .pst file) and installed the contacts on Outlook 2003 on the new laptop. The contacts import fine, but as soon as the import operation is complete Outlook takes up about 50% of the system resources and never relelases them. Outlook becomes totally unresposive and I end up terminating the process. I restart Outlook and the same thing happens. I have uninstalled Outlook and re-installed it. I don't even import the contacts and Outlook still takes up 50% of the resources. The only way I have been able to get Outlook back to normal state is by doing a system restore. I have used Outlook for a long time, but have never seen thie behavior before. Any clues would be greatly appreciated. At this point Outlook is un-useable to me. |
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Importing Outlook contacts completely freezes Outlook
Select the _contents_ of the Folder Edit Copy to Folder...
-- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Clemens" wrote in message ... Karl - thanks for the response. I am not 100% sure how this copy of the pst should work. I have the contacts pst file on the new laptop and tried to drag & drop it into Outlooks empty Contacts folder. It just puts the entire pst file into a single contact. Obviously that is wrong. Maybe I am dense, but what are the steps to make this copy operation work? thx "Karl Timmermans" wrote: This is one of many scenarios where importing/exporting is not the preferred (recommended) approach. Simply "copy" the PST file from the laptop to your new laptop. If you copy to a CD/DVD then don't forget to clear the "read-only" flag when you copy the file to the new pst. As to what is causing the problematic behaviour - any number of reasons that are not worth finding out about if you have a cleaner solution that can be applied especially when the actual cause may never be determined - just too many variables. Karl __________________________________________________ ___________ Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group ContactGenie - Importer 1.3 / DataPorter 2.0 / Exporter "Power contact importers/exporters for MS Outlook '2000/2007" http://www.contactgenie.com "Clemens" wrote in message ... I just purchased Office Professional and have exported my contacts from an older laptop (as a .pst file) and installed the contacts on Outlook 2003 on the new laptop. The contacts import fine, but as soon as the import operation is complete Outlook takes up about 50% of the system resources and never relelases them. Outlook becomes totally unresposive and I end up terminating the process. I restart Outlook and the same thing happens. I have uninstalled Outlook and re-installed it. I don't even import the contacts and Outlook still takes up 50% of the resources. The only way I have been able to get Outlook back to normal state is by doing a system restore. I have used Outlook for a long time, but have never seen thie behavior before. Any clues would be greatly appreciated. At this point Outlook is un-useable to me. |
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Importing Outlook contacts completely freezes Outlook
PST file is where Outlook stores everything (contacts, email etc --- on the
assumption you're only using one PST file). Just copy the PST file as you would any other file to a CD/DVD/Network location etc. Make sure Outlook is closed on your old machine before you do this. On your new machine - where you put the PST file is completely up to you but the default location is: c:\Documents and Settings\YourUSERID\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook (where C:\ = default Windows drive) *** - if you are using all the defaults - this file should be called Outlook.PST - if you don't have any info on the new laptop - you can just over-write the file that's in this directory and it becomes your default automatically otherwise.... Final steps....... a) Ensure that the "Read Only" attribute for the PST file on the new machine is removed (if it has been set by copying to CD etc) b) open Outlook on your new machine - and from menu bar File -- Open -- Outlook Data File - select the PST file you just copied to this machine (if you didn't over-write Outlook.PST as mentioned above) If you do already have info on your new laptop that you don't want to lose - you can either keep using 2 PST files or "COPY" the data from the 2nd PST file to the appropriate folders to the first. The "operative" word here is to use "COPY" (or "Move"). Don't recommend using Import/Export between the 2 PST files in this scenario. Karl __________________________________________________ ___________ Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group ContactGenie - Importer 1.3 / DataPorter 2.0 / Exporter "Power contact importers/exporters for MS Outlook '2000/2007" http://www.contactgenie.com "Clemens" wrote in message ... Karl - thanks for the response. I am not 100% sure how this copy of the pst should work. I have the contacts pst file on the new laptop and tried to drag & drop it into Outlooks empty Contacts folder. It just puts the entire pst file into a single contact. Obviously that is wrong. Maybe I am dense, but what are the steps to make this copy operation work? thx "Karl Timmermans" wrote: This is one of many scenarios where importing/exporting is not the preferred (recommended) approach. Simply "copy" the PST file from the laptop to your new laptop. If you copy to a CD/DVD then don't forget to clear the "read-only" flag when you copy the file to the new pst. As to what is causing the problematic behaviour - any number of reasons that are not worth finding out about if you have a cleaner solution that can be applied especially when the actual cause may never be determined - just too many variables. Karl __________________________________________________ ___________ Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group ContactGenie - Importer 1.3 / DataPorter 2.0 / Exporter "Power contact importers/exporters for MS Outlook '2000/2007" http://www.contactgenie.com "Clemens" wrote in message ... I just purchased Office Professional and have exported my contacts from an older laptop (as a .pst file) and installed the contacts on Outlook 2003 on the new laptop. The contacts import fine, but as soon as the import operation is complete Outlook takes up about 50% of the system resources and never relelases them. Outlook becomes totally unresposive and I end up terminating the process. I restart Outlook and the same thing happens. I have uninstalled Outlook and re-installed it. I don't even import the contacts and Outlook still takes up 50% of the resources. The only way I have been able to get Outlook back to normal state is by doing a system restore. I have used Outlook for a long time, but have never seen thie behavior before. Any clues would be greatly appreciated. At this point Outlook is un-useable to me. |
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Importing Outlook contacts completely freezes Outlook
Never mind. I assumed you already know how to copy and open files in
Outlook. You'll need to follow Karl's instructions on that first. Only then can you copy from one folder to another. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... Select the _contents_ of the Folder Edit Copy to Folder... -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Clemens" wrote in message ... Karl - thanks for the response. I am not 100% sure how this copy of the pst should work. I have the contacts pst file on the new laptop and tried to drag & drop it into Outlooks empty Contacts folder. It just puts the entire pst file into a single contact. Obviously that is wrong. Maybe I am dense, but what are the steps to make this copy operation work? thx "Karl Timmermans" wrote: This is one of many scenarios where importing/exporting is not the preferred (recommended) approach. Simply "copy" the PST file from the laptop to your new laptop. If you copy to a CD/DVD then don't forget to clear the "read-only" flag when you copy the file to the new pst. As to what is causing the problematic behaviour - any number of reasons that are not worth finding out about if you have a cleaner solution that can be applied especially when the actual cause may never be determined - just too many variables. Karl __________________________________________________ ___________ Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group ContactGenie - Importer 1.3 / DataPorter 2.0 / Exporter "Power contact importers/exporters for MS Outlook '2000/2007" http://www.contactgenie.com "Clemens" wrote in message ... I just purchased Office Professional and have exported my contacts from an older laptop (as a .pst file) and installed the contacts on Outlook 2003 on the new laptop. The contacts import fine, but as soon as the import operation is complete Outlook takes up about 50% of the system resources and never relelases them. Outlook becomes totally unresposive and I end up terminating the process. I restart Outlook and the same thing happens. I have uninstalled Outlook and re-installed it. I don't even import the contacts and Outlook still takes up 50% of the resources. The only way I have been able to get Outlook back to normal state is by doing a system restore. I have used Outlook for a long time, but have never seen thie behavior before. Any clues would be greatly appreciated. At this point Outlook is un-useable to me. |
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