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Moving "Contacts" from one computer to another
Help! I recently left the company I was working for and
I had a co-worker download my outlook data files onto a disk. I finally figured out how to convert/import the .pst files but I can't seem to get the contacts to work. He sent them as a .pst file but I don't believe that is right so I changed the extension to a .pab. But when I try to upload them I get a message saying "the PAB was created using a different version of MSPST.DLL" My home computer is running outlook 2002 and the old office computer was recently converted to office 2003. So my questions are.. am I screwed? Am I using the right extension on the contact file? Can I convert the file so I can upload it into my home system? Other suggestions? Thanks... call me frustrated! |
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1. Contacts are stored in the PST file in a folder. PAB is an older file
format that's rarely if ever used in the newer versions of Outlook. 2. If the PST file your coworker created in Outlook 2003 was a unicode PST file (Outlook 2003's new format), you're out of luck unless you can get a copy of Outlook 2003 as older versions of Outlook will not read unicode PST files. -- Patricia Cardoza Outlook MVP Author - Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Lead Author - Access 2003 VBA Programmer's Reference Author - Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft OneNote 2003 http://blogs.officezealot.com/cardoza "Lewis" wrote in message ... Help! I recently left the company I was working for and I had a co-worker download my outlook data files onto a disk. I finally figured out how to convert/import the .pst files but I can't seem to get the contacts to work. He sent them as a .pst file but I don't believe that is right so I changed the extension to a .pab. But when I try to upload them I get a message saying "the PAB was created using a different version of MSPST.DLL" My home computer is running outlook 2002 and the old office computer was recently converted to office 2003. So my questions are.. am I screwed? Am I using the right extension on the contact file? Can I convert the file so I can upload it into my home system? Other suggestions? Thanks... call me frustrated! |
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None of your assumptions is correct. PST was the correct file type. Never
rename a PST file. Your co-worker created this PST file in the format used by Outlook 2003 (UNICODE). That format is not compatible with earlier versions. He or she should have created it in the older PST format (ANSI). -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Lewis" wrote in message ... Help! I recently left the company I was working for and I had a co-worker download my outlook data files onto a disk. I finally figured out how to convert/import the .pst files but I can't seem to get the contacts to work. He sent them as a .pst file but I don't believe that is right so I changed the extension to a .pab. But when I try to upload them I get a message saying "the PAB was created using a different version of MSPST.DLL" My home computer is running outlook 2002 and the old office computer was recently converted to office 2003. So my questions are.. am I screwed? Am I using the right extension on the contact file? Can I convert the file so I can upload it into my home system? Other suggestions? Thanks... call me frustrated! |
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Thanks Russ,
How do I tell him to do that? Is there a utility in office 2003 that will convert a PST to an older version? Thanks! Lewis -----Original Message----- None of your assumptions is correct. PST was the correct file type. Never rename a PST file. Your co-worker created this PST file in the format used by Outlook 2003 (UNICODE). That format is not compatible with earlier versions. He or she should have created it in the older PST format (ANSI). -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Lewis" wrote in message ... Help! I recently left the company I was working for and I had a co-worker download my outlook data files onto a disk. I finally figured out how to convert/import the .pst files but I can't seem to get the contacts to work. He sent them as a .pst file but I don't believe that is right so I changed the extension to a .pab. But when I try to upload them I get a message saying "the PAB was created using a different version of MSPST.DLL" My home computer is running outlook 2002 and the old office computer was recently converted to office 2003. So my questions are.. am I screwed? Am I using the right extension on the contact file? Can I convert the file so I can upload it into my home system? Other suggestions? Thanks... call me frustrated! . |
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All they need to do is invoke the File New Outlook Data File... dialog.
There they will be given the chance to select the format for this new PST file. They should choose "Outlook 97-2002." Then they should copy the information you want transferred into this new PST file. You'll have no trouble opening this file with an older installation of Outlook. Note: Microsoft neglected to include an option to select a PST file format with the Export dialog. This is one of many reasons we advise against using Import/Export with PST files. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Lewis" wrote in message ... Thanks Russ, How do I tell him to do that? Is there a utility in office 2003 that will convert a PST to an older version? Thanks! Lewis -----Original Message----- None of your assumptions is correct. PST was the correct file type. Never rename a PST file. Your co-worker created this PST file in the format used by Outlook 2003 (UNICODE). That format is not compatible with earlier versions. He or she should have created it in the older PST format (ANSI). -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Lewis" wrote in message ... Help! I recently left the company I was working for and I had a co-worker download my outlook data files onto a disk. I finally figured out how to convert/import the .pst files but I can't seem to get the contacts to work. He sent them as a .pst file but I don't believe that is right so I changed the extension to a .pab. But when I try to upload them I get a message saying "the PAB was created using a different version of MSPST.DLL" My home computer is running outlook 2002 and the old office computer was recently converted to office 2003. So my questions are.. am I screwed? Am I using the right extension on the contact file? Can I convert the file so I can upload it into my home system? Other suggestions? Thanks... call me frustrated! . |
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