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How to import Outlook 07 contacts from Outlook 02 on other drive?
Because there was so much junk on my old drive, I installed a new drive and
loaded Vista and Office 2007. I can only access my old drive via Windows Explorer. How can I import my old email addresses to the new Outlook? I tried to search for .pst files from the old drive but the Outlook 07 import facility wouldn't recognise them. |
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How to import Outlook 07 contacts from Outlook 02 on other drive?
"MikeCurrie" wrote in message
... Because there was so much junk on my old drive, I installed a new drive and loaded Vista and Office 2007. I can only access my old drive via Windows Explorer. How can I import my old email addresses to the new Outlook? I tried to search for .pst files from the old drive but the Outlook 07 import facility wouldn't recognise them. First, forget the words "import" and "export" when you're trying to move files between Outlook instances. It's not necessary and can cause more harm than good. By default, PST files are help in x:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook, which is a hidden folder so search won't find it unless you enable viewing hidden files and folders. Nonetheless, you can enter that exact path into Windows Explorer and you will be able to see the folder contents even if viewing hidden files and folders is disabled. Copy the PST to a place on your new hard drive (under Documents is good). Start Outlook and click FileOpenOutlook Data File. Browse to the folder where you put the PST, select it, and click OK. The PST should open and you'll be able to see the contents. If that fails, you'll have to take ownership of the file before you can open it. See the Microsoft Knowledgebase for an article on how to take ownership in Vista. After opening the PST, you'll need to move the data in it to your new PST. Display your Navigation Pane in the Folder List view (press Ctrl-6 or click the Folder List button at the bottom of the Navigation Pane). For each folder in the old PST that is NOT a default folder, right-click and drag the folder to the root (the Outlook Today or "Personal Folders" node) of the default folder set, right-click and choose Copy, or select the old folder and click EditCopy to Folder. Specify the root of the default folders as the destination. Once you're copied the non-default folders, you can copy the old default folders, but you can't copy the folders themselves, you'll need to copy their contents. Select each of the old default folders to open them in the right-hand pane of the Outlook window. Select one of the items in the folder, then press Ctrl-A to select them all. Right-click and drag the selection to the corresponding default folder in the new folder set and choose Copy or click EditCopy to Folder, specifying corresponding default folder of the same name as the destination. Continue until all the default folder contents have been copied. In order for Ctrl-A to work in the Calendar, you'll need to display it in a table view like By Category. If you enable the Advanced toolbar in the Outlook window, you'll have a View drop-down that will make selecting another view easy. Any other questions? Write back. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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