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You're most welcome. Nice of you to say so.
-- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Ken Hudson" wrote in message ... Okay. Thanks so much for your patience! I do some Excel macro programming in VB and know how frustrated I get with end users sometimes. Now I know what it's like to be on the other end. Thanks for the volunteer work. -- Ken Hudson "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: You can only delete a profile by removing its entries in the registry. There is no need to do that unless you are particularly fond of editing the registry. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Ken Hudson" wrote in message ... Well, I think I have it. When I opened the previous pst file, it opens as a personal folder at the bottom of the list. Not being initimately familiar with Outlook, I didn't notice it was there until I tried it again this AM and saw it. Then I copied the messages and contacts from the newly opened folder from the previous pst file to the "empty" folder created with the new profile. Then I closed that personal folder. Evereything seems to be working now. One last question: Can I delete the "old" profile? It was called Outlook. -- Ken Hudson "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: No. A system restore won't help a thing. There is absolutely no reason you cannot open a previous PST file in a new profile. Post the precise steps you are using and what happens so we can see what you're doing wrong. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Ken Hudson" wrote in message ... I set up a new profile but couldn't get the old pst to open and it was not read only. Since this is a new machine, can I do a system restore to just before I installed Office 2003? Would that delete all the profiles and Office so that when I reinstalled Office and opened Outlook, it would set up a new profile and I could go from there? This is too frustrating to me and probably to you. Thanks. -- Ken Hudson "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: R click and close the 3 you are not using. If you cannot close any of the 3, then you have a corrupt profile and must create a new one. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Ken Hudson" wrote in message ... Oops, I get it now. In Outlook I have four personal folders. -- Ken Hudson "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: No. The question I needed to which I needed an answer is how many Personal Folders files do you now see if you examine your entire Folder hierarchy in Folder View in your current profile? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Ken Hudson" wrote in message news Hi Russ, Sorry, thought I did. I copied Outlook.pst and Archive.pst from my old computer. I pasted them into my new computer in the C:\Documents and Settings\Ken\Local settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook folder. I overwrote the existing Outlook.pst file. These two pst files, Outlook.pst and Archive.pst, are in my current folder (profile). -- Ken Hudson "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Depends on how much you corrupted your profile, which we won't know until you answer the rest of my question. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Ken Hudson" wrote in message ... The old file was Outlook.pst. I pasted Outlook.pst and Archive.pst. No, the address service does not work. How can I fix that, please? -- Ken Hudson "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: What was the name of the old file? What was the name of Outlook's new file? How many PST files are in your current profile (make sure you use Folder View to examine the entire hierarchy). Does your Outlook Address Book Service work? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Ken Hudson" wrote in message ... Well, I guess I lucked out. Before getting to your responses, I found that the Outlook folder location was hidden. I showed hidden files and saved the old pst in the default folder. (I only had old E-mail messages in the file.) Things seem to be working okay. I'll keep my fingers crossed. Would I know right away that something was amiss? -- Ken Hudson "Ken Hudson" wrote: Hi, I am trying to transfer my Outlook pst files to a new computer. The new computer is XP. I have two pst files, "regular" and archive but don't know where to save them on the new PC. TIA -- Ken Hudson |
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On Apr 26, 10:44*am, Ken Hudson
wrote: Hi, I am trying to transfer my Outlookpstfiles to a new computer. The new computer is XP. I have twopstfiles, "regular" and archive but don't know where to save them on the new PC. TIA -- Ken Hudson Hi, Advanced Outlook Repair can help to undelete the emails you overwriten by mistake. Refer to http://www.datanumen.com/aor/problem...ok-deleted.htm for more detailed information. And visiting http://www.datanumen.com/aor/ can get detailed information about Advanced Outlook Repair. And you can also download a free demo version at http://www.datanumen.com/aor/aor.exe Hope this helps. |
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Transfer PST File to New computer
Hi Outlook MVP's,
I am having a similar issue, I read the thread but I want to make sure I don't mess it up after getting my data back. I reinstalled Vista and I forgot to save my .pst file. Stupid I know. I was able to find a program that recovered it. I tried many but the only one that found the .pst files was Easeus Data Recovery Wizard in case anyone else needs to use it. So I found the .pst file. It found several of them but only one would open. All my emails were there. =) But I saved everything on an external HD to avoid writing over needed data on my c drive. Once I determined that I recovered my data, I needed to move my .pst folder to my c drive. So I did. Some of the posts say I should not copy it into the same Outlook folder that has the new .pst file. I moved it to a folder I named Outlook1 on my c drive and opened it in Outlook to import the data, but now I have two personal folders in my Outlook window. Here are my questions. I can see there is a 'delete' option under 'File' 'Data File Management' but if I delete the new original .pst file will it mess up my Outlook? Should I delete the new .pst file and then move my old .pst file into the new folder? Or should I just delete the new .pst file and leave the old file in the Outlook1 folder I created? Does it matter where the .pst file is as long as Outlook knows where to look? Thanks for your help. I have read some other threads and you guys are good. I read a thread somewhere that said there was no import or export for the ..pst files but I see one under 'file' 'import and export' and I will be using it in the future to back up my .pst files. Although I guess I can just copy and paste the .pst file now that I know where it is and what to do. Shawn "Alan" wrote: On Apr 26, 10:44 am, Ken Hudson wrote: Hi, I am trying to transfer my Outlookpstfiles to a new computer. The new computer is XP. I have twopstfiles, "regular" and archive but don't know where to save them on the new PC. TIA -- Ken Hudson Hi, Advanced Outlook Repair can help to undelete the emails you overwriten by mistake. Refer to http://www.datanumen.com/aor/problem...ok-deleted.htm for more detailed information. And visiting http://www.datanumen.com/aor/ can get detailed information about Advanced Outlook Repair. And you can also download a free demo version at http://www.datanumen.com/aor/aor.exe Hope this helps. |
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Don't use the Import/Export option to backup and restore. For that see;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm Personally I place my pst-files in the Documents folder where it lives besides my other documents I wish to keep. You can connect your pst-file via File- Open- Outlook Data File... Depending on your version of Outlook, you can set that pst-file in File- Data File Management or in Tools- E-mail Accounts... After you restart Outlook, you can disconnect the blank pst-file that Outlook created via File- Data File Management... After you close Outlook, you can even delete that blank pst-file if you want. -- Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook] Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.howto-outlook.com/ Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more http://www.msoutlook.info/ Real World Questions, Real World Answers ----- "w8lifter" wrote in message ... Hi Outlook MVP's, I am having a similar issue, I read the thread but I want to make sure I don't mess it up after getting my data back. I reinstalled Vista and I forgot to save my .pst file. Stupid I know. I was able to find a program that recovered it. I tried many but the only one that found the .pst files was Easeus Data Recovery Wizard in case anyone else needs to use it. So I found the .pst file. It found several of them but only one would open. All my emails were there. =) But I saved everything on an external HD to avoid writing over needed data on my c drive. Once I determined that I recovered my data, I needed to move my .pst folder to my c drive. So I did. Some of the posts say I should not copy it into the same Outlook folder that has the new .pst file. I moved it to a folder I named Outlook1 on my c drive and opened it in Outlook to import the data, but now I have two personal folders in my Outlook window. Here are my questions. I can see there is a 'delete' option under 'File' 'Data File Management' but if I delete the new original .pst file will it mess up my Outlook? Should I delete the new .pst file and then move my old .pst file into the new folder? Or should I just delete the new .pst file and leave the old file in the Outlook1 folder I created? Does it matter where the .pst file is as long as Outlook knows where to look? Thanks for your help. I have read some other threads and you guys are good. I read a thread somewhere that said there was no import or export for the .pst files but I see one under 'file' 'import and export' and I will be using it in the future to back up my .pst files. Although I guess I can just copy and paste the .pst file now that I know where it is and what to do. Shawn "Alan" wrote: On Apr 26, 10:44 am, Ken Hudson wrote: Hi, I am trying to transfer my Outlookpstfiles to a new computer. The new computer is XP. I have twopstfiles, "regular" and archive but don't know where to save them on the new PC. TIA -- Ken Hudson Hi, Advanced Outlook Repair can help to undelete the emails you overwriten by mistake. Refer to http://www.datanumen.com/aor/problem...ok-deleted.htm for more detailed information. And visiting http://www.datanumen.com/aor/ can get detailed information about Advanced Outlook Repair. And you can also download a free demo version at http://www.datanumen.com/aor/aor.exe Hope this helps. |
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Thanks Roady,
So just to confirm. 1. It does not matter where my .pst folder stays? 2. I can delete the new 'blank' .pst folder after I open my old one by importing it? And then the my old one will become my default .pst folder? Aslo, I cannot figure out how to import my address book? I think last time I had to save it as a .csv now that I think about it. But I was hoping it would be included in my .pst folder. Is the info in my .pst folder or somewhere else? I did save my contacts folder but outlook won't let me import it at least not 'batch' import it. When I try to do that I don't get a 'select all' option. I guess I could try to import it 1 by 1 but I have a lot of contacts. I love Outlook but transferring files and contacts seems tough. I hope it can be made easier. So one more question. Is there a way to take my Contacts folder and export the data as a csv? There is no export option under 'organize' in the contacts folder. I do have an old xp machine with MS Works and I think I could import it there and then re-export it as a CSV, right? I love Outlook, so don't think that I don't, but please make this easier. Thanks very very much for your help. Shawn "Roady [MVP]" wrote: Don't use the Import/Export option to backup and restore. For that see; http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm Personally I place my pst-files in the Documents folder where it lives besides my other documents I wish to keep. You can connect your pst-file via File- Open- Outlook Data File... Depending on your version of Outlook, you can set that pst-file in File- Data File Management or in Tools- E-mail Accounts... After you restart Outlook, you can disconnect the blank pst-file that Outlook created via File- Data File Management... After you close Outlook, you can even delete that blank pst-file if you want. -- Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook] Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.howto-outlook.com/ Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more http://www.msoutlook.info/ Real World Questions, Real World Answers ----- "w8lifter" wrote in message ... Hi Outlook MVP's, I am having a similar issue, I read the thread but I want to make sure I don't mess it up after getting my data back. I reinstalled Vista and I forgot to save my .pst file. Stupid I know. I was able to find a program that recovered it. I tried many but the only one that found the .pst files was Easeus Data Recovery Wizard in case anyone else needs to use it. So I found the .pst file. It found several of them but only one would open. All my emails were there. =) But I saved everything on an external HD to avoid writing over needed data on my c drive. Once I determined that I recovered my data, I needed to move my .pst folder to my c drive. So I did. Some of the posts say I should not copy it into the same Outlook folder that has the new .pst file. I moved it to a folder I named Outlook1 on my c drive and opened it in Outlook to import the data, but now I have two personal folders in my Outlook window. Here are my questions. I can see there is a 'delete' option under 'File' 'Data File Management' but if I delete the new original .pst file will it mess up my Outlook? Should I delete the new .pst file and then move my old .pst file into the new folder? Or should I just delete the new .pst file and leave the old file in the Outlook1 folder I created? Does it matter where the .pst file is as long as Outlook knows where to look? Thanks for your help. I have read some other threads and you guys are good. I read a thread somewhere that said there was no import or export for the .pst files but I see one under 'file' 'import and export' and I will be using it in the future to back up my .pst files. Although I guess I can just copy and paste the .pst file now that I know where it is and what to do. Shawn "Alan" wrote: On Apr 26, 10:44 am, Ken Hudson wrote: Hi, I am trying to transfer my Outlookpstfiles to a new computer. The new computer is XP. I have twopstfiles, "regular" and archive but don't know where to save them on the new PC. TIA -- Ken Hudson Hi, Advanced Outlook Repair can help to undelete the emails you overwriten by mistake. Refer to http://www.datanumen.com/aor/problem...ok-deleted.htm for more detailed information. And visiting http://www.datanumen.com/aor/ can get detailed information about Advanced Outlook Repair. And you can also download a free demo version at http://www.datanumen.com/aor/aor.exe Hope this helps. |
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1) Not really. As long as you don't place it on a network share or in an
installation folder you should be fine. 2) I don't think you really read my reply or the link I gave you as all your questions have been answered there already. You don't have to use Import at all and certainly don't delete anything before disconnecting it from Outlook. I love Outlook but transferring files and contacts seems tough. I hope it can be made easier. How much easier do you want it? There is no need to import or export anything to a csv-file as you are describing. Copy back the original pst-file and reconnect it to Outlook via File- Open Outlook Data File...- Done! Optionally you can set it as your default delivery location which is just a mouse click away. All your Outlook data (mail, contacts, calendar, etc...) is contained in a single pst-file so no additional steps are needed for that either ;-) If you want to export your contacts in the csv-format for use in another application, then you can use the File- Import and Export... menu within Outlook. -- Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook] Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.howto-outlook.com/ Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more http://www.msoutlook.info/ Real World Questions, Real World Answers ----- "w8lifter" wrote in message ... Thanks Roady, So just to confirm. 1. It does not matter where my .pst folder stays? 2. I can delete the new 'blank' .pst folder after I open my old one by importing it? And then the my old one will become my default .pst folder? Aslo, I cannot figure out how to import my address book? I think last time I had to save it as a .csv now that I think about it. But I was hoping it would be included in my .pst folder. Is the info in my .pst folder or somewhere else? I did save my contacts folder but outlook won't let me import it at least not 'batch' import it. When I try to do that I don't get a 'select all' option. I guess I could try to import it 1 by 1 but I have a lot of contacts. I love Outlook but transferring files and contacts seems tough. I hope it can be made easier. So one more question. Is there a way to take my Contacts folder and export the data as a csv? There is no export option under 'organize' in the contacts folder. I do have an old xp machine with MS Works and I think I could import it there and then re-export it as a CSV, right? I love Outlook, so don't think that I don't, but please make this easier. Thanks very very much for your help. Shawn "Roady [MVP]" wrote: Don't use the Import/Export option to backup and restore. For that see; http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm Personally I place my pst-files in the Documents folder where it lives besides my other documents I wish to keep. You can connect your pst-file via File- Open- Outlook Data File... Depending on your version of Outlook, you can set that pst-file in File- Data File Management or in Tools- E-mail Accounts... After you restart Outlook, you can disconnect the blank pst-file that Outlook created via File- Data File Management... After you close Outlook, you can even delete that blank pst-file if you want. -- Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook] Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.howto-outlook.com/ Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more http://www.msoutlook.info/ Real World Questions, Real World Answers ----- "w8lifter" wrote in message ... Hi Outlook MVP's, I am having a similar issue, I read the thread but I want to make sure I don't mess it up after getting my data back. I reinstalled Vista and I forgot to save my .pst file. Stupid I know. I was able to find a program that recovered it. I tried many but the only one that found the .pst files was Easeus Data Recovery Wizard in case anyone else needs to use it. So I found the .pst file. It found several of them but only one would open. All my emails were there. =) But I saved everything on an external HD to avoid writing over needed data on my c drive. Once I determined that I recovered my data, I needed to move my .pst folder to my c drive. So I did. Some of the posts say I should not copy it into the same Outlook folder that has the new .pst file. I moved it to a folder I named Outlook1 on my c drive and opened it in Outlook to import the data, but now I have two personal folders in my Outlook window. Here are my questions. I can see there is a 'delete' option under 'File' 'Data File Management' but if I delete the new original .pst file will it mess up my Outlook? Should I delete the new .pst file and then move my old .pst file into the new folder? Or should I just delete the new .pst file and leave the old file in the Outlook1 folder I created? Does it matter where the .pst file is as long as Outlook knows where to look? Thanks for your help. I have read some other threads and you guys are good. I read a thread somewhere that said there was no import or export for the .pst files but I see one under 'file' 'import and export' and I will be using it in the future to back up my .pst files. Although I guess I can just copy and paste the .pst file now that I know where it is and what to do. Shawn "Alan" wrote: On Apr 26, 10:44 am, Ken Hudson wrote: Hi, I am trying to transfer my Outlookpstfiles to a new computer. The new computer is XP. I have twopstfiles, "regular" and archive but don't know where to save them on the new PC. TIA -- Ken Hudson Hi, Advanced Outlook Repair can help to undelete the emails you overwriten by mistake. Refer to http://www.datanumen.com/aor/problem...ok-deleted.htm for more detailed information. And visiting http://www.datanumen.com/aor/ can get detailed information about Advanced Outlook Repair. And you can also download a free demo version at http://www.datanumen.com/aor/aor.exe Hope this helps. |
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