Lost my catagories list when I replaced my laptop

I am using Outlook 2003. When I replaced my laptop recently and had my
computer repair tech install all my files onto the new laptop, I "lost" my
Master Catagory List. My Contacts have the original Catagories associated
with them individually however when I open one of them up and review the
Catagories it shows that the associated catagory is "Not In Master Catagory
List". The tech told me that he copied my entire drive into a folder on my
new laptop after he imported my data files, but I don't know what to do with
that. I don't want to re-create the Master Catagory List because I don't
remember all the Catagories I originally created and have used over the last
several years.

Your Categories were stored in the registry on your old laptop, not the data
file. Unless they were backed up, they are gone. Well documented:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/olcat.asp
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Eve in Oak Hill Florida" Eve in Oak Hill
wrote in message
...
I am using Outlook 2003. When I replaced my laptop recently and had my
computer repair tech install all my files onto the new laptop, I "lost" my
Master Catagory List. My Contacts have the original Catagories associated
with them individually however when I open one of them up and review the
Catagories it shows that the associated catagory is "Not In Master
Catagory
List". The tech told me that he copied my entire drive into a folder on
my
new laptop after he imported my data files, but I don't know what to do
with
that. I don't want to re-create the Master Catagory List because I don't
remember all the Catagories I originally created and have used over the
last
several years.

Thank you Russ. I will find out if my registry was included in the hard
drive back up. Thanks again!!

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Your Categories were stored in the registry on your old laptop, not the data
file. Unless they were backed up, they are gone. Well documented:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/olcat.asp
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Eve in Oak Hill Florida" Eve in Oak Hill
wrote in message
...
I am using Outlook 2003. When I replaced my laptop recently and had my
computer repair tech install all my files onto the new laptop, I "lost" my
Master Catagory List. My Contacts have the original Catagories associated
with them individually however when I open one of them up and review the
Catagories it shows that the associated catagory is "Not In Master
Catagory
List". The tech told me that he copied my entire drive into a folder on
my
new laptop after he imported my data files, but I don't know what to do
with
that. I don't want to re-create the Master Catagory List because I don't
remember all the Catagories I originally created and have used over the
last
several years.

Hope it was. Outlook is pretty nasty when it comes to backing up your entire
configuration because it strews its settings in so many places. I wish your
technician had known what he or she was doing.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Eve in Oak Hill Florida"
wrote in message ...
Thank you Russ. I will find out if my registry was included in the hard
drive back up. Thanks again!!

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Your Categories were stored in the registry on your old laptop, not the
data
file. Unless they were backed up, they are gone. Well documented:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/olcat.asp
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Eve in Oak Hill Florida" Eve in Oak Hill
wrote in message
...
I am using Outlook 2003. When I replaced my laptop recently and had my
computer repair tech install all my files onto the new laptop, I "lost"
my
Master Catagory List. My Contacts have the original Catagories
associated
with them individually however when I open one of them up and review
the
Catagories it shows that the associated catagory is "Not In Master
Catagory
List". The tech told me that he copied my entire drive into a folder
on
my
new laptop after he imported my data files, but I don't know what to do
with
that. I don't want to re-create the Master Catagory List because I
don't
remember all the Catagories I originally created and have used over the
last
several years.

You can use Category Manager to easily add all of the assigned categories of
your items to the registry. For the download see the link in my signature.

--
Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook

: Outlook Categories? Category Manager Is Your Tool
: VBOffice Reporter for Data Analysis & Reporting
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Am Sun, 7 Jun 2009 06:49:01 -0700 schrieb Eve in Oak Hill Florida:

I am using Outlook 2003. When I replaced my laptop recently and had my
computer repair tech install all my files onto the new laptop, I "lost" my
Master Catagory List. My Contacts have the original Catagories associated
with them individually however when I open one of them up and review the
Catagories it shows that the associated catagory is "Not In Master
Catagory
List". The tech told me that he copied my entire drive into a folder on
my
new laptop after he imported my data files, but I don't know what to do
with
that. I don't want to re-create the Master Catagory List because I don't
remember all the Catagories I originally created and have used over the
last
several years.