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Exporting contacts
I posted this question a few weeks back and did not get a
response..trying again. I am exporting my Contacts list to a PST file, I have subfolders/contacts and have selected putting a tick include subfolders. All goes well up to the point of actually doing the fucntion. I get a message operation failed. This is Office Pro 2003. I can backup the entire PST file (emails etc.) and moved it to another CPU with Office 2002. The problem follows it to the next machine. I have run the ScanPST and it did find some errors, but said it was corrected. This used to work for me. Apparently it must be in the PST file itself or it would not have shown up on another computer. Any suggestions will be helpful. JG |
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Exporting contacts
Why are you exporting if you do not need to change file formats?
Is this a PST file you created in Outlook 2003 and are trying to use in earlier versions? If so, you can't. You would have to create a PST file in the Outlook 97-2002 format while still in Outlook 2003 and copy your data into it. Then copy that file to the other installation and open it there. Abandon forever the notion of exporting. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Jim" wrote in message ... I posted this question a few weeks back and did not get a response..trying again. I am exporting my Contacts list to a PST file, I have subfolders/contacts and have selected putting a tick include subfolders. All goes well up to the point of actually doing the fucntion. I get a message operation failed. This is Office Pro 2003. I can backup the entire PST file (emails etc.) and moved it to another CPU with Office 2002. The problem follows it to the next machine. I have run the ScanPST and it did find some errors, but said it was corrected. This used to work for me. Apparently it must be in the PST file itself or it would not have shown up on another computer. Any suggestions will be helpful. JG |
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Exporting contacts
The reason I am exporting is too only extract the
contacts from the PST file. I want to use the the contacts on my laptop and not use the entire one gig pst file. I have not seen an easy way to copy the contact list which would work for me. When I see the copy contacts it does not allow to paste on another drive or Folder for transport. -----Original Message----- Why are you exporting if you do not need to change file formats? Is this a PST file you created in Outlook 2003 and are trying to use in earlier versions? If so, you can't. You would have to create a PST file in the Outlook 97-2002 format while still in Outlook 2003 and copy your data into it. Then copy that file to the other installation and open it there. Abandon forever the notion of exporting. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Jim" wrote in message ... I posted this question a few weeks back and did not get a response..trying again. I am exporting my Contacts list to a PST file, I have subfolders/contacts and have selected putting a tick include subfolders. All goes well up to the point of actually doing the fucntion. I get a message operation failed. This is Office Pro 2003. I can backup the entire PST file (emails etc.) and moved it to another CPU with Office 2002. The problem follows it to the next machine. I have run the ScanPST and it did find some errors, but said it was corrected. This used to work for me. Apparently it must be in the PST file itself or it would not have shown up on another computer. Any suggestions will be helpful. JG . |
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Exporting contacts
That's not a reason to use export, nor should you.
It is easy to copy the contents of a Folder to another PST. Select All Copy Paste or Select All Copy to Folder... -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Jim" wrote in message ... The reason I am exporting is too only extract the contacts from the PST file. I want to use the the contacts on my laptop and not use the entire one gig pst file. I have not seen an easy way to copy the contact list which would work for me. When I see the copy contacts it does not allow to paste on another drive or Folder for transport. -----Original Message----- Why are you exporting if you do not need to change file formats? Is this a PST file you created in Outlook 2003 and are trying to use in earlier versions? If so, you can't. You would have to create a PST file in the Outlook 97-2002 format while still in Outlook 2003 and copy your data into it. Then copy that file to the other installation and open it there. Abandon forever the notion of exporting. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Jim" wrote in message ... I posted this question a few weeks back and did not get a response..trying again. I am exporting my Contacts list to a PST file, I have subfolders/contacts and have selected putting a tick include subfolders. All goes well up to the point of actually doing the fucntion. I get a message operation failed. This is Office Pro 2003. I can backup the entire PST file (emails etc.) and moved it to another CPU with Office 2002. The problem follows it to the next machine. I have run the ScanPST and it did find some errors, but said it was corrected. This used to work for me. Apparently it must be in the PST file itself or it would not have shown up on another computer. Any suggestions will be helpful. JG . |
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