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You must create the "Outlook 97-2002" PST file in the Outlook 2003
installation that contains your Outlook 2003 data file. How else would you have any information to copy into it? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "GJ" wrote in message ... I'm a little confused. The new pst file I created in the 97-2002 format is sitting in my desktop, seemingly without the contents of my personal folders (since I only created a new file, but there was no "save" or "copy" function in the wizard). If I export my personal folders into a PST, it doesn't give me the option to export it in the 97-2002 format. This seems like 2 halves that I have to now put together. When you say "drag & drop", "Copy&paste", etc, am I doing this all within Outlook? I notice that a new "personal folders" icon is added to the bottom of my folder list when I create a data file in 97-2002 format. Is there a place in Outlook help that addresses this situation? Thanks so much for the help on this... "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Any of the usual methods should be fine: Drag and Drop Copy and Paste Select All Copy to Folder... -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "GJ" wrote in message ... OK, I've created the new PST in 97-2002 format. How do I dump my data in there? "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: No. The only program that can access this file is Outlook 2003. If you wanted a PST file that is compatible with earlier versions you would have had to create a new PST file in "Outlook 97-2002" format while in Outlook 2003. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "GJ" wrote in message news You got it. i created the PST file in 2003, and am trying to open it in 2000. To move a pst file like this before (don't remember which version to which version), I would change the name of the default pst (usually mailbox.pst) so that when Outlook opened it would ask me where the pst file is. I'd then direct Outlook to the file I wanted to use. Will this work once I figure out the compatibility issues? GJ "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Sounds like a different problem to me. You need to post details if you need help. You appear to have created an PST file in Outlook 2003 format that you are trying to open in an earlier version. List the exact steps you used and your versions. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "GJ" wrote in message ... Have you gotten this to work yet? I tried Russ' advice & it hasn't worked. I get errors including "...pst is not compatible with this version of the Personal Foldres information service. Contact your Administrator". Thanks "patpend" wrote: i want to copy my contacts in outlook to another computer. i've followed all the directions i can find. i've made a pst file of the contacts and copied it to a cd but when i try to import the data into the other computer, i get an error message saying that the file is not a pst file. why is it not recognizing it as a pst file? what can i do? |
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The 97-2002 file that I created is 265KB while the "exported" file (that
doesn't load into Outlook 2000) is 296MB. I'd think if the 97-2002 file contained everything in my personal folders that it would be much larger. When I open the 97-2002 personal file in outlook, it only contains an empty inbox, deleted items, and search folders icons. If I try to drag the "home" personal folder into the new personal folder, I get an error message that most of the items can't be moved. If I try to right-click the "home" personal folder (with the intention of grabbing everything to copy), copy isn't an option. How can I confirm a pst I've created is in the 97-2002 format? The icon looks the same when I do FileNewOutlook DataFile97-2002 "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: You must create the "Outlook 97-2002" PST file in the Outlook 2003 installation that contains your Outlook 2003 data file. How else would you have any information to copy into it? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "GJ" wrote in message ... I'm a little confused. The new pst file I created in the 97-2002 format is sitting in my desktop, seemingly without the contents of my personal folders (since I only created a new file, but there was no "save" or "copy" function in the wizard). If I export my personal folders into a PST, it doesn't give me the option to export it in the 97-2002 format. This seems like 2 halves that I have to now put together. When you say "drag & drop", "Copy&paste", etc, am I doing this all within Outlook? I notice that a new "personal folders" icon is added to the bottom of my folder list when I create a data file in 97-2002 format. Is there a place in Outlook help that addresses this situation? Thanks so much for the help on this... "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Any of the usual methods should be fine: Drag and Drop Copy and Paste Select All Copy to Folder... -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "GJ" wrote in message ... OK, I've created the new PST in 97-2002 format. How do I dump my data in there? "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: No. The only program that can access this file is Outlook 2003. If you wanted a PST file that is compatible with earlier versions you would have had to create a new PST file in "Outlook 97-2002" format while in Outlook 2003. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "GJ" wrote in message news You got it. i created the PST file in 2003, and am trying to open it in 2000. To move a pst file like this before (don't remember which version to which version), I would change the name of the default pst (usually mailbox.pst) so that when Outlook opened it would ask me where the pst file is. I'd then direct Outlook to the file I wanted to use. Will this work once I figure out the compatibility issues? GJ "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Sounds like a different problem to me. You need to post details if you need help. You appear to have created an PST file in Outlook 2003 format that you are trying to open in an earlier version. List the exact steps you used and your versions. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "GJ" wrote in message ... Have you gotten this to work yet? I tried Russ' advice & it hasn't worked. I get errors including "...pst is not compatible with this version of the Personal Foldres information service. Contact your Administrator". Thanks "patpend" wrote: i want to copy my contacts in outlook to another computer. i've followed all the directions i can find. i've made a pst file of the contacts and copied it to a cd but when i try to import the data into the other computer, i get an error message saying that the file is not a pst file. why is it not recognizing it as a pst file? what can i do? |
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i did move the pst file to my hard drive and the read only attribute was
already removed. "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Did you move the PST file to your hard drive and remove its read only attribute? Do not import the file, open it. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "patpend" wrote in message ... i want to copy my contacts in outlook to another computer. i've followed all the directions i can find. i've made a pst file of the contacts and copied it to a cd but when i try to import the data into the other computer, i get an error message saying that the file is not a pst file. why is it not recognizing it as a pst file? what can i do? |
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Then you must have corrupted the file when you created it.
How did you create it? Exporting is a good way to corrupt it if you then copy it to a CD before you've closed Outlook and disconnected it from the file. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "patpend" wrote in message ... i did move the pst file to my hard drive and the read only attribute was already removed. "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Did you move the PST file to your hard drive and remove its read only attribute? Do not import the file, open it. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "patpend" wrote in message ... i want to copy my contacts in outlook to another computer. i've followed all the directions i can find. i've made a pst file of the contacts and copied it to a cd but when i try to import the data into the other computer, i get an error message saying that the file is not a pst file. why is it not recognizing it as a pst file? what can i do? |
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You cannot copy an entire PST file into another one.
You copy the _contents_ of the Outlook 2003 PST file into the Outlook 97-2002 file you created in the same profile. A 256KB PST file is empty. You obviously copied nothing into it successfully. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "GJ" wrote in message ... The 97-2002 file that I created is 265KB while the "exported" file (that doesn't load into Outlook 2000) is 296MB. I'd think if the 97-2002 file contained everything in my personal folders that it would be much larger. When I open the 97-2002 personal file in outlook, it only contains an empty inbox, deleted items, and search folders icons. If I try to drag the "home" personal folder into the new personal folder, I get an error message that most of the items can't be moved. If I try to right-click the "home" personal folder (with the intention of grabbing everything to copy), copy isn't an option. How can I confirm a pst I've created is in the 97-2002 format? The icon looks the same when I do FileNewOutlook DataFile97-2002 "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: You must create the "Outlook 97-2002" PST file in the Outlook 2003 installation that contains your Outlook 2003 data file. How else would you have any information to copy into it? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "GJ" wrote in message ... I'm a little confused. The new pst file I created in the 97-2002 format is sitting in my desktop, seemingly without the contents of my personal folders (since I only created a new file, but there was no "save" or "copy" function in the wizard). If I export my personal folders into a PST, it doesn't give me the option to export it in the 97-2002 format. This seems like 2 halves that I have to now put together. When you say "drag & drop", "Copy&paste", etc, am I doing this all within Outlook? I notice that a new "personal folders" icon is added to the bottom of my folder list when I create a data file in 97-2002 format. Is there a place in Outlook help that addresses this situation? Thanks so much for the help on this... "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Any of the usual methods should be fine: Drag and Drop Copy and Paste Select All Copy to Folder... -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "GJ" wrote in message ... OK, I've created the new PST in 97-2002 format. How do I dump my data in there? "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: No. The only program that can access this file is Outlook 2003. If you wanted a PST file that is compatible with earlier versions you would have had to create a new PST file in "Outlook 97-2002" format while in Outlook 2003. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "GJ" wrote in message news You got it. i created the PST file in 2003, and am trying to open it in 2000. To move a pst file like this before (don't remember which version to which version), I would change the name of the default pst (usually mailbox.pst) so that when Outlook opened it would ask me where the pst file is. I'd then direct Outlook to the file I wanted to use. Will this work once I figure out the compatibility issues? GJ "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Sounds like a different problem to me. You need to post details if you need help. You appear to have created an PST file in Outlook 2003 format that you are trying to open in an earlier version. List the exact steps you used and your versions. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "GJ" wrote in message ... Have you gotten this to work yet? I tried Russ' advice & it hasn't worked. I get errors including "...pst is not compatible with this version of the Personal Foldres information service. Contact your Administrator". Thanks "patpend" wrote: i want to copy my contacts in outlook to another computer. i've followed all the directions i can find. i've made a pst file of the contacts and copied it to a cd but when i try to import the data into the other computer, i get an error message saying that the file is not a pst file. why is it not recognizing it as a pst file? what can i do? |
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i used the export function inside of outlook as instructed by a link that was
recommended in another thread with the same issue. was that wrong? can you give me directions on how to create the file? or better yet, can you give me full directions for moving my contacts from one computer to another? any help is greatly appreciated. "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Then you must have corrupted the file when you created it. How did you create it? Exporting is a good way to corrupt it if you then copy it to a CD before you've closed Outlook and disconnected it from the file. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "patpend" wrote in message ... i did move the pst file to my hard drive and the read only attribute was already removed. "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Did you move the PST file to your hard drive and remove its read only attribute? Do not import the file, open it. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "patpend" wrote in message ... i want to copy my contacts in outlook to another computer. i've followed all the directions i can find. i've made a pst file of the contacts and copied it to a cd but when i try to import the data into the other computer, i get an error message saying that the file is not a pst file. why is it not recognizing it as a pst file? what can i do? |
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Close Outlook.
Copy the Outlook data file. Only import or export PST files if you need to change file format for use with a different program. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "patpend" wrote in message ... i used the export function inside of outlook as instructed by a link that was recommended in another thread with the same issue. was that wrong? can you give me directions on how to create the file? or better yet, can you give me full directions for moving my contacts from one computer to another? any help is greatly appreciated. "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Then you must have corrupted the file when you created it. How did you create it? Exporting is a good way to corrupt it if you then copy it to a CD before you've closed Outlook and disconnected it from the file. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "patpend" wrote in message ... i did move the pst file to my hard drive and the read only attribute was already removed. "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Did you move the PST file to your hard drive and remove its read only attribute? Do not import the file, open it. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "patpend" wrote in message ... i want to copy my contacts in outlook to another computer. i've followed all the directions i can find. i've made a pst file of the contacts and copied it to a cd but when i try to import the data into the other computer, i get an error message saying that the file is not a pst file. why is it not recognizing it as a pst file? what can i do? |
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