Nicholas Hall

Why would it. You use the word "probably",... does it mean you do not know?

NIK

"DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message
news:OxrpmOUhIHA.4436@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> That will probably corrupt both the Profile and data file (overwritting
> existing)
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> "Nicholas Hall" <niknikNOSPAM1971@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:ORVBDoQhIHA.1132@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Start Outlook and set up your email account.
>>
>> Close Outlook
>>
>> Copy the .pst file
>>
>> Go to C:\Users\REPLACE WITH YOUR ACCOUNT
>> NAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\
>>
>> Paste the .pst file here
>>
>> Job done.
>>
>> NIK
>>
>> "Crausch" <Crausch@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:36413776-513B-4144-A317-888C30DC693E@microsoft.com...
>>> Darwin,
>>> I'm not sure where you are at, but this is an explanation I made for a
>>> friend with a new computer from my notes when I did the migration, and
>>> they
>>> worked for him.
>>> Like I said, I'm not a Techie, so I might not explain everything quite
>>> right.
>>>
>>> Migrating Outlook Files to a new computer:
>>>
>>> To get to your Outlook files in Explorer you have to find the box to
>>> 'include hidden files' (in XP I think it was 'show'). I believe it is
>>> in the
>>> regular View menu in Explorer in XP.
>>> To view hidden folders in Explorer on your Vista computer
>>> Tools/folder options/View/display hidden files
>>>
>>> If you search for your Outlook files, search for *.pst and you will
>>> not
>>> find them unless you include hidden files. Everything (mail, contacts,
>>> calendar) was in one .pst file on both computers. If you use shared
>>> Outlook
>>> files, I think you also need to find *.pab files, and I'm not sure what
>>> you
>>> do with them.
>>> If I remember right, the .pst files are in the Outlook Program folder
>>> in
>>> both XP and Vista, however, the folder path to them is different.
>>> Unless
>>> you've created your own file, I'm pretty sure it is called outlook.pst
>>> in
>>> both XP and Vista.
>>> You need to get your *.pst folder from your old computer into your
>>> Personel Folder on the new computer , and the default for Personal
>>> Folders
>>> is Outlook.pst on your new Vista computer.
>>> The path in Vista where it stores the outlook file is:
>>> Your computer name\Users\your user name\my outlook\outlook.pst
>>> If you can avoid it, do not set up e-mail on your new computer until you
>>> have done this, because you will lose all of that when you replace it
>>> with
>>> the folder from your old computer. You want the outlook file to stay
>>> empty,
>>> and if you set it up, it will start receiving e-mails. Since I set up
>>> and
>>> received e-mails on my new computer right away, I created newoutlook.pst
>>> on
>>> my Vista computer and moved my outlook files from my old computer into
>>> it.
>>> I remember that I had to tell Outlook to open this file as my personal
>>> folders, and I don't remember how I did that. It may have just come up
>>> the
>>> first time I opened Outlook after I created the new file, and Outlook
>>> was
>>> confused because it only expected to find one *.pst file. So it asked
>>> me the
>>> name of my Personal Folder file.
>>> I did have a problem in that my new Personal Folder showed up all the
>>> way at
>>> the bottom of the list of folders in Outlook, and actually went to a
>>> second
>>> page. So I did a lot of farting around because I didn't think it was
>>> excepting my new file, when all that happened was I couldn't see it!
>>> Later I was able to drop and drag the mail that had arrived in the Vista
>>> Personal Folders into my personal folder just in Outlook. However, if
>>> you
>>> have calendar or contacts to merge, I'm not sure how that would work.
>>> There was a lot of discussion on the forum, and discrepancies in
>>> articles on
>>> how to physically move the *.pst files. I believe neither backup/restore
>>> nor
>>> import/export will take all of the hidden files you need with them. I
>>> know I
>>> just dropped and dragged the outlook.pst file to a flash drive in
>>> Explorer on
>>> my old computer, and then I think I did a SAVE AS on the new computer.
>>> Your computer name\Users\your user name\my outlook\outlook.pst
>>> Replace outlook.pst with the name that you saved the file as on your
>>> Vista
>>> computer. Russ Valentine does address this in his posts to me using
>>> the
>>> Outlook installation using the command.
>>> File > Open > Outlook data file
>>>
>>> I used the three web sites that Russ recommended to come up with this
>>> procedure.
>>>
>>> I hope it helps, and I'm not giving you any bad advice. I have not had
>>> any
>>> problems with Outlook on my Vista computer.
>>> Good luck!
>>>
>>> "Darwin Akins" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Did the last option work? I am faced with the same problem. I
>>>> transferred all
>>>> files from old computer with XP to new Computer with Vista using Easy
>>>> Transfer Wizard and a crossove cable. Everything works fine except
>>>> OUTLOOK
>>>>
>>>> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Unfortunately, Microsoft has made migrating Outlook data a near
>>>> > impossibility. Not only do its "Wizards" not work, the correct
>>>> > procedure is
>>>> > so counterintuitive that no one guesses it one the first ten tries.
>>>> > --
>>>> > Russ Valentine
>>>> > [MVP-Outlook]
>>>> > "Crausch" <Crausch@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> > news:1EF274B1-BE94-4E61-9BD7-79332B01E5B6@microsoft.com...
>>>> > > Thankyou, I will try it and let you know how it goes. With the time
>>>> > > I've
>>>> > > spent on this, I could have manually rebuilt my calendar, 4 contact
>>>> > > folders,
>>>> > > and copied my correspondence off into text files!
>>>> > >
>>>> > > "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>>>> > >
>>>> > >> What "backup Wizard" did you use?
>>>> > >> Microsoft's instructions on this process are not correct. You
>>>> > >> should not
>>>> > >> move your data file to Outlook's default folder.
>>>> > >> All you need to do is make a copy of your Outlook data file using
>>>> > >> Windows
>>>> > >> Explorer (avoid using anything process with the word "Wizard"),
>>>> > >> place
>>>> > >> that
>>>> > >> file on your new hard drive in any location but Outlook's default
>>>> > >> folder
>>>> > >> (like where you store your other data), then open the file in your
>>>> > >> new
>>>> > >> Outlook installation using the File > Open > Outlook data file
>>>> > >> command.
>>>> > >> Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup or
>>>> > >> transfer:
>>>> > >> http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
>>>> > >> http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
>>>> > >> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...771141033.aspx
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> --
>>>> > >> Russ Valentine
>>>> > >> [MVP-Outlook]
>>>> > >> "Crausch" <Crausch@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> > >> news:44BF7219-047B-4FF2-9664-5E8634854590@microsoft.com...
>>>> > >> > Let's start by saying I'm not a techie, and I work out of my
>>>> > >> > home, so
>>>> > >> > please
>>>> > >> > explain things SIMPLY to me, because I've got no one to ask. I
>>>> > >> > have
>>>> > >> > been
>>>> > >> > working for two Days to figure out how to move my outlook mail
>>>> > >> > files,
>>>> > >> > contacts and calendar from my old XP, Office 2003 computer to my
>>>> > >> > new
>>>> > >> > Vista,
>>>> > >> > Office 2007 computer . The Microsoft help page says to backup
>>>> > >> > your
>>>> > >> > outlook.pst files to an external device, and then use Explorer
>>>> > >> > to move
>>>> > >> > them
>>>> > >> > to drive:\Documents and settings\<user>\Local
>>>> > >> > Settings\application\Microsoft\Outlook folder. However when I
>>>> > >> > used the
>>>> > >> > backup wizard to put the files on my external hard drive, it
>>>> > >> > would not
>>>> > >> > let
>>>> > >> > me
>>>> > >> > open the Outlook folder on my XP computer, so I backed up the
>>>> > >> > whole
>>>> > >> > Outlook
>>>> > >> > folder. But I can't open my backup copy to get just the .pst
>>>> > >> > file to
>>>> > >> > move
>>>> > >> > it to the Outook folder on my Vista computer. So I figure I
>>>> > >> > need to
>>>> > >> > restore
>>>> > >> > the old Outlook folder onto my external drive and plug it into
>>>> > >> > my new
>>>> > >> > Visa
>>>> > >> > computer so I can open the folder on my new computer, and move
>>>> > >> > just the
>>>> > >> > .pst
>>>> > >> > file to the Outlook folder on the new Vista computer. Is this
>>>> > >> > a good
>>>> > >> > assumption or is there a better way? Thank you for any help you
>>>> > >> > can
>>>> > >> > give
>>>> > >> > me.
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >>
>>>> >
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