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Move Outlook .pst files from old XP computer to new Vista comp
That will probably corrupt both the Profile and data file (overwritting
existing) "Nicholas Hall" wrote in message ... 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" wrote in message ... 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" wrote in message ... 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" wrote in message ... 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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Move Outlook .pst files from old XP computer to new Vista comp
Why would it. You use the word "probably",... does it mean you do not know?
NIK "DL" address@invalid wrote in message ... That will probably corrupt both the Profile and data file (overwritting existing) "Nicholas Hall" wrote in message ... 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" wrote in message ... 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" wrote in message ... 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" wrote in message ... 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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Move Outlook .pst files from old XP computer to new Vista comp
"Nicholas Hall" wrote in message
... Why would it. You use the word "probably",... does it mean you do not know? Because it doesn't necessarily, IF you are lucky. The probability of it doing so is quite high however... |
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Move Outlook .pst files from old XP computer to new Vista comp
No, it means experience has show such
And if you view OL groups you will find the same response from MVP's "Nicholas Hall" wrote in message ... Why would it. You use the word "probably",... does it mean you do not know? NIK "DL" address@invalid wrote in message ... That will probably corrupt both the Profile and data file (overwritting existing) "Nicholas Hall" wrote in message ... 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" wrote in message ... 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" wrote in message ... 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" wrote in message ... 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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Move Outlook .pst files from old XP computer to new Vista computer
I too am not a techie, but I have tried copying .pst and then opening, "Open" via menu, etc. Finally got folders, but cannot respond to e-mail or create address book as "wab.dll" cannot be found. Microsoft says to reinstall outlook express?!?!?! I am using Outllook 2000, and moving it over from a XP to Vista machine. But no address book, signature, etc. Copied backup, moved it over and renamed, then reopened. All I got was other copy of folders. How to get address book back? -- hunterabq ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hunterabq's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/114746.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-fil...ent/828713.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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Move Outlook .pst files from old XP computer to new Vista computer
Outlook 2000 is not compatible with Vista
Only outlook 2003 onwards is fully compatible with vista "hunterabq" wrote in message ... I too am not a techie, but I have tried copying .pst and then opening, "Open" via menu, etc. Finally got folders, but cannot respond to e-mail or create address book as "wab.dll" cannot be found. Microsoft says to reinstall outlook express?!?!?! I am using Outllook 2000, and moving it over from a XP to Vista machine. But no address book, signature, etc. Copied backup, moved it over and renamed, then reopened. All I got was other copy of folders. How to get address book back? -- hunterabq ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hunterabq's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/114746.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-fil...ent/828713.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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Move Outlook .pst files from old XP computer to new Vista computer
Read the following concerning your issue
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/vista.htm Apart from that issue as described above Outlook 2000 in Office 2000 will work on Vista as shown in the below MS KB. Outlook stand alone and not in the Office suite is another story and refer to the post by DL in this thread. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932087/en-us -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "hunterabq" wrote in message ... I too am not a techie, but I have tried copying .pst and then opening, "Open" via menu, etc. Finally got folders, but cannot respond to e-mail or create address book as "wab.dll" cannot be found. Microsoft says to reinstall outlook express?!?!?! I am using Outllook 2000, and moving it over from a XP to Vista machine. But no address book, signature, etc. Copied backup, moved it over and renamed, then reopened. All I got was other copy of folders. How to get address book back? -- hunterabq ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hunterabq's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/114746.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-fil...ent/828713.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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