Copying contacts (verify)

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I need to format my laptop which has Vista and Office Professional 2003 and I
would like to verity how to copy my contacts and know how to copy them back
before I have formatted. I have done this before many years ago and ended up
with 3 or 4 contacts list and I dont want to do that again.

I located the .pst file in
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\ and have copied it onto a
CD since I will be formatting.

Once I format (this I am not entirely sure I am correct)
Put a copy of the .pst file from the CD in the same location as above. I am
assuming it will ask me if I want to override and say yes.

I saw Russ post this to someone else and I am assuming this is done once I
copy the .pst file as stated above?

To use a PST file from an earlier installation and set it to be the default
for your current installation of Outlook:
- Go to Tools > Options > Mail Setup > Data Files > Add...
- Add the PST you'd like as your new default, then Close > OK to exit the
Options dialog
- Go to Tools > E-mail Accounts > View or change existing e-mail accounts
- Select the PST you just added in the "Deliver New e-mail to the following
location" dropdown (it will most likely appear just below the current
default Personal Folders file) > Finish
- Exit and Restart Outlook
- You can now close the previous default PST (R-click on that pst folder
while in Folder View and select "Close <foldername> Folders"). If you have
any information in your former PST that you'd like to transfer to your new
default PST, you can drag and drop from one to the other before you close
the old one.
 
I located the .pst file in
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\ and have copied it onto
a
CD since I will be formatting.
Correct


Once I format (this I am not entirely sure I am correct)
Put a copy of the .pst file from the CD in the same location as above. I
am
assuming it will ask me if I want to override and say yes.
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NOT correct. Copy the pst file to anywhere EXCEPT the default location.
To use a PST file from an earlier installation and set it to be the
default
for your current installation of Outlook:
- Go to Tools > Options > Mail Setup > Data Files > Add...
- Add the PST you'd like as your new default, then Close > OK to exit the
Options dialog
- Go to Tools > E-mail Accounts > View or change existing e-mail accounts
- Select the PST you just added in the "Deliver New e-mail to the
following
location" dropdown (it will most likely appear just below the current
default Personal Folders file) > Finish
- Exit and Restart Outlook
- You can now close the previous default PST (R-click on that pst folder
while in Folder View and select "Close <foldername> Folders"). If you have
any information in your former PST that you'd like to transfer to your new
default PST, you can drag and drop from one to the other before you close
the old one.
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Correct.
 
Thank you very Gordon.

Ok so I'll copy it to my documents since the .pst file will need to remain
otherwise everything will be lot. Out of curiosity, on a fresh install of
outlook 2003 there is a .pst file from microsoft, if you delete that .pst
file and then put one you copied in its place what will happen? I am
definately not going to do because I don't need the frustration but I am
curious why this approach would not work.
Sheila
 
sheila4typing said:
Thank you very Gordon.

Ok so I'll copy it to my documents since the .pst file will need to remain
otherwise everything will be lot. Out of curiosity, on a fresh install of
outlook 2003 there is a .pst file from microsoft, if you delete that .pst
file and then put one you copied in its place what will happen? I
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If you overwrite or otherwise change a pst file outside of Outlook or the
Mail applet in Control Panel you run the (considerable) risk of either
corrupting the pst file or corrupting the Mail profile, or both!
 
Precisely. Deleting an existing PST and replacing it with another will not
connect it properly to the Outlook profile.
 
Thank you Gordon and Russ for your help.
I finally have this computer formatted. WOW is all I have to say.

Russ Valentine said:
Precisely. Deleting an existing PST and replacing it with another will not
connect it properly to the Outlook profile.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
sheila4typing said:
Thank you very Gordon.

Ok so I'll copy it to my documents since the .pst file will need to remain
otherwise everything will be lot. Out of curiosity, on a fresh install of
outlook 2003 there is a .pst file from microsoft, if you delete that .pst
file and then put one you copied in its place what will happen? I am
definately not going to do because I don't need the frustration but I am
curious why this approach would not work.
Sheila
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