Find and import Contact sub-folders from my old pst file.

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My old hard drive died, but I got my entire Outlook pst file onto a storage
drive. Now when I bring that into my new Outlook, I have all of my old
emails and sub-folders, but my many Contact sub-folders are nowhere to be
seen.
 
How are your "bringing it into Outlook?"
You should never import a PST file.
Just open it. You will find everything it contains and can copy whatever you
want from it.
 
Eddie said:
My old hard drive died, but I got my entire Outlook pst file onto a storage
drive. Now when I bring that into my new Outlook, I have all of my old
emails and sub-folders, but my many Contact sub-folders are nowhere to be
seen.
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I did open it (not import) -- sorry for the imprecise wording. No subfolders
are showing under the main Contact folder.
 
Then you are either opening the wrong PST file or you failed to back up your
PST file correctly.
Opening any PST file will show all the data it contains. Are you using a
view that provides a comprehensive view of your entire folder hierarchy,
such as Folder List view?
 
I never "backed-up" the pst file at all. I merely copied it from its
location on my old C drive to my mass storage G drive. No selections,
subsetting, etc. took place.

All of my many, complicated Inbox subfolders are showing up. But there is
no contact subfoldering at all.



Russ Valentine said:
Then you are either opening the wrong PST file or you failed to back up your
PST file correctly.
Opening any PST file will show all the data it contains. Are you using a
view that provides a comprehensive view of your entire folder hierarchy,
such as Folder List view?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Eddie said:
I did open it (not import) -- sorry for the imprecise wording. No
subfolders
are showing under the main Contact folder.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
What you see is what you copied.
Copying a PST file does not lose any data.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Eddie said:
I never "backed-up" the pst file at all. I merely copied it from its
location on my old C drive to my mass storage G drive. No selections,
subsetting, etc. took place.

All of my many, complicated Inbox subfolders are showing up. But there is
no contact subfoldering at all.



Russ Valentine said:
Then you are either opening the wrong PST file or you failed to back up
your
PST file correctly.
Opening any PST file will show all the data it contains. Are you using a
view that provides a comprehensive view of your entire folder hierarchy,
such as Folder List view?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Eddie said:
I did open it (not import) -- sorry for the imprecise wording. No
subfolders
are showing under the main Contact folder.



:

My old hard drive died, but I got my entire Outlook pst file onto a
storage
drive. Now when I bring that into my new Outlook, I have all of my
old
emails and sub-folders, but my many Contact sub-folders are nowhere to
be
seen.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Where are you looking? The Folder List will give you the most complete view.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



Eddie said:
I never "backed-up" the pst file at all. I merely copied it from its
location on my old C drive to my mass storage G drive. No selections,
subsetting, etc. took place.

All of my many, complicated Inbox subfolders are showing up. But there is
no contact subfoldering at all.



Russ Valentine said:
Then you are either opening the wrong PST file or you failed to back up your
PST file correctly.
Opening any PST file will show all the data it contains. Are you using a
view that provides a comprehensive view of your entire folder hierarchy,
such as Folder List view?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Eddie said:
I did open it (not import) -- sorry for the imprecise wording. No
subfolders
are showing under the main Contact folder.



:

My old hard drive died, but I got my entire Outlook pst file onto a
storage
drive. Now when I bring that into my new Outlook, I have all of my old
emails and sub-folders, but my many Contact sub-folders are nowhere to be
seen.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I am looking in the folder list. No other folders show up under Contacts.
Only the main Contact folder.



Sue Mosher said:
Where are you looking? The Folder List will give you the most complete view.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



Eddie said:
I never "backed-up" the pst file at all. I merely copied it from its
location on my old C drive to my mass storage G drive. No selections,
subsetting, etc. took place.

All of my many, complicated Inbox subfolders are showing up. But there is
no contact subfoldering at all.



Russ Valentine said:
Then you are either opening the wrong PST file or you failed to back up your
PST file correctly.
Opening any PST file will show all the data it contains. Are you using a
view that provides a comprehensive view of your entire folder hierarchy,
such as Folder List view?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I did open it (not import) -- sorry for the imprecise wording. No
subfolders
are showing under the main Contact folder.



:

My old hard drive died, but I got my entire Outlook pst file onto a
storage
drive. Now when I bring that into my new Outlook, I have all of my old
emails and sub-folders, but my many Contact sub-folders are nowhere to be
seen.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Then the logical answer is as Russ said, the folder didn't exist in the file you copied. Outlook doesn't just randomly delete folders from a ..pst file.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



Eddie said:
I am looking in the folder list. No other folders show up under Contacts.
Only the main Contact folder.



Sue Mosher said:
Where are you looking? The Folder List will give you the most complete view.


Eddie said:
I never "backed-up" the pst file at all. I merely copied it from its
location on my old C drive to my mass storage G drive. No selections,
subsetting, etc. took place.

All of my many, complicated Inbox subfolders are showing up. But there is
no contact subfoldering at all.



:

Then you are either opening the wrong PST file or you failed to back up your
PST file correctly.
Opening any PST file will show all the data it contains. Are you using a
view that provides a comprehensive view of your entire folder hierarchy,
such as Folder List view?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I did open it (not import) -- sorry for the imprecise wording. No
subfolders
are showing under the main Contact folder.



:

My old hard drive died, but I got my entire Outlook pst file onto a
storage
drive. Now when I bring that into my new Outlook, I have all of my old
emails and sub-folders, but my many Contact sub-folders are nowhere to be
seen.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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