How can I link a .pst contact file to another Outlook application.

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After I transferred an outlook.pst file (Outlook XP 2002) from my old
computer to a new computer, my old e-mail messages appeared and the contact
list appeared. However, when I attempt to create a new message and click on
"To" to access my address book, I get the message:
The address list could not be displayed. The Contacts folder associated with
this address list could not be opened; it may have been moved or deleted, or
you do not have permissions. For information on how to remove this folder,
from the Outlook Address Book, see Microsoft Outlook Help.
I don't want to remove it, I want to access the Address Book when I create
new messages. Can you help explain how to access the Address Book from
creating a new message?
Thank you.
 
The connection that permits the Outlook Address Book to display the
contents of your Contacts Folder is fragile and easily corrupted. There
are 2 key components for the Outlook Address Book to work. First, the
Outlook Address Book Service must exist in the Outlook Profile. Second,
any Contacts Folder you want it to display must be enabled as an "email
address book" in its properties.

It is not unusual for the Outlook Address Book to “lose track†of this
connection to its Contacts Folder when you move your data file, update
your Outlook version or update your operating system. It may also retain
outdated links to Contact Folders that it can no longer find whereupon
it will display the alarming but unhelpful message the "Contacts Folder
is no longer available and cannot be displayed." The steps to repair or
reset this connection differ with each version. Sometimes brute force is
required to correct the settings by removing the Outlook Address Book
service completely from the Outlook Profile, closing Outlook, and then
re-adding it.

Go to Tools | Email Accounts, choose View or change existing directories
or address book. Is the Outlook Address Book present? If not, back up a
step and follow the steps to add it. If it is listed, then make sure
your Contacts Folder is enabled as an email address book as above. More
details for these current versions is available here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;287563&Product=ol2002
 
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