Importing contacts

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I have copyied my contacts from one computer and am trying to import into
another. When I select import and excel. It asks me for a destination folder
but there are no folders to select.
 
There's no information here.
Explain your steps more clearly. Include your Outlook version. State what
information store your Outlook profile is using.
 
I am using Outlook 2003. I do not know what you mean by information store. I
have taken my task list and my contacts from one computer (doing an export to
excel) and am trying to import it to another computer.

To import:

I am selecting "import from another program or file"
then selecting " Excel" as the file that I am importing
I then select (from my hard drive my file)
It then displays a screen that says "Import a file" and "Select destination
folder"
But there is nothing to select. There are no folders listed.
I think I have a problem with my Outlook.

Russ Valentine said:
There's no information here.
Explain your steps more clearly. Include your Outlook version. State what
information store your Outlook profile is using.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
webladynor said:
I have copyied my contacts from one computer and am trying to import into
another. When I select import and excel. It asks me for a destination
folder
but there are no folders to select.
Click to expand...
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You should never use export and import to transfer Outlook data.
The file you need is your Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's where all the
mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored.

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/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx



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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
webladynor said:
I am using Outlook 2003. I do not know what you mean by information store.
I
have taken my task list and my contacts from one computer (doing an export
to
excel) and am trying to import it to another computer.

To import:

I am selecting "import from another program or file"
then selecting " Excel" as the file that I am importing
I then select (from my hard drive my file)
It then displays a screen that says "Import a file" and "Select
destination
folder"
But there is nothing to select. There are no folders listed.
I think I have a problem with my Outlook.

Russ Valentine said:
There's no information here.
Explain your steps more clearly. Include your Outlook version. State what
information store your Outlook profile is using.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
webladynor said:
I have copyied my contacts from one computer and am trying to import
into
another. When I select import and excel. It asks me for a destination
folder
but there are no folders to select.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Thank You! I can't wait to try it.

Russ Valentine said:
You should never use export and import to transfer Outlook data.
The file you need is your Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's where all the
mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored.

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/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx



--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
webladynor said:
I am using Outlook 2003. I do not know what you mean by information store.
I
have taken my task list and my contacts from one computer (doing an export
to
excel) and am trying to import it to another computer.

To import:

I am selecting "import from another program or file"
then selecting " Excel" as the file that I am importing
I then select (from my hard drive my file)
It then displays a screen that says "Import a file" and "Select
destination
folder"
But there is nothing to select. There are no folders listed.
I think I have a problem with my Outlook.

Russ Valentine said:
There's no information here.
Explain your steps more clearly. Include your Outlook version. State what
information store your Outlook profile is using.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have copyied my contacts from one computer and am trying to import
into
another. When I select import and excel. It asks me for a destination
folder
but there are no folders to select.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I have encountered the same problem and need a solution. Office 2003 Pro was
installed on a machine with XP Media & Office 2003 STD trial preinstalled.
Then Outlook 2003 was installed using a personal folders file . Everything
else apparently works (and has for over a year). When I try to import an
Excel spreadsheet of contacts into a folder, I get to the "select destination
folder" screen and there is no directory tree displayed. I can do the import
on another machine on my net and connect to it's PST file and copy the folder
to my PST just fine.

I did uninstall the office 2003 std, and uninstalled and reinstalled the
office 2003 pro & outlook 2003 with no improvement.

--jb
Jon Broyles

Russ Valentine said:
There's no information here.
Explain your steps more clearly. Include your Outlook version. State what
information store your Outlook profile is using.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
webladynor said:
I have copyied my contacts from one computer and am trying to import into
another. When I select import and excel. It asks me for a destination
folder
but there are no folders to select.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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