Message Body missing in Outlook 2000

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Alj

Hi,
I have just copied my pst files from one WinXP pro pc with
Office 2000 to another pc with Win2000Pro and Office 2000.

However when I access the pst file from Outlook, I cannot
view the message body. I can however see part of the
contents with the preview option and I can also see the
attachemnts.

Can anybody help?
thks
 
Instead of copying the files, use the new PC to try mporting them from the
old .pst files. You may have to get rid of the garbage .pst files on the
2000Pro system caused by the copy and then reinstall Outlook to establish
the baseline files into which you can import the data.

It's possible that the different OS makes the .pst files not readable
directly, which may mean importing is the only solution. That's what it's
there for anyway.

File > Import and Export > Import from another program or file > Personal
Folder File (.pst). Then browse for the old file and just follow the rest
of the wizard.
 
import = bad. it loses views and custom forms and screws up archiving.

the os does not affect the pst. the version of IE can affect the view of
HTML messages - there is a known issue when some don't render properly with
certain builds of IE. Another possible cause is the version of Outlook and
editor that created the messages.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours


http://www.poremsky.com - http://www.cdolive.com
Expert Zone http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

Search for answers: http://groups.google.com
Most recent posts to the Outlook newsgroups:
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I wasn't aware a .pst worked "as is" in all operating systems. Thanks,
Diane!


Diane Poremsky said:
import = bad. it loses views and custom forms and screws up archiving.

the os does not affect the pst. the version of IE can affect the view of
HTML messages - there is a known issue when some don't render properly with
certain builds of IE. Another possible cause is the version of Outlook and
editor that created the messages.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours


http://www.poremsky.com - http://www.cdolive.com
Expert Zone http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

Search for answers: http://groups.google.com
Most recent posts to the Outlook newsgroups:
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_ugroup=microsoft.public.outlook.*&num=30


Lorien said:
Instead of copying the files, use the new PC to try mporting them from the
old .pst files. You may have to get rid of the garbage .pst files on the
2000Pro system caused by the copy and then reinstall Outlook to establish
the baseline files into which you can import the data.

It's possible that the different OS makes the .pst files not readable
directly, which may mean importing is the only solution. That's what it's
there for anyway.

File > Import and Export > Import from another program or file > Personal
Folder File (.pst). Then browse for the old file and just follow the rest
of the wizard.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I wasn't aware a .pst worked "as is" in all operating systems.

The PST's format is the same for Office 97 through Office XP. With Office
2003, Outlook has a new PST format to eliminate the 2 Gb limit, but it can
also use the old PST format.
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-aerospace.com is the domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't speak for me.
 
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