Migrating from Outlook 2007 Beta 2 TR to Outlook 2007 Retail

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Hello Everyone and thanks for your help in advance!

I need to uninstall the Outlook 2007 Beta 2 TR from my computer (along
with the rest of Office) and then install the new released retail
version of Office 2007.

I can't think of any issues that I might have with the rest of office.
But I am worried about the Outlook portion. Only in the sense that I
don't want to loose my old email! This is not exchange ... simply
multiple POP email accounts.

Will backing up the mail to a .pst work? Do I need to create a .pst
for each POP account or does one .pst do it all? Does doing this save
all of my personal folders too? Do I need to print off all of my
emails before doing this?

Thanks! Your advise and experience is appreciated?

Charles L. Simpson
 
Your mail already *is* in a .pst file. No need to create another. Back it up if you want to be extra careful.

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

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

So after I reinstall Outlook 2007 I simply need to import the .pst file
that I saved before I uninstalled the previous version?

Thanks

Charles L. Simpson
 
No! Importing is bad, bad, bad! You shouldn't need to do anything at all. Removing Outlook does not touch your mail profile settings. If you want to create a new mail profile anyway, use your existing .pst file as its default store.

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

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

I want to make sure that I understand. Here are the steps that I think
you are saying.

1. Uninstall Office 2007 Beta 2 TR
2. Install Office 2007 Ultimate

Thats it? When I open Outlook my old mail and settings will be there?
My mail accounts are POP, not exchange.

Thanks. You have been very helpful!

Charles L. Simpson
------------------------------------
CharlesSimpson.com
No! Importing is bad, bad, bad! You shouldn't need to do anything at all. Removing Outlook does not touch your mail profile settings. If you want to create a new mail profile anyway, use your existing .pst file as its default store.

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

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
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That should be all it takes. Worst case is that you'll need to create a new mail profile.

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

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


chasquad said:
Thanks Sue

I want to make sure that I understand. Here are the steps that I think
you are saying.

1. Uninstall Office 2007 Beta 2 TR
2. Install Office 2007 Ultimate

Thats it? When I open Outlook my old mail and settings will be there?
My mail accounts are POP, not exchange.

Thanks. You have been very helpful!

Charles L. Simpson
------------------------------------
CharlesSimpson.com
No! Importing is bad, bad, bad! You shouldn't need to do anything at all. Removing Outlook does not touch your mail profile settings. If you want to create a new mail profile anyway, use your existing .pst file as its default store.

chasquad said:
Thanks Sue

So after I reinstall Outlook 2007 I simply need to import the .pst file
that I saved before I uninstalled the previous version?

Thanks

Charles L. Simpson
----------------------------
CharlesSimpson.com

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
Your mail already *is* in a .pst file. No need to create another. Back it up if you want to be extra careful.
Click to expand...
Hello Everyone and thanks for your help in advance!

I need to uninstall the Outlook 2007 Beta 2 TR from my computer (along
with the rest of Office) and then install the new released retail
version of Office 2007.

I can't think of any issues that I might have with the rest of office.
But I am worried about the Outlook portion. Only in the sense that I
don't want to loose my old email! This is not exchange ... simply
multiple POP email accounts.

Will backing up the mail to a .pst work? Do I need to create a ..pst
for each POP account or does one .pst do it all? Does doing this save
all of my personal folders too? Do I need to print off all of my
emails before doing this?

Thanks! Your advise and experience is appreciated?

Charles L. Simpson
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Hello Sue:

Very helpful indeed.Here is another twist to it: I formatted my harddrive on
which 2003 outlook was pre-installed. I saved psts externally. I did not have
any recovery cds before formatting. I re-installed XP SP2 and XP office - and
thus I had 2002 outlook and I could not import (or File>Open>outlook data
file>browse) the formerly saved PSTs. What suggestion do you have? Does it
make sense to use the 2007 trial version, buy outlook or something else that
will allow me to make use of outlook 2003 files?

Thanks.

Sue Mosher said:
That should be all it takes. Worst case is that you'll need to create a new mail profile.

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

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


chasquad said:
Thanks Sue

I want to make sure that I understand. Here are the steps that I think
you are saying.

1. Uninstall Office 2007 Beta 2 TR
2. Install Office 2007 Ultimate

Thats it? When I open Outlook my old mail and settings will be there?
My mail accounts are POP, not exchange.

Thanks. You have been very helpful!

Charles L. Simpson
------------------------------------
CharlesSimpson.com
No! Importing is bad, bad, bad! You shouldn't need to do anything at all. Removing Outlook does not touch your mail profile settings. If you want to create a new mail profile anyway, use your existing .pst file as its default store.

Thanks Sue

So after I reinstall Outlook 2007 I simply need to import the .pst file
that I saved before I uninstalled the previous version?

Thanks

Charles L. Simpson
----------------------------
CharlesSimpson.com

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
Your mail already *is* in a .pst file. No need to create another. Back it up if you want to be extra careful.


Hello Everyone and thanks for your help in advance!

I need to uninstall the Outlook 2007 Beta 2 TR from my computer (along
with the rest of Office) and then install the new released retail
version of Office 2007.

I can't think of any issues that I might have with the rest of office.
But I am worried about the Outlook portion. Only in the sense that I
don't want to loose my old email! This is not exchange ... simply
multiple POP email accounts.

Will backing up the mail to a .pst work? Do I need to create a ..pst
for each POP account or does one .pst do it all? Does doing this save
all of my personal folders too? Do I need to print off all of my
emails before doing this?

Thanks! Your advise and experience is appreciated?

Charles L. Simpson
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You will need to use either Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007 to access a ..pst file created in the new Unicode format with Outlook 2003 or later.

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

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