MIGRATING *.PST FILES FROM OUTLOOK 2000 TO OUTLOOK 2003

[Guest]

I am setting up a new PC with Office 2003 under WinXP. My old PC runs Office
2000 also under WinXP with SP2. I have migrated my Outlook 2000 *.pst files
(Outlook and Archive) to c:\documents and settings\<user>\local
settings\application data\microsoft\outlook. I have tried both
"file>open>outlook data file " and importing the *pst file. In both cases I
get a message that "the file (*.pst) is not a personal folders file".

I set up a new profile after installation as advised by Help and Support
and Outlook is working OK in all other respects. I have successfully
migrated my calendar, tasks and contacts by exporting and importing them as
*.csv files, but I badly need access to my recent and archived e-mails. It
would also be helpful to be able to migrate Rules which are presumably in the
Outlook file.

Very grateful for any assistance.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Why didn't you just do what the Help files tell you to do?
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

 

[Guest]

Russ,

Tx for response. I've already visited that help file and have complied with
it - in fact just read it through again to be sure!

Why didn't you just do what the Help files tell you to do?
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I am setting up a new PC with Office 2003 under WinXP. My old PC runs
Office
2000 also under WinXP with SP2. I have migrated my Outlook 2000 *.pst
files
(Outlook and Archive) to c:\documents and settings\<user>\local
settings\application data\microsoft\outlook. I have tried both
"file>open>outlook data file " and importing the *pst file. In both
cases I
get a message that "the file (*.pst) is not a personal folders file".

I set up a new profile after installation as advised by Help and Support
and Outlook is working OK in all other respects. I have successfully
migrated my calendar, tasks and contacts by exporting and importing them
as
*.csv files, but I badly need access to my recent and archived e-mails.
It
would also be helpful to be able to migrate Rules which are presumably in
the
Outlook file.

Very grateful for any assistance.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

If you had, then all your data would be intact.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ,

Tx for response. I've already visited that help file and have complied
with
it - in fact just read it through again to be sure!

Why didn't you just do what the Help files tell you to do?
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I am setting up a new PC with Office 2003 under WinXP. My old PC runs
Office
2000 also under WinXP with SP2. I have migrated my Outlook 2000 *.pst
files
(Outlook and Archive) to c:\documents and settings\<user>\local
settings\application data\microsoft\outlook. I have tried both
"file>open>outlook data file " and importing the *pst file. In both
cases I
get a message that "the file (*.pst) is not a personal folders file".

I set up a new profile after installation as advised by Help and
Support
and Outlook is working OK in all other respects. I have successfully
migrated my calendar, tasks and contacts by exporting and importing
them
as
*.csv files, but I badly need access to my recent and archived e-mails.
It
would also be helpful to be able to migrate Rules which are presumably
in
the
Outlook file.

Very grateful for any assistance.

 

[Guest]

Russ,

I have carefully been through the process yet again per the referenced help
file - I still get the same message for the Outlook data file ie that it is
"not a personal folders file". However Outlook 2003 now opens the archive.pst
file which I migrated at the same time and by the same process. I can't see
any difference in the properties of the 2 files. I have also tried renaming
Outlook.pst but that makes no difference.

So my recent data may be intact in Outlook.pst but I can't access it.

Grateful for any further help you can give.

If you had, then all your data would be intact.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ,

Tx for response. I've already visited that help file and have complied
with
it - in fact just read it through again to be sure!

Why didn't you just do what the Help files tell you to do?
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I am setting up a new PC with Office 2003 under WinXP. My old PC runs
Office
2000 also under WinXP with SP2. I have migrated my Outlook 2000 *.pst
files
(Outlook and Archive) to c:\documents and settings\<user>\local
settings\application data\microsoft\outlook. I have tried both
"file>open>outlook data file " and importing the *pst file. In both
cases I
get a message that "the file (*.pst) is not a personal folders file".

I set up a new profile after installation as advised by Help and
Support
and Outlook is working OK in all other respects. I have successfully
migrated my calendar, tasks and contacts by exporting and importing
them
as
*.csv files, but I badly need access to my recent and archived e-mails.
It
would also be helpful to be able to migrate Rules which are presumably
in
the
Outlook file.

Very grateful for any assistance.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

How did you transfer this PST file?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ,

I have carefully been through the process yet again per the referenced
help
file - I still get the same message for the Outlook data file ie that it
is
"not a personal folders file". However Outlook 2003 now opens the
archive.pst
file which I migrated at the same time and by the same process. I can't
see
any difference in the properties of the 2 files. I have also tried
renaming
Outlook.pst but that makes no difference.

So my recent data may be intact in Outlook.pst but I can't access it.

Grateful for any further help you can give.

If you had, then all your data would be intact.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ,

Tx for response. I've already visited that help file and have complied
with
it - in fact just read it through again to be sure!

:

Why didn't you just do what the Help files tell you to do?
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I am setting up a new PC with Office 2003 under WinXP. My old PC runs
Office
2000 also under WinXP with SP2. I have migrated my Outlook 2000
*.pst
files
(Outlook and Archive) to c:\documents and settings\<user>\local
settings\application data\microsoft\outlook. I have tried both
"file>open>outlook data file " and importing the *pst file. In
both
cases I
get a message that "the file (*.pst) is not a personal folders
file".

I set up a new profile after installation as advised by Help and
Support
and Outlook is working OK in all other respects. I have
successfully
migrated my calendar, tasks and contacts by exporting and importing
them
as
*.csv files, but I badly need access to my recent and archived
e-mails.
It
would also be helpful to be able to migrate Rules which are
presumably
in
the
Outlook file.

Very grateful for any assistance.

 

[Guest]

Russ,

I copied the archive and outlook *.pst files to a CD-RW and transferred
that to the new PC. I've also tried the Windows "files and settings transfer
wizard" via an ethernet link between the 2 PC's. This transferred all my
other data files OK and placed outlook.pst and archive.pst in the correct
folder .

How did you transfer this PST file?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ,

I have carefully been through the process yet again per the referenced
help
file - I still get the same message for the Outlook data file ie that it
is
"not a personal folders file". However Outlook 2003 now opens the
archive.pst
file which I migrated at the same time and by the same process. I can't
see
any difference in the properties of the 2 files. I have also tried
renaming
Outlook.pst but that makes no difference.

So my recent data may be intact in Outlook.pst but I can't access it.

Grateful for any further help you can give.

If you had, then all your data would be intact.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Russ,

Tx for response. I've already visited that help file and have complied
with
it - in fact just read it through again to be sure!

:

Why didn't you just do what the Help files tell you to do?
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I am setting up a new PC with Office 2003 under WinXP. My old PC runs
Office
2000 also under WinXP with SP2. I have migrated my Outlook 2000
*.pst
files
(Outlook and Archive) to c:\documents and settings\<user>\local
settings\application data\microsoft\outlook. I have tried both
"file>open>outlook data file " and importing the *pst file. In
both
cases I
get a message that "the file (*.pst) is not a personal folders
file".

I set up a new profile after installation as advised by Help and
Support
and Outlook is working OK in all other respects. I have
successfully
migrated my calendar, tasks and contacts by exporting and importing
them
as
*.csv files, but I badly need access to my recent and archived
e-mails.
It
would also be helpful to be able to migrate Rules which are
presumably
in
the
Outlook file.

Very grateful for any assistance.

 

[Guest]

Russ,

I copied the archive and outlook *.pst files to a CD-RW and transferred
that to the new PC. I've also tried the Windows "files and settings transfer
wizard" via an ethernet link between the 2 PC's. This transferred all my
other data files OK and placed outlook.pst and archive.pst in the correct
folder .

How did you transfer this PST file?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ,

I have carefully been through the process yet again per the referenced
help
file - I still get the same message for the Outlook data file ie that it
is
"not a personal folders file". However Outlook 2003 now opens the
archive.pst
file which I migrated at the same time and by the same process. I can't
see
any difference in the properties of the 2 files. I have also tried
renaming
Outlook.pst but that makes no difference.

So my recent data may be intact in Outlook.pst but I can't access it.

Grateful for any further help you can give.



:

If you had, then all your data would be intact.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Russ,

Tx for response. I've already visited that help file and have complied
with
it - in fact just read it through again to be sure!

:

Why didn't you just do what the Help files tell you to do?
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I am setting up a new PC with Office 2003 under WinXP. My old PC runs
Office
2000 also under WinXP with SP2. I have migrated my Outlook 2000
*.pst
files
(Outlook and Archive) to c:\documents and settings\<user>\local
settings\application data\microsoft\outlook. I have tried both
"file>open>outlook data file " and importing the *pst file. In
both
cases I
get a message that "the file (*.pst) is not a personal folders
file".

I set up a new profile after installation as advised by Help and
Support
and Outlook is working OK in all other respects. I have
successfully
migrated my calendar, tasks and contacts by exporting and importing
them
as
*.csv files, but I badly need access to my recent and archived
e-mails.
It
would also be helpful to be able to migrate Rules which are
presumably
in
the
Outlook file.

Very grateful for any assistance.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP Outlook]]

Did you remember to remove the read only attribute from these files
after you transferred them to a hard drive?
------
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ,

I copied the archive and outlook *.pst files to a CD-RW and transferred
that to the new PC. I've also tried the Windows "files and settings transfer
wizard" via an ethernet link between the 2 PC's. This transferred all my
other data files OK and placed outlook.pst and archive.pst in the correct
folder .



:

How did you transfer this PST file?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ,

I have carefully been through the process yet again per the referenced
help
file - I still get the same message for the Outlook data file ie that it
is
"not a personal folders file". However Outlook 2003 now opens the
archive.pst
file which I migrated at the same time and by the same process. I can't
see
any difference in the properties of the 2 files. I have also tried
renaming
Outlook.pst but that makes no difference.

So my recent data may be intact in Outlook.pst but I can't access it.

Grateful for any further help you can give.



:


If you had, then all your data would be intact.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ,

Tx for response. I've already visited that help file and have complied
with
it - in fact just read it through again to be sure!

:


Why didn't you just do what the Help files tell you to do?
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I am setting up a new PC with Office 2003 under WinXP. My old PC runs
Office
2000 also under WinXP with SP2. I have migrated my Outlook 2000
*.pst
files
(Outlook and Archive) to c:\documents and settings\<user>\local
settings\application data\microsoft\outlook. I have tried both
"file>open>outlook data file " and importing the *pst file. In
both
cases I
get a message that "the file (*.pst) is not a personal folders
file".

I set up a new profile after installation as advised by Help and
Support
and Outlook is working OK in all other respects. I have
successfully
migrated my calendar, tasks and contacts by exporting and importing
them
as
*.csv files, but I badly need access to my recent and archived
e-mails.
It
would also be helpful to be able to migrate Rules which are
presumably
in
the
Outlook file.

Very grateful for any assistance.

 

[Guest]

Russ,

I've cracked it! I reverted to a transfer by my ethernet conection using the
files and transfer wizard. and this time the transferred files were
succesfully read by OL2003. The only thing I can think of is that on my old
PC the *.pst files were held under "default user". On the new PC the initial
setup of OL had placed the *.pst files under my personal user id. This time
I allowed the files to transfer to a new default user folder in
"documentsand settings" and OL read them from there.

I received your suggestion just after this little success. I have checked
the file attributions of the transferred files on both machines and both are
set to archive and not read-only. I also checked the "unreadable" files
transferred by CD which I have now deleted and these were also attributed as
archive files not read-only.

Anyway thanks for your support. Hopefully this little saga will help other
users avoid my problem.

Regards

:

Did you remember to remove the read only attribute from these files
after you transferred them to a hard drive?
------
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ,

I copied the archive and outlook *.pst files to a CD-RW and transferred
that to the new PC. I've also tried the Windows "files and settings transfer
wizard" via an ethernet link between the 2 PC's. This transferred all my
other data files OK and placed outlook.pst and archive.pst in the correct
folder .



:

How did you transfer this PST file?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ,

I have carefully been through the process yet again per the referenced
help
file - I still get the same message for the Outlook data file ie that it
is
"not a personal folders file". However Outlook 2003 now opens the
archive.pst
file which I migrated at the same time and by the same process. I can't
see
any difference in the properties of the 2 files. I have also tried
renaming
Outlook.pst but that makes no difference.

So my recent data may be intact in Outlook.pst but I can't access it.

Grateful for any further help you can give.



:


If you had, then all your data would be intact.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ,

Tx for response. I've already visited that help file and have complied
with
it - in fact just read it through again to be sure!

:


Why didn't you just do what the Help files tell you to do?
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I am setting up a new PC with Office 2003 under WinXP. My old PC runs
Office
2000 also under WinXP with SP2. I have migrated my Outlook 2000
*.pst
files
(Outlook and Archive) to c:\documents and settings\<user>\local
settings\application data\microsoft\outlook. I have tried both
"file>open>outlook data file " and importing the *pst file. In
both
cases I
get a message that "the file (*.pst) is not a personal folders
file".

I set up a new profile after installation as advised by Help and
Support
and Outlook is working OK in all other respects. I have
successfully
migrated my calendar, tasks and contacts by exporting and importing
them
as
*.csv files, but I badly need access to my recent and archived
e-mails.
It
would also be helpful to be able to migrate Rules which are
presumably
in
the
Outlook file.

Very grateful for any assistance.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP Outlook]]

Any file you put on a CD becomes read only, even if you move it back to
a hard drive. Unless you expressly went in and changed that attribute,
Outlook would fail to open it with the very error message you received.
------
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ,

I've cracked it! I reverted to a transfer by my ethernet conection using the
files and transfer wizard. and this time the transferred files were
succesfully read by OL2003. The only thing I can think of is that on my old
PC the *.pst files were held under "default user". On the new PC the initial
setup of OL had placed the *.pst files under my personal user id. This time
I allowed the files to transfer to a new default user folder in
"documentsand settings" and OL read them from there.

I received your suggestion just after this little success. I have checked
the file attributions of the transferred files on both machines and both are
set to archive and not read-only. I also checked the "unreadable" files
transferred by CD which I have now deleted and these were also attributed as
archive files not read-only.

Anyway thanks for your support. Hopefully this little saga will help other
users avoid my problem.

Regards

:

Did you remember to remove the read only attribute from these files
after you transferred them to a hard drive?
------
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ,

I copied the archive and outlook *.pst files to a CD-RW and transferred
that to the new PC. I've also tried the Windows "files and settings transfer
wizard" via an ethernet link between the 2 PC's. This transferred all my
other data files OK and placed outlook.pst and archive.pst in the correct
folder .



:



How did you transfer this PST file?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]


Russ,

I have carefully been through the process yet again per the referenced
help
file - I still get the same message for the Outlook data file ie that it
is
"not a personal folders file". However Outlook 2003 now opens the
archive.pst
file which I migrated at the same time and by the same process. I can't
see
any difference in the properties of the 2 files. I have also tried
renaming
Outlook.pst but that makes no difference.

So my recent data may be intact in Outlook.pst but I can't access it.

Grateful for any further help you can give.



:



If you had, then all your data would be intact.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]


Russ,

Tx for response. I've already visited that help file and have complied
with
it - in fact just read it through again to be sure!

:



Why didn't you just do what the Help files tell you to do?
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]


I am setting up a new PC with Office 2003 under WinXP. My old PC runs
Office
2000 also under WinXP with SP2. I have migrated my Outlook 2000
*.pst
files
(Outlook and Archive) to c:\documents and settings\<user>\local
settings\application data\microsoft\outlook. I have tried both
"file>open>outlook data file " and importing the *pst file. In
both
cases I
get a message that "the file (*.pst) is not a personal folders
file".

I set up a new profile after installation as advised by Help and
Support
and Outlook is working OK in all other respects. I have
successfully
migrated my calendar, tasks and contacts by exporting and importing
them
as
*.csv files, but I badly need access to my recent and archived
e-mails.
It
would also be helpful to be able to migrate Rules which are
presumably
in
the
Outlook file.

Very grateful for any assistance.