Moving Outlook Contacts

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Win2000 machine. Want to bring "Contacts" from another computer (XP) into
this one as a second contacts folder named "Real Estate". Have copied the
contacts folder to desktop, unchecked read only, transferred to CD and copied
to destination computer desktop. Destination computer has a blank Outlook
contacts folder named "Real Estate. Try to open folder on desktop with
File>open>Outlook data file but nothing appears to happen. No messages
either. Also, what is path to Outlook Contacts?
 
You'll need to provide more complete and more accurate information.
Specifically, provide in detail what you mean by the following:
"Have copied the contacts folder to desktop, unchecked read only,
transferred to CD and copied
to destination computer desktop."
Since you cannot directly copy individual Outlook folders for use in another
installation, your post does not make sense and requires clarification.
 
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Thanks for your help!!


Russ Valentine said:
You'll need to provide more complete and more accurate information.
Specifically, provide in detail what you mean by the following:
"Have copied the contacts folder to desktop, unchecked read only,
transferred to CD and copied
to destination computer desktop."
Since you cannot directly copy individual Outlook folders for use in another
installation, your post does not make sense and requires clarification.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
mgosi said:
Win2000 machine. Want to bring "Contacts" from another computer (XP) into
this one as a second contacts folder named "Real Estate". Have copied the
contacts folder to desktop, unchecked read only, transferred to CD and
copied
to destination computer desktop. Destination computer has a blank Outlook
contacts folder named "Real Estate. Try to open folder on desktop with
File>open>Outlook data file but nothing appears to happen. No messages
either. Also, what is path to Outlook Contacts?
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Russ, I followed Microsoft instructions to copy the folder with Outlook closed by following the path to the folder. I have been advised by microsoft that it is not recommended to export and import contacts (.pst) folders. Anyway I have tried this and it did not work. I will follow any procedure that will work, the objective is to get the contacts in one machine onto another. Curiously, I was able to transfer the contacts from my Win2000 machine many months ago with no problem although I can not remember how I did it. I now want to move a copy of the folder back to my Win2000 machine from the XP machine. How do I do this? Thanks
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Just copy the PST file that contains the Contacts and open it in the other
installation. Then copy the contacts from that PST file to the folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
mgosi said:
--
Thanks for your help!!


Russ Valentine said:
You'll need to provide more complete and more accurate information.
Specifically, provide in detail what you mean by the following:
"Have copied the contacts folder to desktop, unchecked read only,
transferred to CD and copied
to destination computer desktop."
Since you cannot directly copy individual Outlook folders for use in
another
installation, your post does not make sense and requires clarification.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
mgosi said:
Win2000 machine. Want to bring "Contacts" from another computer (XP)
into
this one as a second contacts folder named "Real Estate". Have copied
the
contacts folder to desktop, unchecked read only, transferred to CD and
copied
to destination computer desktop. Destination computer has a blank
Outlook
contacts folder named "Real Estate. Try to open folder on desktop with
File>open>Outlook data file but nothing appears to happen. No messages
either. Also, what is path to Outlook Contacts?
Click to expand...

Russ, I followed Microsoft instructions to copy the folder with Outlook
closed by following the path to the folder. I have been advised by
microsoft that it is not recommended to export and import contacts (.pst)
folders. Anyway I have tried this and it did not work. I will follow
any procedure that will work, the objective is to get the contacts in one
machine onto another. Curiously, I was able to transfer the contacts
from my Win2000 machine many months ago with no problem although I can
not remember how I did it. I now want to move a copy of the folder back
to my Win2000 machine from the XP machine. How do I do this? Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
uss, thanks for the try but as you will see from my intitial post, when I try
to open the .pst file residing on my desktop with Outlook open everythiing
seems to go well except I can not find the opened file. The process I use
is: Open Outlook, go to file>open>outlook data file. Again, no error message
just no obvious opened file. I must be doing something stupid but I do not
see it. Remember, this is a Win2000 machine and Outlook 2003. Please help.
Gary
--
Thanks for your help!!


Russ Valentine said:
Just copy the PST file that contains the Contacts and open it in the other
installation. Then copy the contacts from that PST file to the folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
mgosi said:
--
Thanks for your help!!


Russ Valentine said:
You'll need to provide more complete and more accurate information.
Specifically, provide in detail what you mean by the following:
"Have copied the contacts folder to desktop, unchecked read only,
transferred to CD and copied
to destination computer desktop."
Since you cannot directly copy individual Outlook folders for use in
another
installation, your post does not make sense and requires clarification.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Win2000 machine. Want to bring "Contacts" from another computer (XP)
into
this one as a second contacts folder named "Real Estate". Have copied
the
contacts folder to desktop, unchecked read only, transferred to CD and
copied
to destination computer desktop. Destination computer has a blank
Outlook
contacts folder named "Real Estate. Try to open folder on desktop with
File>open>Outlook data file but nothing appears to happen. No messages
either. Also, what is path to Outlook Contacts?
--
Thanks for your help!!

Russ, I followed Microsoft instructions to copy the folder with Outlook
closed by following the path to the folder. I have been advised by
microsoft that it is not recommended to export and import contacts (.pst)
folders. Anyway I have tried this and it did not work. I will follow
any procedure that will work, the objective is to get the contacts in one
machine onto another. Curiously, I was able to transfer the contacts
from my Win2000 machine many months ago with no problem although I can
not remember how I did it. I now want to move a copy of the folder back
to my Win2000 machine from the XP machine. How do I do this? Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
mgosi said:
uss, thanks for the try but as you will see from my intitial post,
when I try to open the .pst file residing on my desktop with Outlook
open everythiing seems to go well except I can not find the opened
file. The process I use is: Open Outlook, go to file>open>outlook
data file. Again, no error message just no obvious opened file.
Click to expand...

It's not open at that point. In that dialogue you have to browse to the PST
you placed on the desktop (C:\Documenhts and Settings\{user}\Desktop),
select it, and click OK. It will then appear in Outlook in the Navigation
Pane's Folder List view.
 
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