Need to reinstall Outlook 2000- want to save inbox, contacts

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Newbie Running XP SP2 Outlook 2000

I need to reinstall Outlook 2000. Before doing so, I would like to save a
copy of my existing inbox, and contacts. How do I do this?

Thank you.
Mac
 
Their a couple of ways if outlook will still run you can start outlook and
go to the file menu and select Import and Export then select Export to a
file click next then select Personal File Folder (.pst) click next then
select the top item in the list (usually this will be labeled Personal
Folders and also check the Include subfolders option then click next and
enter a path and file name you want to save to. This will export everything
in outlook to a .pst file and after re-installing go to the file menu and
run Import and Export again but select Import from another program or file
then click next then select Personal Folder File (.pst) then click next then
select the .pst file you exported and click next select what you want to
import and click next.

Another option is to copy the Outlook.pst file from the C:\Documents and
Settings\your profile name\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\ folder under your profile. Then after re-installing
outlook copy this file back to the same folder.
 
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