Setting up Outlook on New Computer

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tarpon_zeke

I am setting up a new computer. I have always used
Outlook 2002 so I just want to copy my files from my old
computer to my new computer.

I copied the PST file and everything seemed to be there as
far as my emails and schedule and such but the address
book is not there. I also had to set up a new account
settings.

Anyone know what files I need to copy from my old computer
to my new computer to get this to work?

Thanks,
PZ
 
You probably used a pab-file for your contacts then. Find the file and
import it into your Contacts folder. This way your contacts will be stored
in the pst-file (more flexible and saves you from backing up another file).

If you wanted to keep all your settings you might want to try the Save My
Settings Wizard the next time; it is in the Program Folder "Microsoft Office
Tools"

Hope this helps!
 
Roady said:
You probably used a pab-file for your contacts then. Find the file and
import it into your Contacts folder. This way your contacts will be
stored in the pst-file (more flexible and saves you from backing up
another file).

If you wanted to keep all your settings you might want to try the
Save My Settings Wizard the next time; it is in the Program Folder
"Microsoft Office Tools"

Hope this helps!
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Outlook hasn't used PAB since Outlook 2000 AFAIK......
 
Yes, not by default but it is still there for backward compatibility. In
Outlook 2000 it became obsolete compared to the Contacts folder. Some people
were just used to it, did an upgrade and kept the pab-file or just didn't
know better and kept on using pab-files for storing contacts.

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