Charlie said:
I'm looking for the steps to import my Outlook 2007 contacts into my
office
computer which is running Outlook 2002. I've created the personal folder
in
2007 with the format 97-2002 PST. I selected my contacts list that I need
to
move to the office machine and copied it into the personal folder then
exported it.
Why did you export it? Posted probably at LEAST once a day here - do NOT
export/import data from one instance of Outlook to another - All you needed
to do was COPY it - after having closed it in outlook. It's possible that
the exported file is now corrupt. Go back to the machine with Outlook 2007
on and COPY the file.
My 02 says that it cannot import this file because of incompatability.
What am I doing incorrectly?
As well as the above, again, do NOT import! Why?
(Courtesy of Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook])
Importing an entire PST may well corrupt your profile and may create a ghost
PST that you can't close. Importing PST's will lose:
1. Custom Forms
2. Custom Views
3. Connections between contacts and activities
4. Received dates on mail
5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
6. Journal connections
7. Distribution Lists
Opening a PST file will preserve all of these. That is why we do not advise
people to import a native file into Outlook.
On Old Computer:
Close Outlook.
Search for, and copy the pst file. Default name and location are:
C:\Documents and Settings\{Your User Name here}\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst. (You may have to enable Hidden and
System files in your search)
On the New computer:
Copy the pst file to your HDD. Do NOT overwrite any existing file. Remove
any read-only attribute. (Right-Click-Properties).
Open Outlook.
Do File-Open-Outlook Data File and navigate to where you copied the file.
You then have two alternatives.
1. Drag and drop the data from the old file to the new
or,
2. If you have a large amount of data then you can set the old file as the
Default Delivery location and Outlook will just carry on using that file.
(Control Panel-Mail-Data File)
more info here:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx
HTH
