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Re: Move Outlook .pst files from old XP computer to new Vista comp
Start Outlook and set up your email account.
Close Outlook
Copy the .pst file
Go to C:\Users\REPLACE WITH YOUR ACCOUNT
NAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\
Paste the .pst file here
Job done.
NIK
"Crausch" <Crausch@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:36413776-513B-4144-A317-888C30DC693E@xxxxxx Quote:
> Darwin,
> I'm not sure where you are at, but this is an explanation I made for a
> friend with a new computer from my notes when I did the migration, and
> they
> worked for him.
> Like I said, I'm not a Techie, so I might not explain everything quite
> right.
>
> Migrating Outlook Files to a new computer:
>
> To get to your Outlook files in Explorer you have to find the box to
> ‘include hidden files’ (in XP I think it was ‘show’). I believe it is in
> the
> regular View menu in Explorer in XP.
> To view hidden folders in Explorer on your Vista computer
> Tools/folder options/View/display hidden files
>
> If you search for your Outlook files, search for *.pst and you will not
> find them unless you include hidden files. Everything (mail, contacts,
> calendar) was in one .pst file on both computers. If you use shared
> Outlook
> files, I think you also need to find *.pab files, and I’m not sure what
> you
> do with them.
> If I remember right, the .pst files are in the Outlook Program folder in
> both XP and Vista, however, the folder path to them is different. Unless
> you’ve created your own file, I’m pretty sure it is called outlook.pst in
> both XP and Vista.
> You need to get your *.pst folder from your old computer into your
> Personel Folder on the new computer , and the default for Personal
> Folders
> is Outlook.pst on your new Vista computer.
> The path in Vista where it stores the outlook file is:
> Your computer name\Users\your user name\my outlook\outlook.pst
> If you can avoid it, do not set up e-mail on your new computer until you
> have done this, because you will lose all of that when you replace it with
> the folder from your old computer. You want the outlook file to stay
> empty,
> and if you set it up, it will start receiving e-mails. Since I set up
> and
> received e-mails on my new computer right away, I created newoutlook.pst
> on
> my Vista computer and moved my outlook files from my old computer into
> it.
> I remember that I had to tell Outlook to open this file as my personal
> folders, and I don’t remember how I did that. It may have just come up
> the
> first time I opened Outlook after I created the new file, and Outlook was
> confused because it only expected to find one *.pst file. So it asked me
> the
> name of my Personal Folder file.
> I did have a problem in that my new Personal Folder showed up all the way
> at
> the bottom of the list of folders in Outlook, and actually went to a
> second
> page. So I did a lot of farting around because I didn’t think it was
> excepting my new file, when all that happened was I couldn’t see it!
> Later I was able to drop and drag the mail that had arrived in the Vista
> Personal Folders into my personal folder just in Outlook. However, if you
> have calendar or contacts to merge, I’m not sure how that would work.
> There was a lot of discussion on the forum, and discrepancies in articles
> on
> how to physically move the *.pst files. I believe neither backup/restore
> nor
> import/export will take all of the hidden files you need with them. I
> know I
> just dropped and dragged the outlook.pst file to a flash drive in Explorer
> on
> my old computer, and then I think I did a SAVE AS on the new computer.
> Your computer name\Users\your user name\my outlook\outlook.pst
> Replace outlook.pst with the name that you saved the file as on your Vista
> computer. Russ Valentine does address this in his posts to me using the
> Outlook installation using the command.
> File > Open > Outlook data file
>
> I used the three web sites that Russ recommended to come up with this
> procedure.
>
> I hope it helps, and I'm not giving you any bad advice. I have not had
> any
> problems with Outlook on my Vista computer.
> Good luck!
>
> "Darwin Akins" wrote:
> Quote:
>> Did the last option work? I am faced with the same problem. I transferred
>> all
>> files from old computer with XP to new Computer with Vista using Easy
>> Transfer Wizard and a crossove cable. Everything works fine except
>> OUTLOOK
>>
>> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>> Quote:
>> > Unfortunately, Microsoft has made migrating Outlook data a near
>> > impossibility. Not only do its "Wizards" not work, the correct
>> > procedure is
>> > so counterintuitive that no one guesses it one the first ten tries.
>> > --
>> > Russ Valentine
>> > [MVP-Outlook]
>> > "Crausch" <Crausch@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > news:1EF274B1-BE94-4E61-9BD7-79332B01E5B6@xxxxxx
>> > > Thankyou, I will try it and let you know how it goes. With the time
>> > > I've
>> > > spent on this, I could have manually rebuilt my calendar, 4 contact
>> > > folders,
>> > > and copied my correspondence off into text files!
>> > >
>> > > "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> What "backup Wizard" did you use?
>> > >> Microsoft's instructions on this process are not correct. You should
>> > >> not
>> > >> move your data file to Outlook's default folder.
>> > >> All you need to do is make a copy of your Outlook data file using
>> > >> Windows
>> > >> Explorer (avoid using anything process with the word "Wizard"),
>> > >> place
>> > >> that
>> > >> file on your new hard drive in any location but Outlook's default
>> > >> folder
>> > >> (like where you store your other data), then open the file in your
>> > >> new
>> > >> Outlook installation using the File > Open > Outlook data file
>> > >> command.
>> > >> Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup or
>> > >> transfer:
>> > >> http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
>> > >> http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
>> > >> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...771141033.aspx
>> > >>
>> > >> --
>> > >> Russ Valentine
>> > >> [MVP-Outlook]
>> > >> "Crausch" <Crausch@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > >> news:44BF7219-047B-4FF2-9664-5E8634854590@xxxxxx
>> > >> > Let's start by saying I'm not a techie, and I work out of my home,
>> > >> > so
>> > >> > please
>> > >> > explain things SIMPLY to me, because I've got no one to ask. I
>> > >> > have
>> > >> > been
>> > >> > working for two Days to figure out how to move my outlook mail
>> > >> > files,
>> > >> > contacts and calendar from my old XP, Office 2003 computer to my
>> > >> > new
>> > >> > Vista,
>> > >> > Office 2007 computer . The Microsoft help page says to backup your
>> > >> > outlook.pst files to an external device, and then use Explorer to
>> > >> > move
>> > >> > them
>> > >> > to drive:\Documents and settings\<user>\Local
>> > >> > Settings\application\Microsoft\Outlook folder. However when I
>> > >> > used the
>> > >> > backup wizard to put the files on my external hard drive, it would
>> > >> > not
>> > >> > let
>> > >> > me
>> > >> > open the Outlook folder on my XP computer, so I backed up the
>> > >> > whole
>> > >> > Outlook
>> > >> > folder. But I can't open my backup copy to get just the .pst
>> > >> > file to
>> > >> > move
>> > >> > it to the Outook folder on my Vista computer. So I figure I need
>> > >> > to
>> > >> > restore
>> > >> > the old Outlook folder onto my external drive and plug it into my
>> > >> > new
>> > >> > Visa
>> > >> > computer so I can open the folder on my new computer, and move
>> > >> > just the
>> > >> > .pst
>> > >> > file to the Outlook folder on the new Vista computer. Is this a
>> > >> > good
>> > >> > assumption or is there a better way? Thank you for any help you
>> > >> > can
>> > >> > give
>> > >> > me.
>> > >>
>> > >>
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