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How do I transfer my Outlook 2003 Settings and Messages to new com

  1. #1


    danielw Guest

    How do I transfer my Outlook 2003 Settings and Messages to new com

    hi all. I just purchased a new computer. my old computer was running office
    03 with outlook 2003 as my email program. I'm wanting to transfer all my
    settings and messages from my old computer to my new one which is running the
    newest version of outlook express that comes standard with vista. When i did
    the file and settings transfer it did transfer over the .pst files from
    outlook but its not showing up in the new outlook express. any input would
    be greatly appreciated.


    Thanks,




    Daniel

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  2. #2


    Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] Guest

    Re: How do I transfer my Outlook 2003 Settings and Messages to new com

    2 obvious mistakes:
    1. Never use Windows Easy Transfer to transfer Outlook data. It does not
    work.
    2. Outlook and Outlook Express (now Windows Mail on Vista) are completely
    unrelated programs. You cannot use the data from one with the other. If you
    want to transfer data between programs, you must have them both installed on
    the same partition and use the Import or Export functions in the respective
    program to transfer data from one program to the other.
    --
    Russ Valentine
    [MVP-Outlook]
    "danielw" <danielw@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:E876C375-A41D-4574-9DCA-5B3E6CB32CEA@xxxxxx

    > hi all. I just purchased a new computer. my old computer was running
    > office
    > 03 with outlook 2003 as my email program. I'm wanting to transfer all my
    > settings and messages from my old computer to my new one which is running
    > the
    > newest version of outlook express that comes standard with vista. When i
    > did
    > the file and settings transfer it did transfer over the .pst files from
    > outlook but its not showing up in the new outlook express. any input
    > would
    > be greatly appreciated.
    >
    >
    > Thanks,
    >
    >
    > Daniel

      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  3. #3


    danielw Guest

    Re: How do I transfer my Outlook 2003 Settings and Messages to new

    so you are saying that there is no way to do this?

    "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

    > 2 obvious mistakes:
    > 1. Never use Windows Easy Transfer to transfer Outlook data. It does not
    > work.
    > 2. Outlook and Outlook Express (now Windows Mail on Vista) are completely
    > unrelated programs. You cannot use the data from one with the other. If you
    > want to transfer data between programs, you must have them both installed on
    > the same partition and use the Import or Export functions in the respective
    > program to transfer data from one program to the other.
    > --
    > Russ Valentine
    > [MVP-Outlook]
    > "danielw" <danielw@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    > news:E876C375-A41D-4574-9DCA-5B3E6CB32CEA@xxxxxx

    > > hi all. I just purchased a new computer. my old computer was running
    > > office
    > > 03 with outlook 2003 as my email program. I'm wanting to transfer all my
    > > settings and messages from my old computer to my new one which is running
    > > the
    > > newest version of outlook express that comes standard with vista. When i
    > > did
    > > the file and settings transfer it did transfer over the .pst files from
    > > outlook but its not showing up in the new outlook express. any input
    > > would
    > > be greatly appreciated.
    > >
    > >
    > > Thanks,
    > >
    > >
    > > Daniel
    >

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  4. #4


    Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] Guest

    Re: How do I transfer my Outlook 2003 Settings and Messages to new

    No. I am saying that you must first transfer your Outlook data to your
    Outlook installation on Vista. Once you do, you can then transfer it to
    Windows Mail. Windows Mail can import your message information directly from
    Outlook. It cannot import your Contacts data, however, so you will have to
    export your Contacts data to a file format that Windows Mail can import,
    such as CSV.
    --
    Russ Valentine
    [MVP-Outlook]
    "danielw" <danielw@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:3F7920BA-43EA-4C4C-AAB8-A71902CFD0BE@xxxxxx

    > so you are saying that there is no way to do this?
    >
    > "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
    >

    >> 2 obvious mistakes:
    >> 1. Never use Windows Easy Transfer to transfer Outlook data. It does not
    >> work.
    >> 2. Outlook and Outlook Express (now Windows Mail on Vista) are completely
    >> unrelated programs. You cannot use the data from one with the other. If
    >> you
    >> want to transfer data between programs, you must have them both installed
    >> on
    >> the same partition and use the Import or Export functions in the
    >> respective
    >> program to transfer data from one program to the other.
    >> --
    >> Russ Valentine
    >> [MVP-Outlook]
    >> "danielw" <danielw@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    >> news:E876C375-A41D-4574-9DCA-5B3E6CB32CEA@xxxxxx

    >> > hi all. I just purchased a new computer. my old computer was running
    >> > office
    >> > 03 with outlook 2003 as my email program. I'm wanting to transfer all
    >> > my
    >> > settings and messages from my old computer to my new one which is
    >> > running
    >> > the
    >> > newest version of outlook express that comes standard with vista. When
    >> > i
    >> > did
    >> > the file and settings transfer it did transfer over the .pst files from
    >> > outlook but its not showing up in the new outlook express. any input
    >> > would
    >> > be greatly appreciated.
    >> >
    >> >
    >> > Thanks,
    >> >
    >> >
    >> > Daniel
    >>

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