how do I import an address book from Outlook into outlook express

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pjm - 20 Jun 2005 21:35 GMT

I've exported an address book and mails from MS Outlook 2000 to a cd and
transfered the file onto a new pc. The old PC is now dead. When I try to
import to outlook express it won't allow me to - the format is not listed in
the import wizard. It's in .pst format.
I can't even open it as it can't associate a program type to open it with.
All manually suggested program options fail to open it correctly.

Any suggestions?

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Brian Tillman - 20 Jun 2005 21:54 GMT

> I've exported an address book and mails from MS Outlook 2000 to a cd
> and transfered the file onto a new pc. The old PC is now dead. When
> I try to import to outlook express it won't allow me to - the format
> is not listed in the import wizard. It's in .pst format.

First you have to configure Outlook on the new PC and load your data into
it. Then you can export into Outlook Express. OE can't import directly
from PSTs.

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 20 Jun 2005 22:38 GMT

Nor can OE import directly from Outlook. User must export from Outlook to a
format OE can use.

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>> I've exported an address book and mails from MS Outlook 2000 to a cd
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> it. Then you can export into Outlook Express. OE can't import directly
> from PSTs.

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Brian Tillman - 21 Jun 2005 15:25 GMT

> Nor can OE import directly from Outlook.

Sure it can. File>Import>Messages>Microsoft Outlook

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 21 Jun 2005 19:29 GMT

User was not asking about messages.
User was asking about Contacts.

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>> Nor can OE import directly from Outlook.
>
> Sure it can. File>Import>Messages>Microsoft Outlook

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Brian Tillman - 21 Jun 2005 22:32 GMT

> User was not asking about messages.
> User was asking about Contacts.

D'oh!

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 20 Jun 2005 22:02 GMT

Can't be done. You should have exported to a file format the OE can read.
PST is not one of them.
Most people use a CSV format for this purpose.

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> I've exported an address book and mails from MS Outlook 2000 to a cd and
> transfered the file onto a new pc. The old PC is now dead. When I try to
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>
> Any suggestions?

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