exported contacts to other computer and won't recognise pst file

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JillB - 14 Oct 2005 08:14 GMT

i exported outlook 2000 pst file file and compied onto cd, then copied onto
new machine with outlook 2003. i have tried to import the pst file but it
kicks up the file is not a personal folders file. HELP

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 14 Oct 2005 11:06 GMT

Do not import a PST file. Open it.
Make sure you have moved it to a hard drive and removed its read only
attribute before you do.

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Russ Valentine
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>i exported outlook 2000 pst file file and compied onto cd, then copied onto
> new machine with outlook 2003. i have tried to import the pst file but it
> kicks up the file is not a personal folders file. HELP

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Brian Tillman - 14 Oct 2005 15:39 GMT

> i exported outlook 2000 pst file file and compied onto cd, then
> copied onto new machine with outlook 2003. i have tried to import the
> pst file but it kicks up the file is not a personal folders file. HELP

If what Russ suggests doesn't work, it's because the method you used to make
the PST copy corrupted the copy beyond usability. Never export a PST and
make sure Outlook is closed when you make a copy of the original PST.

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JillB - 14 Oct 2005 18:35 GMT

the problem is i had to do it quickly as i had just handed my notice in and
was put on immediate garden leave so didn't have much time to check it had
worked so am now worried i have lost all contacts

> > i exported outlook 2000 pst file file and compied onto cd, then
> > copied onto new machine with outlook 2003. i have tried to import the
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> the PST copy corrupted the copy beyond usability. Never export a PST and
> make sure Outlook is closed when you make a copy of the original PST.

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