Opening Outlook 2000 pst file in Outlook 2003

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bisquix - 22 Feb 2006 01:05 GMT

I installed Outlook 2003 on a new computer and copied my 2000 pst file over.
I used this as a guide:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

Outlook opens and I see my email and contacts. Except that I see 5 instances
of PERSONAL FOLDERS, and when I go to CONTACTS, I see 1 CONTACTS and 4
instances of CONTACTS IN PERSONAL FOLDERS.

What is happening here? Should I not have just one each? The biggest problem
that the CONTACTS that is accessed when I create an email is not the CONTACTS
that has my data... I have to select the next one to see my contacts.

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Brian Tillman - 22 Feb 2006 01:11 GMT

> I installed Outlook 2003 on a new computer and copied my 2000 pst
> file over. I used this as a guide:
>
> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

That article is somewhat misleading in that following can corrupt your mail
profile and that sounds like what has happened.

> What is happening here? Should I not have just one each? The biggest
> problem that the CONTACTS that is accessed when I create an email is
> not the CONTACTS that has my data... I have to select the next one to
> see my contacts.

If you create a new mail profile and configure it to access the PSTs you
want, that should correct both problems you have.
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Faq/newprofile.htm

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