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SteveO - 03 Apr 2006 18:45 GMT

I am trying to import an up-to-date contacts folder, with sub-folders, from
my laptop to my home desktop. I deleted all the old contacts and folders on
my desktop and imported the "pst" folder that I had exported from my latptop.
Everything looks ok on the "left-side" list of folders for Outlook. But
when I try to send a message and insert an address, I get a an error/warning
and the contact folder comes up empty. There is a second contacts folder
that has may addresses, but I must select it manually. This is the same
process every time I try to address a message. The same holds true for all
the sub-folders. VERY AGGRAVATING.

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Brian Tillman - 03 Apr 2006 19:32 GMT

> I am trying to import an up-to-date contacts folder, with
> sub-folders, from my laptop to my home desktop.

WHy are you importing? If you have a PST containing data you want, in
Outlook click File>Open>Outlook Data File, browse to the PST, select it, and
click OK. You'll now have access to all the data it contains and can copy
it where you'd like with zero problems.

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SteveO - 11 Apr 2006 16:43 GMT

I guess I do not understand what you are saying. I have a desktop which I
use primarily. When I go off on a trip I would like to take all my e-mail
and contacts folder and load it onto my desktop so that I can see on my
latptop what I was seeing on my desktop. I then go on a trip for a month,
adding and changing contacts all the while. When I return home I want to
reverse this process so that my desktop is now using the up-to-date stuff
that was on my latptop. How do I make this happen? PS Are there seperate
".pst" files for contacts, versus, e-mails versus "rules", etc?

Thanks, Setve

> > I am trying to import an up-to-date contacts folder, with
> > sub-folders, from my laptop to my home desktop.
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> click OK. You'll now have access to all the data it contains and can copy
> it where you'd like with zero problems.

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Brian Tillman - 12 Apr 2006 17:23 GMT

> I guess I do not understand what you are saying. I have a desktop
> which I use primarily. When I go off on a trip I would like to take
> all my e-mail and contacts folder and load it onto my desktop so that
> I can see on my latptop what I was seeing on my desktop.

Then, with Outlook closed on the desktop, copy that PST to the laptop, put
it on the hard drive, make sure it's not read-only and open in Outlook with
File>Open>Outlook Data File. Set it to be your delivery location and you'll
be all set.

> I then go on a trip for a month, adding and changing contacts all the
> while.
> When I return home I want to reverse this process so that my desktop
> is now using the up-to-date stuff that was on my latptop.

When you get back, reverse the process above.

> PS Are there seperate ".pst" files for contacts,
> versus, e-mails versus "rules", etc?

No. They're all in the same PST (usually). You can have more than one PST
if you wish, but your default folders will all be in the same PST. You may
have issues with the rules because rules contain not only the conditions and
actions you define, but the ame of the machine on which they were created,
so they may not work immediately on another machine. For rules you may find
it worthwhile exporting them to an RWZ file and moving that with the PST to
te other PC, reimporting the rules on the destination PC.

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