My Outlook 2003 is corupted how do I get my contacts out?

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Gail - 08 Apr 2006 17:43 GMT

I do not know how to get my contacts and my mailboxes out of Outlook now that
I cannot get into it.

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Gail - 08 Apr 2006 20:52 GMT

Searching for my .pst files I find they all have last modified dates in 2005.
Why don't I have files with more recent dates?

> I do not know how to get my contacts and my mailboxes out of Outlook now that
> I cannot get into it.

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 08 Apr 2006 21:40 GMT

We weren't there. You were. You tell us.
Are you searching in the proper place and have you included hidden files in
your search?

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> Searching for my .pst files I find they all have last modified dates in
> 2005.
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>> that
>> I cannot get into it.

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Gail - 08 Apr 2006 22:51 GMT

Thanks, Russ. I appreciate your help.
I have found backup.pst, mailbox.pst, and outlook. pst. I burned them on a
CD.
Now, even though I am the only person who uses this computer, and I am the
Administer, when I try to import them from my CD I am told I do not have
permission.

> We weren't there. You were. You tell us.
> Are you searching in the proper place and have you included hidden files in
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> >> that
> >> I cannot get into it.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] - 09 Apr 2006 06:44 GMT

Do NOT import them. Copy them to your hard drive, remove the read-only
property and use Outlook's File->Open->Outlook Data File.
Importing/exporting is meant for translating a non-0utlook file to Outlook's
format. The .pst file is ALREADY in that format.

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After furious head scratching, Gail asked:

| Thanks, Russ. I appreciate your help.
| I have found backup.pst, mailbox.pst, and outlook. pst. I burned
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|||| Outlook now that
|||| I cannot get into it.

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Gail - 12 Apr 2006 14:58 GMT

Thanks. I will giveit a try.

> Do NOT import them. Copy them to your hard drive, remove the read-only
> property and use Outlook's File->Open->Outlook Data File.
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> |||| Outlook now that
> |||| I cannot get into it.

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