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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / July 2006Emailing/Transferring Contacts
I emailed a group of contacts to load onto a new computer. Both are Windows XP. When I opened the emailed contact, it just opens like an email message. How do I get it to open in my contact section, in the template it was in? Or any suggestions for other means (not email) to transfer the contact files/forms from one computer to another? Thanks, Claudette > I emailed a group of contacts to load onto a new computer. Both are > Windows XP. When I opened the emailed contact, it just opens like an > email message. How do I get it to open in my contact section, in the > template it was in? Or any suggestions for other means (not email) > to transfer the contact files/forms from one computer to another? See this: http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm  SignatureBrian Tillman I have exported and imported my contacts now, but have lost my custom form on about half of them. How can I get them to show up in the correct form? (Email from my old computer with the original contacts is not an option). > > I emailed a group of contacts to load onto a new computer. Both are > > Windows XP. When I opened the emailed contact, it just opens like an [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > See this: http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm > I have exported and imported my contacts now, but have lost my custom > form on about half of them. Custom items cannot be exported or imported. Why are not not simply reusing your original PST? SignatureBrian Tillman All my contacts used a custom form, but after importing, only about half open in that form. The rest opens in the default form. I don't know what you mean about "simply reusing your original PST". My original contacts are on a different computer, and I'm trying to transfer them to a new computer, if that helps to clarify my situation. > > I have exported and imported my contacts now, but have lost my custom > > form on about half of them. > > Custom items cannot be exported or imported. Why are not not simply reusing > your original PST? What Brian is saying it that you should just copy the pst from the old machine and then put in on your new machine (no import no export) and it should work just fine. Neil > All my contacts used a custom form, but after importing, only about half > open [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> reusing >> your original PST? Okay, I need help with doing that. ie creating the pst of my contacts (or how to find it) to copy off of the old computer and to properly copy them onto my new computer. The instructions he sent me were to import/export/back up, not to copy and put the copy on my new machine. Thanks!! > What Brian is saying it that you should just copy the pst from the old > machine and then put in on your new machine (no import no export) and it [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >> reusing > >> your original PST? On your old machine go to control panel/mail/data file. It will show you the full path and file name that is being used as your Outlook file. Copy that file to a portable media (Outlook must be closed). Then go to new machine and copy the file to a location where you want to store your Outlook information. Then go to control panel/mail/data file and add the copied file. Then make the new file your default file. Now when you open outlook it will use the information from the copied file as your Outlook. If you have any information in the Outlook file that was being used on the new machine you can go to file/open/outlook data file and open the file and drag the information from the one file to the other file. Neil > Okay, I need help with doing that. ie creating the pst of my contacts (or > how [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >> >> reusing >> >> your original PST? I've done this, and it only brought over blank offline folders, not the content from my mailbox or more importantly my contacts. And I only want to bring over my contacts, will this do that or bring over files from other functions such as tasks, email, etc. But since I’ve been using my contacts, I would much prefer to find a way of transferring the contacts that are using the default form to my custom form instead of copying contacts which have now been updated (which is all 300 of them). Can I do that and how? > On your old machine go to control panel/mail/data file. It will show you > the full path and file name that is being used as your Outlook file. Copy [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > >> >> reusing > >> >> your original PST? Just for good measure I tried this again. The only folder it showed was Offline Files, and there was no information there when I got it on my new computer (also, there wasn't a default function I could use). Then I tried making a personal folder file, and again, empty files. I couldn't find a way to copy just the contacts. One thing I did notice is if I looked at the settings for the offline folders (what was originally there), it's set at compressible encryption. Any insight? > On your old machine go to control panel/mail/data file. It will show you > the full path and file name that is being used as your Outlook file. Copy [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > >> >> reusing > >> >> your original PST? > Okay, I need help with doing that. ie creating the pst of my contacts > (or how to find it) to copy off of the old computer and to properly > copy them onto my new computer. The instructions he sent me were to > import/export/back up, not to copy and put the copy on my new > machine. Thanks!! Here are the file locations: http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm See also this: http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm The folders these files are in are generally hidden folders, so you'll have to enable viewing hidden files and folders in order to be able to see them. SignatureBrian Tillman To email contacts as attachments, you need to create a message in rich-text format. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx >I emailed a group of contacts to load onto a new computer. Both are Windows > XP. When I opened the emailed contact, it just opens like an email message. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Thanks, > Claudette |
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