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mgosi - 16 Nov 2006 21:27 GMT

Win2000 machine. Want to bring "Contacts" from another computer (XP) into
this one as a second contacts folder named "Real Estate". Have copied the
contacts folder to desktop, unchecked read only, transferred to CD and copied
to destination computer desktop. Destination computer has a blank Outlook
contacts folder named "Real Estate. Try to open folder on desktop with
File>open>Outlook data file but nothing appears to happen. No messages
either. Also, what is path to Outlook Contacts?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 16 Nov 2006 23:10 GMT

You'll need to provide more complete and more accurate information.
Specifically, provide in detail what you mean by the following:
"Have copied the contacts folder to desktop, unchecked read only,
transferred to CD and copied
to destination computer desktop."
Since you cannot directly copy individual Outlook folders for use in another
installation, your post does not make sense and requires clarification.

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> Win2000 machine. Want to bring "Contacts" from another computer (XP) into
> this one as a second contacts folder named "Real Estate". Have copied the
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> File>open>Outlook data file but nothing appears to happen. No messages
> either. Also, what is path to Outlook Contacts?

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mgosi - 17 Nov 2006 04:17 GMT

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Thanks for your help!!

> You'll need to provide more complete and more accurate information.
> Specifically, provide in detail what you mean by the following:
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> Russ, I followed Microsoft instructions to copy the folder with Outlook closed by following the path to the folder. I have been advised by microsoft that it is not recommended to export and import contacts (.pst) folders. Anyway I have tried this and it did not work. I will follow any procedure that will work, the objective is to get the contacts in one machine onto another. Curiously, I was able to transfer the contacts from my Win2000 machine many months ago with no problem although I can not remember how I did it. I now want to move a copy of the folder back to my Win2000 machine from the XP machine. How do I do this? Thanks

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 17 Nov 2006 10:18 GMT

Just copy the PST file that contains the Contacts and open it in the other
installation. Then copy the contacts from that PST file to the folder.

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>> You'll need to provide more complete and more accurate information.
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>> not remember how I did it. I now want to move a copy of the folder back
>> to my Win2000 machine from the XP machine. How do I do this? Thanks

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mgosi - 17 Nov 2006 14:25 GMT

uss, thanks for the try but as you will see from my intitial post, when I try
to open the .pst file residing on my desktop with Outlook open everythiing
seems to go well except I can not find the opened file. The process I use
is: Open Outlook, go to file>open>outlook data file. Again, no error message
just no obvious opened file. I must be doing something stupid but I do not
see it. Remember, this is a Win2000 machine and Outlook 2003. Please help.
Gary

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> Just copy the PST file that contains the Contacts and open it in the other
> installation. Then copy the contacts from that PST file to the folder.
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> >> not remember how I did it. I now want to move a copy of the folder back
> >> to my Win2000 machine from the XP machine. How do I do this? Thanks

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Brian Tillman - 17 Nov 2006 16:43 GMT

> uss, thanks for the try but as you will see from my intitial post,
> when I try to open the .pst file residing on my desktop with Outlook
> open everythiing seems to go well except I can not find the opened
> file. The process I use is: Open Outlook, go to file>open>outlook
> data file. Again, no error message just no obvious opened file.

It's not open at that point. In that dialogue you have to browse to the PST
you placed on the desktop (C:\Documenhts and Settings\{user}\Desktop),
select it, and click OK. It will then appear in Outlook in the Navigation
Pane's Folder List view.

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