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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / March 2007Office 2007
Convert contacts for Outlook for Office 2003 to Contacts for Outlook for Office 2007-- brw Did you have a question? Both versions use the same format. Nothing to convert.  SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Convert contacts for Outlook for Office 2003 to Contacts for Outlook for > Office 2007-- > brw Russ How do I import contacts for outlook 2003 to outlook 2007? Signaturebrw > Did you have a question? Both versions use the same format. Nothing to > convert. > > Convert contacts for Outlook for Office 2003 to Contacts for Outlook for > > Office 2007-- > > brw You don't import Outlook data. You can simply use the same data file. The file you need is your Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's where all the mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored. Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup or transfer: http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Russ > How do I import contacts for outlook 2003 to outlook 2007? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> > Office 2007-- >> > brw Russ, I've found if I open my Outlook 2003 .pst file and then see two Contacts folder within Contact, the new default Contacts folder in 2007 and the one that is in my 2003 .pst and I then attemtp to 'drag and copy' my contacts from the 2003 Contacts folder into the default 2007 Contacts folder Outlook overall then slows to a crawl and especially when creating a new message my type stalls and hangs. If I then delete the copied contacts from the 2007 Contacts folder the Outlook 2007 performance runs normally. The problem is keeping my old 2003 .pst around simply to get to my contacts is a causes me to have to scroll to that contact list every time I need to find a contact when say looking for a contact when hitting TO: in a message. David Hale > You don't import Outlook data. You can simply use the same data file. > The file you need is your Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's where all the [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >> > Office 2007-- > >> > brw Why do you have to "keep your old Outlook 2003 .pst around?" You should simply copy the contents of its Contacts Folder into your new one. Then you can close your Outlook 2003 PST file from the profile. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Russ, > [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] >> >> > Office 2007-- >> >> > brw Russ, I did just that and copied the contacts from the 2003 .pst into the contacts folder for the 2007 .pst and as soon as I did that the total Outlook 2007 software system slowed down to a crawl. I mentioned this in my original comments below. I have no idea why this causes an issue and if I then 'delete' all copied contacts out of the 2007 Contact folder, Outlook speeds back up. I notice this problems especially when editing new messages but the system generally hangs overall. David Hale > Why do you have to "keep your old Outlook 2003 .pst around?" You should > simply copy the contents of its Contacts Folder into your new one. Then you [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > >> >> > Office 2007-- > >> >> > brw Not a known issue. Sounds like a problem with one of the Contacts you copied over. Have you tried repairing your PST file after you do the copying? SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Russ, > [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] >> >> >> > Office 2007-- >> >> >> > brw Russ, I guess it could be a bad contact record. How does one run a repair of the PST file? David Hale > Not a known issue. Sounds like a problem with one of the Contacts you copied > over. Have you tried repairing your PST file after you do the copying? [quoted text clipped - 66 lines] > >> >> >> > Office 2007-- > >> >> >> > brw Use the Inbox Repair Tool. If you can't find it, search for "scanpst.exe" on your hard drive and run it against your PST file. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Russ, > [quoted text clipped - 83 lines] >> >> >> >> > Office 2007-- >> >> >> >> > brw Using Vista Enterprice + Office 2007 Professional Pro, where do I find the Inbox Repair Tool, or the scanpst.exe? I have done a search (c-drive incl hidden and non indexed fiels) without result. By the way - I must say I find the info not to import from elder or backuped pst-files confusing. I guess many of us quite normal users who has Vista and Office new installed without updating from elder Office has done imports, and ended up with problems, as described in the arguments from thouse leaving info on not to do imports. Thanks / Tomas SignatureWhiplashInfo.se helps injured and server ill persons in Scandinavia (non profit). > Use the Inbox Repair Tool. If you can't find it, search for "scanpst.exe" on > your hard drive and run it against your PST file. [quoted text clipped - 86 lines] > >> >> >> >> > Office 2007-- > >> >> >> >> > brw Irrata on my post above - I found a scanpst.exe_0002 file in a cab-file at "temp/proplus.ww/proplusww.cab". I also then found scnpst.dll in the same catalouge. Tomas SignatureWhiplashInfo.se helps injured and server ill persons (non profit). > Using Vista Enterprice + Office 2007 Professional Pro, where do I find the > Inbox Repair Tool, or the scanpst.exe? [quoted text clipped - 100 lines] > > >> >> >> >> > Office 2007-- > > >> >> >> >> > brw > I did just that and copied the contacts from the 2003 .pst into the > contacts folder for the 2007 .pst and as soon as I did that the total [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > especially when editing new messages but the system generally hangs > overall. In addition to Russ' suggestion, try a "wolf fence" approach. Copy some of the contacts. If Outlook doesn't slow, you know what you copied is good. Copy another batch and another until Outlook slows. You know then the last batch you copied contains bad data. Back it out and reduce the size of the data you're copying. Eventually you'll find the item causing trouble, which you can recreate manually. SignatureBrian Tillman |
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