error message when transferring Contacts from external drive

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Buffalo Bill - 30 Aug 2007 17:16 GMT

I have been trying to copy my Contacts from my old laptop to my new latop. I
have successfully been able to use import/export function to move inbox,
calendar, etc. by creating .pst files on my external hard drive and then
importing them into the repsective folders in Outlook 2007. However, when I
try to copy my Contacts over I get the following error message: "This
Personal Folders file (.pst) is already in use in the current profile" Any
ideas?????

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Brian Tillman - 30 Aug 2007 19:56 GMT

> I have been trying to copy my Contacts from my old laptop to my new
> latop. I have successfully been able to use import/export function
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> following error message: "This Personal Folders file (.pst) is
> already in use in the current profile" Any ideas?????

All of your Outlook data, your mail, your calendar, your contacts, etc. are
in the same file and if you transferred that file correctly (export and
import are NOT involved in ay way), then all your data would be intact.
Start over with a new mail profile and transfer your data correctly. See
this:
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/newprofile.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm

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