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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / February 2008Contacts B'days not on Calendar after transfer to another computer
after reading several post. It seems that using export / import is not a good idea. Could someone give me instructions on transferring my Outlook contacts from one computer to another effectively so the Birthdays of the contacts automatically show on my calender as they did on the other computer. Posted here daily. 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] > after reading several post. It seems that using export / import is not a > good [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > one computer to another effectively so the Birthdays of the contacts > automatically show on my calender as they did on the other computer. I can locete the Outlook folder but not the Contacts on my hard drive. when I try to open the Outlook folder to view its contents the "Open with" window pos up. > Posted here daily. Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data > backup or transfer: [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > one computer to another effectively so the Birthdays of the contacts > > automatically show on my calender as they did on the other computer. Your post makes no sense. Had you read the information I posted you would know why. All Outlook data exists in a single file (not a folder). Contacts are not separate from the rest of your Outlook data. You open an Outlook data file with Outlook, not Windows Explorer. Reconcile your post with the information I posted. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] >I can locete the Outlook folder but not the Contacts on my hard drive. when >I [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> > one computer to another effectively so the Birthdays of the contacts >> > automatically show on my calender as they did on the other computer. The question is very simple. When I go to the Outlook file in my C drive how do I open Outlook file and transfer only the Contacts? I'm using Outlook 2003. Could someone give me the instructions rather than a link. > Your post makes no sense. Had you read the information I posted you would > know why. All Outlook data exists in a single file (not a folder). Contacts [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >> > one computer to another effectively so the Birthdays of the contacts > >> > automatically show on my calender as they did on the other computer. > The question is very simple. When I go to the Outlook file in my C > drive how do I open Outlook file and transfer only the Contacts? I'm > using Outlook 2003. As Russ said already, you don't "go to the file". Open Outlook. Click File>Open>Outlook Data File. ALL your Outlook data is in it. Open the Contacts folder it contains. That's where your contacts reside. > Could someone give me the instructions rather than a link. The link Russ gave you points to a web page that contains explicit instructions. Read them. SignatureBrian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] he gave me three links Brian. Which would you suggest? > > The question is very simple. When I go to the Outlook file in my C > > drive how do I open Outlook file and transfer only the Contacts? I'm [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > The link Russ gave you points to a web page that contains explicit > instructions. Read them. For crying out loud. Do you need to be spoon-fed? Read them all. Learn something along the way We are not nannies. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > he gave me three links Brian. Which would you suggest? > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> The link Russ gave you points to a web page that contains explicit >> instructions. Read them. > For crying out loud. Do you need to be spoon-fed? Read them all. Learn > something along the way We are not nannies. Although some of us are old and gray. SignatureBrian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] I got this much info from Google! Anyone can cut & paste links. Obviously this is not something you can help with. Sorry, did not intend to embarrass you. For anyone out there that might could help. I want to transfer only the Contacts and have the birthdays of the contacts show in my existing Outlook calender. When I tried to transfer, all outlook folders transferred. Now I have another set of Outlook folders. I do not have a Contacts folder in the Outlook Data File on the computer I'm transferring from. Is this what I'm missing? > For crying out loud. Do you need to be spoon-fed? Read them all. Learn > something along the way We are not nannies. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >> The link Russ gave you points to a web page that contains explicit > >> instructions. Read them. > For anyone out there that might could help. I want to transfer only > the Contacts and have the birthdays of the contacts show in my > existing Outlook calender. When I tried to transfer, all outlook > folders transferred. Now I have another set of Outlook folders. > I do not have a Contacts folder in the Outlook Data File on the > computer I'm transferring from. Is this what I'm missing? Right. After adding the second PST to your mail profile, open the Contacts folder it contains, select the contacts with CTRL-A, then click Edit>Copy to Folder, specifying your default Contacts folder as the destination. Now open the Calendar folder in the added PST, display the calendar in the "Annual Events" or "Recurring Appointments" (or, if you've categoried the birthdays, in "By Category") view, select all the birthdays and click Edit>Copy to Folder, specifying your default Calendar as the destination. In fact, I'm not entirely convinced you'll need to transfer the birthdays. Transferring the contacts with Copy could very well cause Outlook to add the birthdays in the contact records to your calendar automatically (I didn't test it). Once you've copied what you want, right-click the added PST's root and choose Close to remove it from your mail profile. SignatureBrian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] Actually all the information you need is in the links I posted, and the correct method for transferring data is posted here every day: You open the PST file and copy the data you want from it into your current PST file. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] >I got this much info from Google! Anyone can cut & paste links. Obviously > this is not something you can help with. Sorry, did not intend to [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >> >> The link Russ gave you points to a web page that contains explicit >> >> instructions. Read them. Actually I tried replicating his issue and I get the same results. If I copy my contacts to a PST then delete all my contacts. When I copy them back to my contacts list the birthdays and anniversaries are not replicated into the calendar. On Feb 8, 4:15 pm, "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <russ...@gmail.com> wrote: > Actually all the information you need is in the links I posted, and the > correct method for transferring data is posted here every day: You open the [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > >> >> -- > >> >> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] Not here. When I copy Contacts, their birthdays appear in the Calendar. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Actually I tried replicating his issue and I get the same results. If > I copy my contacts to a PST then delete all my contacts. When I copy [quoted text clipped - 51 lines] >> >> >> -- >> >> >> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] > he gave me three links Brian. Which would you suggest? I'd start with the second one: http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm SignatureBrian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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