Outlook and PST file problem

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Mark V - 28 Sep 2004 17:43 GMT

I have a home network both win2k machines. Outlook 2000 on
both. I attempted to view the pst from machine 1 with
machine 2. I got the messages, but no contacts. I then
went to machine 1 and poof contacts are all gone... any
ideas?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 28 Sep 2004 19:21 GMT

Not until you tell us in more detail just what steps you used.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

> I have a home network both win2k machines. Outlook 2000 on
> both. I attempted to view the pst from machine 1 with
> machine 2. I got the messages, but no contacts. I then
> went to machine 1 and poof contacts are all gone... any
> ideas?

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Mark V - 29 Sep 2004 16:39 GMT

Sorry,
Operating from Machine 1, using file explorer, I located the PST file on
Machine 2. I right clicked, open with outlook. Outlook opened and the
messages arrived, no contacts. I went to Machine 1 and opened outlook after
closing outlook on machine 2 and saw the messages, but the contacts
disappeared.

> Not until you tell us in more detail just what steps you used.
> --
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> > went to machine 1 and poof contacts are all gone... any
> > ideas?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 29 Sep 2004 20:23 GMT

Uh-oh. You cannot open PST files from Windows Explorer. You can only open
them from within Outlook itself with the File > Open command.
Have you tried to repair this file with the Inbox Repair Tool?
Do you back up your data?

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Russ Valentine
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> Sorry,
> Operating from Machine 1, using file explorer, I located the PST file on
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
>> > went to machine 1 and poof contacts are all gone... any
>> > ideas?

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