Moving from OL 97 to OL 2003

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Don - 31 May 2004 20:32 GMT

I finally convinced my wife to replace her computer. We moved from Win 98 &
Office 97 (OL97/98) to Win XP Home & Office 2003 pro.

I installed the new computer on our home network to facilitate moving her
data and everything works okay but Outlook. I copied her old Outlook.pst
(from the OL97 machine) to the new computer and tried to import it into
OL2003. I got a msg saying I couldn't do it. So.... I found the newly
created pst file (from OL2003), deleted it, and replaced it with the 97 pst
file.

I don't think that was very smart because now, when in OL2003, I see two
personal files and when I try to compose an email and click on the "To:"
button, the addresses/contacts do not appear.

How shall I correct this? I still have my 97 pst file intact.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP] - 31 May 2004 21:36 GMT

Close outlook, delete the profile. Create a new profile and point it to the
old pst - when you set up the account, click the new outlook data file
button at the bottom of the account list screen and select the OL97 format,
then browse to the location of the pst you moved.

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>I finally convinced my wife to replace her computer. We moved from Win 98 &
> Office 97 (OL97/98) to Win XP Home & Office 2003 pro.
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> How shall I correct this? I still have my 97 pst file intact.

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