Move Outlook .pst files from old XP computer to new Vista computer

That will probably corrupt both the Profile and data file (overwritting
existing)


"Nicholas Hall" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Start Outlook and set up your email account.
>
> Close Outlook
>
> Copy the .pst file
>
> Go to C:\Users\REPLACE WITH YOUR ACCOUNT
> NAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\
>
> Paste the .pst file here
>
> Job done.
>
> NIK
>
> "Crausch" <> wrote in message
> news:36413776-513B-4144-A317-...
>> Darwin,
>> I'm not sure where you are at, but this is an explanation I made for a
>> friend with a new computer from my notes when I did the migration, and
>> they
>> worked for him.
>> Like I said, I'm not a Techie, so I might not explain everything quite
>> right.
>>
>> Migrating Outlook Files to a new computer:
>>
>> To get to your Outlook files in Explorer you have to find the box to
>> 'include hidden files' (in XP I think it was 'show'). I believe it is in
>> the
>> regular View menu in Explorer in XP.
>> To view hidden folders in Explorer on your Vista computer
>> Tools/folder options/View/display hidden files
>>
>> If you search for your Outlook files, search for *.pst and you will not
>> find them unless you include hidden files. Everything (mail, contacts,
>> calendar) was in one .pst file on both computers. If you use shared
>> Outlook
>> files, I think you also need to find *.pab files, and I'm not sure what
>> you
>> do with them.
>> If I remember right, the .pst files are in the Outlook Program folder
>> in
>> both XP and Vista, however, the folder path to them is different. Unless
>> you've created your own file, I'm pretty sure it is called outlook.pst in
>> both XP and Vista.
>> You need to get your *.pst folder from your old computer into your
>> Personel Folder on the new computer , and the default for Personal
>> Folders
>> is Outlook.pst on your new Vista computer.
>> The path in Vista where it stores the outlook file is:
>> Your computer name\Users\your user name\my outlook\outlook.pst
>> If you can avoid it, do not set up e-mail on your new computer until you
>> have done this, because you will lose all of that when you replace it
>> with
>> the folder from your old computer. You want the outlook file to stay
>> empty,
>> and if you set it up, it will start receiving e-mails. Since I set up
>> and
>> received e-mails on my new computer right away, I created newoutlook.pst
>> on
>> my Vista computer and moved my outlook files from my old computer into
>> it.
>> I remember that I had to tell Outlook to open this file as my personal
>> folders, and I don't remember how I did that. It may have just come up
>> the
>> first time I opened Outlook after I created the new file, and Outlook
>> was
>> confused because it only expected to find one *.pst file. So it asked me
>> the
>> name of my Personal Folder file.
>> I did have a problem in that my new Personal Folder showed up all the way
>> at
>> the bottom of the list of folders in Outlook, and actually went to a
>> second
>> page. So I did a lot of farting around because I didn't think it was
>> excepting my new file, when all that happened was I couldn't see it!
>> Later I was able to drop and drag the mail that had arrived in the Vista
>> Personal Folders into my personal folder just in Outlook. However, if
>> you
>> have calendar or contacts to merge, I'm not sure how that would work.
>> There was a lot of discussion on the forum, and discrepancies in articles
>> on
>> how to physically move the *.pst files. I believe neither backup/restore
>> nor
>> import/export will take all of the hidden files you need with them. I
>> know I
>> just dropped and dragged the outlook.pst file to a flash drive in
>> Explorer on
>> my old computer, and then I think I did a SAVE AS on the new computer.
>> Your computer name\Users\your user name\my outlook\outlook.pst
>> Replace outlook.pst with the name that you saved the file as on your
>> Vista
>> computer. Russ Valentine does address this in his posts to me using the
>> Outlook installation using the command.
>> File > Open > Outlook data file
>>
>> I used the three web sites that Russ recommended to come up with this
>> procedure.
>>
>> I hope it helps, and I'm not giving you any bad advice. I have not had
>> any
>> problems with Outlook on my Vista computer.
>> Good luck!
>>
>> "Darwin Akins" wrote:
>>
>>> Did the last option work? I am faced with the same problem. I
>>> transferred all
>>> files from old computer with XP to new Computer with Vista using Easy
>>> Transfer Wizard and a crossove cable. Everything works fine except
>>> OUTLOOK
>>>
>>> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>>>
>>> > Unfortunately, Microsoft has made migrating Outlook data a near
>>> > impossibility. Not only do its "Wizards" not work, the correct
>>> > procedure is
>>> > so counterintuitive that no one guesses it one the first ten tries.
>>> > --
>>> > Russ Valentine
>>> > [MVP-Outlook]
>>> > "Crausch" <> wrote in message
>>> > news:1EF274B1-BE94-4E61-9BD7-...
>>> > > Thankyou, I will try it and let you know how it goes. With the time
>>> > > I've
>>> > > spent on this, I could have manually rebuilt my calendar, 4 contact
>>> > > folders,
>>> > > and copied my correspondence off into text files!
>>> > >
>>> > > "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > >> What "backup Wizard" did you use?
>>> > >> Microsoft's instructions on this process are not correct. You
>>> > >> should not
>>> > >> move your data file to Outlook's default folder.
>>> > >> All you need to do is make a copy of your Outlook data file using
>>> > >> Windows
>>> > >> Explorer (avoid using anything process with the word "Wizard"),
>>> > >> place
>>> > >> that
>>> > >> file on your new hard drive in any location but Outlook's default
>>> > >> folder
>>> > >> (like where you store your other data), then open the file in your
>>> > >> new
>>> > >> Outlook installation using the File > Open > Outlook data file
>>> > >> command.
>>> > >> 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/as...771141033.aspx
>>> > >>
>>> > >> --
>>> > >> Russ Valentine
>>> > >> [MVP-Outlook]
>>> > >> "Crausch" <> wrote in message
>>> > >> news:44BF7219-047B-4FF2-9664-...
>>> > >> > Let's start by saying I'm not a techie, and I work out of my
>>> > >> > home, so
>>> > >> > please
>>> > >> > explain things SIMPLY to me, because I've got no one to ask. I
>>> > >> > have
>>> > >> > been
>>> > >> > working for two Days to figure out how to move my outlook mail
>>> > >> > files,
>>> > >> > contacts and calendar from my old XP, Office 2003 computer to my
>>> > >> > new
>>> > >> > Vista,
>>> > >> > Office 2007 computer . The Microsoft help page says to backup
>>> > >> > your
>>> > >> > outlook.pst files to an external device, and then use Explorer to
>>> > >> > move
>>> > >> > them
>>> > >> > to drive:\Documents and settings\<user>\Local
>>> > >> > Settings\application\Microsoft\Outlook folder. However when I
>>> > >> > used the
>>> > >> > backup wizard to put the files on my external hard drive, it
>>> > >> > would not
>>> > >> > let
>>> > >> > me
>>> > >> > open the Outlook folder on my XP computer, so I backed up the
>>> > >> > whole
>>> > >> > Outlook
>>> > >> > folder. But I can't open my backup copy to get just the .pst
>>> > >> > file to
>>> > >> > move
>>> > >> > it to the Outook folder on my Vista computer. So I figure I need
>>> > >> > to
>>> > >> > restore
>>> > >> > the old Outlook folder onto my external drive and plug it into my
>>> > >> > new
>>> > >> > Visa
>>> > >> > computer so I can open the folder on my new computer, and move
>>> > >> > just the
>>> > >> > .pst
>>> > >> > file to the Outlook folder on the new Vista computer. Is this a
>>> > >> > good
>>> > >> > assumption or is there a better way? Thank you for any help you
>>> > >> > can
>>> > >> > give
>>> > >> > me.
>>> > >>
>>> > >>
>>> >
>

Why would it. You use the word "probably",... does it mean you do not know?

NIK

"DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message
news:...
> That will probably corrupt both the Profile and data file (overwritting
> existing)
>
>
> "Nicholas Hall" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Start Outlook and set up your email account.
>>
>> Close Outlook
>>
>> Copy the .pst file
>>
>> Go to C:\Users\REPLACE WITH YOUR ACCOUNT
>> NAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\
>>
>> Paste the .pst file here
>>
>> Job done.
>>
>> NIK
>>
>> "Crausch" <> wrote in message
>> news:36413776-513B-4144-A317-...
>>> Darwin,
>>> I'm not sure where you are at, but this is an explanation I made for a
>>> friend with a new computer from my notes when I did the migration, and
>>> they
>>> worked for him.
>>> Like I said, I'm not a Techie, so I might not explain everything quite
>>> right.
>>>
>>> Migrating Outlook Files to a new computer:
>>>
>>> To get to your Outlook files in Explorer you have to find the box to
>>> 'include hidden files' (in XP I think it was 'show'). I believe it is
>>> in the
>>> regular View menu in Explorer in XP.
>>> To view hidden folders in Explorer on your Vista computer
>>> Tools/folder options/View/display hidden files
>>>
>>> If you search for your Outlook files, search for *.pst and you will
>>> not
>>> find them unless you include hidden files. Everything (mail, contacts,
>>> calendar) was in one .pst file on both computers. If you use shared
>>> Outlook
>>> files, I think you also need to find *.pab files, and I'm not sure what
>>> you
>>> do with them.
>>> If I remember right, the .pst files are in the Outlook Program folder
>>> in
>>> both XP and Vista, however, the folder path to them is different.
>>> Unless
>>> you've created your own file, I'm pretty sure it is called outlook.pst
>>> in
>>> both XP and Vista.
>>> You need to get your *.pst folder from your old computer into your
>>> Personel Folder on the new computer , and the default for Personal
>>> Folders
>>> is Outlook.pst on your new Vista computer.
>>> The path in Vista where it stores the outlook file is:
>>> Your computer name\Users\your user name\my outlook\outlook.pst
>>> If you can avoid it, do not set up e-mail on your new computer until you
>>> have done this, because you will lose all of that when you replace it
>>> with
>>> the folder from your old computer. You want the outlook file to stay
>>> empty,
>>> and if you set it up, it will start receiving e-mails. Since I set up
>>> and
>>> received e-mails on my new computer right away, I created newoutlook.pst
>>> on
>>> my Vista computer and moved my outlook files from my old computer into
>>> it.
>>> I remember that I had to tell Outlook to open this file as my personal
>>> folders, and I don't remember how I did that. It may have just come up
>>> the
>>> first time I opened Outlook after I created the new file, and Outlook
>>> was
>>> confused because it only expected to find one *.pst file. So it asked
>>> me the
>>> name of my Personal Folder file.
>>> I did have a problem in that my new Personal Folder showed up all the
>>> way at
>>> the bottom of the list of folders in Outlook, and actually went to a
>>> second
>>> page. So I did a lot of farting around because I didn't think it was
>>> excepting my new file, when all that happened was I couldn't see it!
>>> Later I was able to drop and drag the mail that had arrived in the Vista
>>> Personal Folders into my personal folder just in Outlook. However, if
>>> you
>>> have calendar or contacts to merge, I'm not sure how that would work.
>>> There was a lot of discussion on the forum, and discrepancies in
>>> articles on
>>> how to physically move the *.pst files. I believe neither backup/restore
>>> nor
>>> import/export will take all of the hidden files you need with them. I
>>> know I
>>> just dropped and dragged the outlook.pst file to a flash drive in
>>> Explorer on
>>> my old computer, and then I think I did a SAVE AS on the new computer.
>>> Your computer name\Users\your user name\my outlook\outlook.pst
>>> Replace outlook.pst with the name that you saved the file as on your
>>> Vista
>>> computer. Russ Valentine does address this in his posts to me using
>>> the
>>> Outlook installation using the command.
>>> File > Open > Outlook data file
>>>
>>> I used the three web sites that Russ recommended to come up with this
>>> procedure.
>>>
>>> I hope it helps, and I'm not giving you any bad advice. I have not had
>>> any
>>> problems with Outlook on my Vista computer.
>>> Good luck!
>>>
>>> "Darwin Akins" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Did the last option work? I am faced with the same problem. I
>>>> transferred all
>>>> files from old computer with XP to new Computer with Vista using Easy
>>>> Transfer Wizard and a crossove cable. Everything works fine except
>>>> OUTLOOK
>>>>
>>>> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Unfortunately, Microsoft has made migrating Outlook data a near
>>>> > impossibility. Not only do its "Wizards" not work, the correct
>>>> > procedure is
>>>> > so counterintuitive that no one guesses it one the first ten tries.
>>>> > --
>>>> > Russ Valentine
>>>> > [MVP-Outlook]
>>>> > "Crausch" <> wrote in message
>>>> > news:1EF274B1-BE94-4E61-9BD7-...
>>>> > > Thankyou, I will try it and let you know how it goes. With the time
>>>> > > I've
>>>> > > spent on this, I could have manually rebuilt my calendar, 4 contact
>>>> > > folders,
>>>> > > and copied my correspondence off into text files!
>>>> > >
>>>> > > "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>>>> > >
>>>> > >> What "backup Wizard" did you use?
>>>> > >> Microsoft's instructions on this process are not correct. You
>>>> > >> should not
>>>> > >> move your data file to Outlook's default folder.
>>>> > >> All you need to do is make a copy of your Outlook data file using
>>>> > >> Windows
>>>> > >> Explorer (avoid using anything process with the word "Wizard"),
>>>> > >> place
>>>> > >> that
>>>> > >> file on your new hard drive in any location but Outlook's default
>>>> > >> folder
>>>> > >> (like where you store your other data), then open the file in your
>>>> > >> new
>>>> > >> Outlook installation using the File > Open > Outlook data file
>>>> > >> command.
>>>> > >> 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/as...771141033.aspx
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> --
>>>> > >> Russ Valentine
>>>> > >> [MVP-Outlook]
>>>> > >> "Crausch" <> wrote in message
>>>> > >> news:44BF7219-047B-4FF2-9664-...
>>>> > >> > Let's start by saying I'm not a techie, and I work out of my
>>>> > >> > home, so
>>>> > >> > please
>>>> > >> > explain things SIMPLY to me, because I've got no one to ask. I
>>>> > >> > have
>>>> > >> > been
>>>> > >> > working for two Days to figure out how to move my outlook mail
>>>> > >> > files,
>>>> > >> > contacts and calendar from my old XP, Office 2003 computer to my
>>>> > >> > new
>>>> > >> > Vista,
>>>> > >> > Office 2007 computer . The Microsoft help page says to backup
>>>> > >> > your
>>>> > >> > outlook.pst files to an external device, and then use Explorer
>>>> > >> > to move
>>>> > >> > them
>>>> > >> > to drive:\Documents and settings\<user>\Local
>>>> > >> > Settings\application\Microsoft\Outlook folder. However when I
>>>> > >> > used the
>>>> > >> > backup wizard to put the files on my external hard drive, it
>>>> > >> > would not
>>>> > >> > let
>>>> > >> > me
>>>> > >> > open the Outlook folder on my XP computer, so I backed up the
>>>> > >> > whole
>>>> > >> > Outlook
>>>> > >> > folder. But I can't open my backup copy to get just the .pst
>>>> > >> > file to
>>>> > >> > move
>>>> > >> > it to the Outook folder on my Vista computer. So I figure I
>>>> > >> > need to
>>>> > >> > restore
>>>> > >> > the old Outlook folder onto my external drive and plug it into
>>>> > >> > my new
>>>> > >> > Visa
>>>> > >> > computer so I can open the folder on my new computer, and move
>>>> > >> > just the
>>>> > >> > .pst
>>>> > >> > file to the Outlook folder on the new Vista computer. Is this
>>>> > >> > a good
>>>> > >> > assumption or is there a better way? Thank you for any help you
>>>> > >> > can
>>>> > >> > give
>>>> > >> > me.
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >>
>>>> >
>>
>
>

"Nicholas Hall" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Why would it. You use the word "probably",... does it mean you do not
> know?
>

Because it doesn't necessarily, IF you are lucky. The probability of it
doing so is quite high however...

No, it means experience has show such
And if you view OL groups you will find the same response from MVP's

"Nicholas Hall" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Why would it. You use the word "probably",... does it mean you do not
> know?
>
> NIK
>
> "DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message
> news:...
>> That will probably corrupt both the Profile and data file (overwritting
>> existing)
>>
>>
>> "Nicholas Hall" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Start Outlook and set up your email account.
>>>
>>> Close Outlook
>>>
>>> Copy the .pst file
>>>
>>> Go to C:\Users\REPLACE WITH YOUR ACCOUNT
>>> NAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\
>>>
>>> Paste the .pst file here
>>>
>>> Job done.
>>>
>>> NIK
>>>
>>> "Crausch" <> wrote in message
>>> news:36413776-513B-4144-A317-...
>>>> Darwin,
>>>> I'm not sure where you are at, but this is an explanation I made for a
>>>> friend with a new computer from my notes when I did the migration, and
>>>> they
>>>> worked for him.
>>>> Like I said, I'm not a Techie, so I might not explain everything quite
>>>> right.
>>>>
>>>> Migrating Outlook Files to a new computer:
>>>>
>>>> To get to your Outlook files in Explorer you have to find the box to
>>>> 'include hidden files' (in XP I think it was 'show'). I believe it is
>>>> in the
>>>> regular View menu in Explorer in XP.
>>>> To view hidden folders in Explorer on your Vista computer
>>>> Tools/folder options/View/display hidden files
>>>>
>>>> If you search for your Outlook files, search for *.pst and you will
>>>> not
>>>> find them unless you include hidden files. Everything (mail, contacts,
>>>> calendar) was in one .pst file on both computers. If you use shared
>>>> Outlook
>>>> files, I think you also need to find *.pab files, and I'm not sure what
>>>> you
>>>> do with them.
>>>> If I remember right, the .pst files are in the Outlook Program folder
>>>> in
>>>> both XP and Vista, however, the folder path to them is different.
>>>> Unless
>>>> you've created your own file, I'm pretty sure it is called outlook.pst
>>>> in
>>>> both XP and Vista.
>>>> You need to get your *.pst folder from your old computer into your
>>>> Personel Folder on the new computer , and the default for Personal
>>>> Folders
>>>> is Outlook.pst on your new Vista computer.
>>>> The path in Vista where it stores the outlook file is:
>>>> Your computer name\Users\your user name\my outlook\outlook.pst
>>>> If you can avoid it, do not set up e-mail on your new computer until
>>>> you
>>>> have done this, because you will lose all of that when you replace it
>>>> with
>>>> the folder from your old computer. You want the outlook file to stay
>>>> empty,
>>>> and if you set it up, it will start receiving e-mails. Since I set up
>>>> and
>>>> received e-mails on my new computer right away, I created
>>>> newoutlook.pst on
>>>> my Vista computer and moved my outlook files from my old computer into
>>>> it.
>>>> I remember that I had to tell Outlook to open this file as my personal
>>>> folders, and I don't remember how I did that. It may have just come
>>>> up the
>>>> first time I opened Outlook after I created the new file, and Outlook
>>>> was
>>>> confused because it only expected to find one *.pst file. So it asked
>>>> me the
>>>> name of my Personal Folder file.
>>>> I did have a problem in that my new Personal Folder showed up all the
>>>> way at
>>>> the bottom of the list of folders in Outlook, and actually went to a
>>>> second
>>>> page. So I did a lot of farting around because I didn't think it was
>>>> excepting my new file, when all that happened was I couldn't see it!
>>>> Later I was able to drop and drag the mail that had arrived in the
>>>> Vista
>>>> Personal Folders into my personal folder just in Outlook. However, if
>>>> you
>>>> have calendar or contacts to merge, I'm not sure how that would work.
>>>> There was a lot of discussion on the forum, and discrepancies in
>>>> articles on
>>>> how to physically move the *.pst files. I believe neither
>>>> backup/restore nor
>>>> import/export will take all of the hidden files you need with them. I
>>>> know I
>>>> just dropped and dragged the outlook.pst file to a flash drive in
>>>> Explorer on
>>>> my old computer, and then I think I did a SAVE AS on the new computer.
>>>> Your computer name\Users\your user name\my outlook\outlook.pst
>>>> Replace outlook.pst with the name that you saved the file as on your
>>>> Vista
>>>> computer. Russ Valentine does address this in his posts to me using
>>>> the
>>>> Outlook installation using the command.
>>>> File > Open > Outlook data file
>>>>
>>>> I used the three web sites that Russ recommended to come up with this
>>>> procedure.
>>>>
>>>> I hope it helps, and I'm not giving you any bad advice. I have not had
>>>> any
>>>> problems with Outlook on my Vista computer.
>>>> Good luck!
>>>>
>>>> "Darwin Akins" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Did the last option work? I am faced with the same problem. I
>>>>> transferred all
>>>>> files from old computer with XP to new Computer with Vista using Easy
>>>>> Transfer Wizard and a crossove cable. Everything works fine except
>>>>> OUTLOOK
>>>>>
>>>>> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> > Unfortunately, Microsoft has made migrating Outlook data a near
>>>>> > impossibility. Not only do its "Wizards" not work, the correct
>>>>> > procedure is
>>>>> > so counterintuitive that no one guesses it one the first ten tries.
>>>>> > --
>>>>> > Russ Valentine
>>>>> > [MVP-Outlook]
>>>>> > "Crausch" <> wrote in message
>>>>> > news:1EF274B1-BE94-4E61-9BD7-...
>>>>> > > Thankyou, I will try it and let you know how it goes. With the
>>>>> > > time I've
>>>>> > > spent on this, I could have manually rebuilt my calendar, 4
>>>>> > > contact
>>>>> > > folders,
>>>>> > > and copied my correspondence off into text files!
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >> What "backup Wizard" did you use?
>>>>> > >> Microsoft's instructions on this process are not correct. You
>>>>> > >> should not
>>>>> > >> move your data file to Outlook's default folder.
>>>>> > >> All you need to do is make a copy of your Outlook data file using
>>>>> > >> Windows
>>>>> > >> Explorer (avoid using anything process with the word "Wizard"),
>>>>> > >> place
>>>>> > >> that
>>>>> > >> file on your new hard drive in any location but Outlook's default
>>>>> > >> folder
>>>>> > >> (like where you store your other data), then open the file in
>>>>> > >> your new
>>>>> > >> Outlook installation using the File > Open > Outlook data file
>>>>> > >> command.
>>>>> > >> 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/as...771141033.aspx
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >> --
>>>>> > >> Russ Valentine
>>>>> > >> [MVP-Outlook]
>>>>> > >> "Crausch" <> wrote in message
>>>>> > >> news:44BF7219-047B-4FF2-9664-...
>>>>> > >> > Let's start by saying I'm not a techie, and I work out of my
>>>>> > >> > home, so
>>>>> > >> > please
>>>>> > >> > explain things SIMPLY to me, because I've got no one to ask. I
>>>>> > >> > have
>>>>> > >> > been
>>>>> > >> > working for two Days to figure out how to move my outlook mail
>>>>> > >> > files,
>>>>> > >> > contacts and calendar from my old XP, Office 2003 computer to
>>>>> > >> > my new
>>>>> > >> > Vista,
>>>>> > >> > Office 2007 computer . The Microsoft help page says to backup
>>>>> > >> > your
>>>>> > >> > outlook.pst files to an external device, and then use Explorer
>>>>> > >> > to move
>>>>> > >> > them
>>>>> > >> > to drive:\Documents and settings\<user>\Local
>>>>> > >> > Settings\application\Microsoft\Outlook folder. However when I
>>>>> > >> > used the
>>>>> > >> > backup wizard to put the files on my external hard drive, it
>>>>> > >> > would not
>>>>> > >> > let
>>>>> > >> > me
>>>>> > >> > open the Outlook folder on my XP computer, so I backed up the
>>>>> > >> > whole
>>>>> > >> > Outlook
>>>>> > >> > folder. But I can't open my backup copy to get just the .pst
>>>>> > >> > file to
>>>>> > >> > move
>>>>> > >> > it to the Outook folder on my Vista computer. So I figure I
>>>>> > >> > need to
>>>>> > >> > restore
>>>>> > >> > the old Outlook folder onto my external drive and plug it into
>>>>> > >> > my new
>>>>> > >> > Visa
>>>>> > >> > computer so I can open the folder on my new computer, and move
>>>>> > >> > just the
>>>>> > >> > .pst
>>>>> > >> > file to the Outlook folder on the new Vista computer. Is this
>>>>> > >> > a good
>>>>> > >> > assumption or is there a better way? Thank you for any help you
>>>>> > >> > can
>>>>> > >> > give
>>>>> > >> > me.
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> >
>>>
>>
>>
>

Outlook 2000 is not compatible with Vista
Only outlook 2003 onwards is fully compatible with vista

"hunterabq" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I too am not a techie, but I have tried copying .pst and then opening,
> "Open" via menu, etc. Finally got folders, but cannot respond to e-mail
> or create address book as "wab.dll" cannot be found.
>
> Microsoft says to reinstall outlook express?!?!?! I am using Outllook
> 2000, and moving it over from a XP to Vista machine. But no address
> book, signature, etc.
>
> Copied backup, moved it over and renamed, then reopened. All I got was
> other copy of folders.
>
> How to get address book back?
>
>
> --
> hunterabq
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Read the following concerning your issue

http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/vista.htm

Apart from that issue as described above Outlook 2000 in Office 2000 will work on
Vista as shown in the below MS KB. Outlook stand alone and not in the Office suite
is another story and refer to the post by DL in this thread.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932087/en-us

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> I too am not a techie, but I have tried copying .pst and then opening,
> "Open" via menu, etc. Finally got folders, but cannot respond to e-mail
> or create address book as "wab.dll" cannot be found.
>
> Microsoft says to reinstall outlook express?!?!?! I am using Outllook
> 2000, and moving it over from a XP to Vista machine. But no address
> book, signature, etc.
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> Copied backup, moved it over and renamed, then reopened. All I got was
> other copy of folders.
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> How to get address book back?
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