Access older version of Outlook after upgrading to a newer version

[FMC_Peter]

We upgraded from Outlook XP (2002) to Outlook 2007 about three months ago and
switched Exchange Service providers. We have a user now looking for a few
emails that were in the "Drafts" folder within the old version of Outlook.

The drafts folder itself was not exported as a .pst as was done with other
folders to be imported into the 2007 version.

Is it possible to access the old version of Outlook again with the hopes of
these messages still being in the "Drafts" folder or was the older version
erased/replaced upon upgrading to the new version of Outlook?

Thanks in advance!

 

[DL]

The data is not within outlook, whatever version, but contained in the data
file, which would either be a pst or ost file

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

you don't need the old version of outlook, you need the old message store.
If it was a pst, you can open it using file, open, but if it was an *.ost
file, you need to use the profile and acct that created it.

If you used an ost and still have it, you can convert it to a pst using
http://www.slipstick.com/files/ost2pst.exe.



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[FMC_Peter]

Thank you for your quick response. I will attempt to find his old .ost file.

Along with the Exchange Service provider switch we did have to create a new
user account on each machine to point to the new domain. HOPEFULLY the old
..ost is still intact in his last user/profile account.

I'll update this thread with my findings. Thanks again!

you don't need the old version of outlook, you need the old message store.
If it was a pst, you can open it using file, open, but if it was an *.ost
file, you need to use the profile and acct that created it.

If you used an ost and still have it, you can convert it to a pst using
http://www.slipstick.com/files/ost2pst.exe.



--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:
(e-mail address removed)

Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:
(e-mail address removed)




You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.

We upgraded from Outlook XP (2002) to Outlook 2007 about three months ago
and
switched Exchange Service providers. We have a user now looking for a few
emails that were in the "Drafts" folder within the old version of Outlook.

The drafts folder itself was not exported as a .pst as was done with other
folders to be imported into the 2007 version.

Is it possible to access the old version of Outlook again with the hopes
of
these messages still being in the "Drafts" folder or was the older version
erased/replaced upon upgrading to the new version of Outlook?

Thanks in advance!