Add old pst file to new profile

[jonigrad]

In How-to-Outlook "adding/recreating a mail profile" the instructions suggest
adding back your previous emails and archives. I tried this unsuccessfully
but that may be because I'm still not too familiar with Windows 7. Could you
expand upon that paragraph? I'm trying to fix the contact/address book
problem.

 

[Russ Valentine]

We have no idea to which "paragraph" you are referring. You provided no
reference. "How-to-Outlook" means nothing to us.
We do, however, provide an answer to your question on a daily basis if you
care to read the posts in this group. To my knowledge, Microsoft has never
provided accurate instructions for this process.
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

Note that some of the information on the Microsoft page is outdated and
contains errors, particularly when applied to Outlook 2003 or 2007.
Specifically:
1. Ignore any advice to copy your PST file to Outlook's default location to
connect it to your profile. Doing so will often corrupt your Outlook
profile. Copy it
anywhere BUT the default location and then open it within your Outlook
profile.
2. Ignore any advice that tells you to use export or import to transfer
Outlook data. That has never been sound advice, but the process has become
too deeply flawed to be of any use.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

See http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/connect_pst.htm

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