Business Contact Manager

[Ed Podowski]

I created a new user and change the computer name to join SBS 2003. This
workstation was using Business Contact Manager with Outlook 2003. The
original database was MSBusinessContactManager.mdf and
MSBusinessContactManager.ldf.

When I copied the database over to the new user account, setup Business
Contact Manager, File > Data File Management > Add Business Contact Manager
database it won't recognize the database, only the database that was created
under that user account - MSBusinessContactManager2.mdf and
MSBusinessContactManager2.ldf.

I looked through the permissions [at the file level] and set them so the
owner and permission was set to the now current user.

But still cannot access. Any suggestions?

Thank you, Ed Podowski

 

[Larry]

Hi Ed

Try the following

Under the new user account, go into BCM and create a new, Blank Database
that has the same name that the original MDF Files originally had. So if
the old MDF file was named "My_Company.mdf", create a new BCM Database named
"My_Company.mdf"
Close Outlook
Go to Start > Run and type "Services.msc" (without the quotes) and click OK
Locate the MSSQL$MICROSOFTSMLBIZ service and stop it
Copy the original files over the new empty database files with the same
name. They should be in this location:
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Business Contact Manager

Restart the MSSQL$MICROSOFTSMLBIZ service
Open Outlook/BCM and connect to the database again

Hope this helps!

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Regards,

Larry, [MSFT]

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