Can dual boot share same data of outllook 2007?

[Ray]

I have installed Vista Ultimate on drive L: with my original XP MCE on drive
C:
I want to run both copies until I know all my apps will work (& installed)
with Vista. I have installed Office 2007 on both partition/OS's. Can I share
my data and account information in outlook when running Vista?
Thanks in advance for any help someone could provide~

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have installed Vista Ultimate on drive L: with my original XP MCE
on drive C:
I want to run both copies until I know all my apps will work (&
installed) with Vista. I have installed Office 2007 on both
partition/OS's. Can I share my data and account information in
outlook when running Vista?

Sure, as long as it's in a folder both operating systems can access.

 

[Ray]

OK, but I can't see or access the \local settings\ directory under \user\
directory on the XP partition when trying to "add" folder in outlook.

 

[DL]

You would need to setup the Vista Outlook to use the same data file
It might be prudent to move your origonal outlook.pst (with OL closed) to a
location outside the 'Documents & Settings' grouping

 

[Gordon]

OK, but I can't see or access the \local settings\ directory under \user\
directory on the XP partition when trying to "add" folder in outlook.

Then you either need to change the permissions of that folder in XP, or move
the pst file to a folder to which both Operating systems have full
read/write access....

 

[Ray]

Thanks, DL, it took a while but found if you open tools>options>mail
setup>datafiles>open folder it will open windows explorer to your data
files. Then close outlook and move/copy the files to a new location. I have
access to all my archive, pst, IMAP and POP3 accounts this way.
I posted this hoping someone else finds this information useful.
It saved me a bunch of time with many email accounts.

Mr. Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] LOL when he said : "Sure, as long as it's in
a folder both operating systems can access."
Shame on you Brian, they should take that MVP and shine a little light where
you need it.
(And then make you pay for your subscription to technet.)

 

[Gordon]

Mr. Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] LOL when he said : "Sure, as long as it's
in a folder both operating systems can access."
Shame on you Brian, they should take that MVP and shine a little light
where you need it.
(And then make you pay for your subscription to technet.)

And what was wrong with what Brian said? You've just done exactly that....

 

[Brian Tillman]

OK, but I can't see or access the \local settings\ directory under
\user\ directory on the XP partition when trying to "add" folder in
outlook.

Like I said. While using XP, put the PST in a folder both operating systems
can access. Create a folder like C:\Outlook or L:\Outlook and put the PST
there.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Mr. Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] LOL when he said : "Sure, as long as
it's in a folder both operating systems can access."
Shame on you Brian, they should take that MVP and shine a little
light where you need it.
(And then make you pay for your subscription to technet.)

How is what I said in any way inaccurate?

 

[Ray]

No Brian, what you said wasn't inaccurate. But in the adjacent thread you
started with "Like I said". You didn't say where or that you knew there was
a location problem/issue you only implied "that as long as you..."
The time you spent writing this response could have been applied to being
just a LITTLE more informative and saved me hours of time figuring it out
for myself. And it's true that the BEST learned lessons are one's that you
have to do or figure out for yourself. I appreciate everyone's assistance,
your included, thank you. Without your help I wouldn't know it could be
done. And I was hasty in assuming the mail accounts would work, it seems I
needed to recreate them and they default to a location on the Vista
partition. any clues?
Sincerely,
Ray

 

[Brian Tillman]

The time you spent writing this response could have been applied to
being just a LITTLE more informative and saved me hours of time
figuring it out for myself.

I generally assume people are intelligent and can fend for themselves when
pointed in the correct direction. Was I wrong in your case? I'll bet not.

And it's true that the BEST learned
lessons are one's that you have to do or figure out for yourself. I
appreciate everyone's assistance, your included, thank you. Without
your help I wouldn't know it could be done. And I was hasty in
assuming the mail accounts would work, it seems I needed to recreate
them and they default to a location on the Vista partition. any clues?

Accounts do need to be created in each mail profile (and each operating
system is independent of the other). But accounts and PSTs aren't the same
thing. A mail profile is a container in the registry (and that's why one
O/S can't see the data for the other O/S). That container has within it
account and data file information. You can associate account information
with data file information in multiple ways, especially in OL 2007. In your
case, by putting the PST in a folder that each O/S can see, such as
C:\Outlook or L:\Outlook, each mail profile will be able access the folder
(and the PST within) without you needing to worry a lot about file ownership
and permissions. By the way, you've probably notices that your L drive in
XP becomes your C drive in Vista, so your PST location might be C when
booted in one O/S but L when booted in the other.