Can Outlook 2007 share an Outlook 2003 .pst?

[Chuck]

I have Outlook 2003 installed on an XP machine. My new laptop is running
Vista and has Office 2007 installed although Outlook has not been activated
there yet. The Vista machine has access to disks on the XP machine via a
wireless router.

I would like to activate Outlook 2007 with its own .pst file(s) and access
to the Outlook 2003 files. (I would use the laptop's Outlook 2007 .pst
file(s) when traveling and the XP machine's Outlook 2003 files when at home.)
Is this possible? Could Outlook 2003 and 2007 run at the same time while
sharing the Outlook 2003 files? What pitfalls should I expect?

 

[DL]

A pst cannot be utilised by more than a single instance of outlook at the
same time
There are methods of syncing two pst's, see www.slipstick.com for options
And if you are using / able to use an imap account, then it wont be
neccessary

 

[Chuck]

A pst cannot be utilised by more than a single instance of outlook at the
same time
There are methods of syncing two pst's, see www.slipstick.com for options
And if you are using / able to use an imap account, then it wont be
neccessary

OK, "A pst cannot be utilised by more than a single instance of outlook at
the same time." That's not what I hoped for but it was not unexpected
either. That means my wife and I can't be working with e-mail on the two
machines in the same .pst. But that doesn't answer my first question and the
subject query: "Can my new Outlook 2007 use the old Outlook 2003 .pst (when
the old machine isn't looking, of course)?

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

But that doesn't answer my first question and the
subject query: "Can my new Outlook 2007 use the old Outlook 2003 .pst (when
the old machine isn't looking, of course)?

Outlook 2007 and 2003 utilize the same PST format, so just open the PST with
File>Open>Outlook Data File.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Outlook 2007 and 2003 use the same pst format, so it would work but be aware
that network access of a pst is not supported or recommended. You should
make frequent backups is you choose to access it over a network. The most
damage happens when outlook loses network access to the pst - so you'll have
better results with a wired network connection than you will with a wireless
connection.

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