File and Settings transfer wizard

[Ben Bazian]

I am using the wizard to get all the files and settings for my new PC. My
old PC has xpsp2 and Office 2003. When I run the wizard and choose files
and settings it does not appear to save any outlook settings of files. When
I restore to the new PC I have to set up Outlook from scratch. What am I
doing wrong?

-Ben

 

[Roady [MVP]]

I wouldn't recommend that approach when switching computers. Better is to
recreate the mail profile from scratch and move the pst-file manually;

For more info on creating a mail profile see;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/newprofile

For more info on backup and restoring the pst-file see;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm

 

[Ben Bazian]

If I may ask, why would you not recommend this?

I wouldn't recommend that approach when switching computers. Better is to
recreate the mail profile from scratch and move the pst-file manually;

For more info on creating a mail profile see;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/newprofile

For more info on backup and restoring the pst-file see;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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I am using the wizard to get all the files and settings for my new PC. My
old PC has xpsp2 and Office 2003. When I run the wizard and choose files
and settings it does not appear to save any outlook settings of files.
When I restore to the new PC I have to set up Outlook from scratch. What
am I doing wrong?

-Ben