Issues after migrating to a new pc

[SoxFanInVA]

I was running Outlook 2007 on Vista Ultimate. I migrated to a new computer
also running Vista Ultimate and re-installed Outlook 2007 and copied all the
files from the Outlook folder over to the new machine. Now I have 2 strange
quirks.

First, I am often greeted with a login prompt from my Comcast email account.
Everything is pre-filled in (username/pass) and it appears to have failed
the login. However all I have to do is click OK and the connection
completes if it hasn't already timed out.

Secondly, the rules I had created on the old machine are a mess. Some work
and some don't. What's wierd is when I manually run the rules on the inbox
the messages get moved to their proper folders. It's just as mail arrives
it sits in the inbox and does not move to the correct folder. I've even
re-created a couple rules and still some messages get moved properly and
others don't.

For instance, I have all my work email forwarded to my Comcast account. I
created a rule so that ALL email coming in from that domain gets moved to my
work folder. The old rule wasn't working so I recreated it. Still, some
mail gets moved and some sits idle in the inbox. Not sure why that is
happening.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Tom

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP-P/I]]

If you copied the data files into the same folder on the new machine as the
one you got them from on the old machine and overwrote any existing files in
the process, you likely have a corrupt Outlook profile. Place the date
files in a folder where they will not overwrite any existing files, create a
new Outlook profile, then OPEN the transferred data files using
'File|Open|Outlook date file' from within Outlook.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829918/en-us
How to create a new e-mail profile in Outlook 2007 and in Outlook 2003
http://www.slipstick.com/config/movepst.htm
To move a Personal Folders .pst file
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx
Reconnect your old Outlook data file

Hal
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[SoxFanInVA]

WOW! Thanks, that seems to have worked so far. Incoming emails look to be
going into the proper folder again.

I moved my pst files back into the Outlook folder after creating a new
profile. I have some files that remain from the old directory. What are
these and can I move them back to the Outlook folder withoout borking up
Outlook again?
extend.dat
outcomd.dat
Outlook.xml.kfl
Outlook.nk2

Thanks for the tip!

Tom