moving contacts from one profile to another profile?

[Steven]

How would I go about doing this in Windows Vista? How do I import all the
contacts from one profile to another one on the same computer?

 

[Russ Valentine]

You never import Outlook data. Your question is answered here daily.
The file you need is your Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's where all the
mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup or transfer:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

Note that some of the information on the Microsoft page is outdated and
contains errors, particularly when applied to Outlook 2003 or 2007.
Specifically:
1. Ignore any advice to copy your PST file to Outlook's default location to
connect it to your profile. Doing so will often corrupt your Outlook
profile. Copy it
anywhere BUT the default location and then open it within your Outlook
profile.
2. Ignore any advice that tells you to use export or import to transfer
Outlook data. That has never been sound advice, but the process has become
too deeply flawed to be of any use.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]]

How would I go about doing this in Windows Vista? How do I import all the
contacts from one profile to another one on the same computer?

Simply add the PST contaiing the data to the other profile. Run the Mail
applet in Control Pane, click Show Profiles, select the profile you want to
contain the data, click Properties, click Data Files, click Add, browse to the
PST containing the data, select it, and click OK. Close the Mail applet. All
done.