Moving Office 2007 settings from an XP machine to a Windows 7 ma

[Rhythmdvl]

Recently built a new machine, and want to move settings (including
customizations and outlook rules, mailboxes and accounts) to the new machine.
As noted in the title, the old machine is an XP Pro box, the new machine is
running Windows 7. I’d rather not move macros and add-ins all at once
(something is causing a problem and I’d like to install one at a time), but
the Outlook set up and little tweaks (e.g., customization changes, style
sets) will be a PITA to redo manually.

I found a dizzying array of answers via Google, but none seemed to apply.
Wasn’t there a built-in tool a few years ago? Am I missing something simple?

Thanks,

Rhythm

 

[DL]

You cannot move accounts, they are contained in the registry
Opening your old outlook data files, from within outlook, will retain its
data.
Do not use export/import
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm

 

[Rhythmdvl]

I'm shocked that this isn't straightforward. I found a page telling where
Office Outlook 2007 keeps files
(http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HP100669141033.aspx) and was able
to copy them to the new machine, but nothin on accounts. I'm going to the
Outlook-specific forum for that.

 

[Gordon]

I'm shocked that this isn't straightforward. I found a page telling where
Office Outlook 2007 keeps files
(http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HP100669141033.aspx) and was
able
to copy them to the new machine, but nothin on accounts. I'm going to the
Outlook-specific forum for that.

You will get the same answer. Office 2007 has not got the "Save My Settings"
utility that Office 2003 had. You will have to re-create the accounts
manually. Not usually a problem for 99.99% of users...