Outlook 2k3: exporting contacts

[Michael Jay Friedman]

Hi,

In order to share my Contacts with my wife, who has her own account on our
computer, I exported my contacts to a .pst file. I checked 'no encryption'
when performing the operation.

The resulting .pst file will not attach to an e-mail message, and if I burn
it to CD and try to import from my wife's account, that operation also
fails. Am I missing something here? What to do?

I would really appreciate any help.

Michael

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

There is never any reason to export and import a native Outlook file. Just
open the PST file in the other installation.
"Own account" means what? Windows logon profile? Outlook profile? Email
account?
Define more clearly what you want to do. Define your configuration more
clearly.

 

[Michael Jay Friedman]

Hi Russ,

By "account," I meant Windows logon profile. I created our joint Contacts
list while logged onto my Windows profile. I exported because I wanted to
move only the Contacts and not my e-mail to her Windows logon profile.

I am running Outlook 2003 on Windows 2000. No Exchange Server, just our one
computer.

I have been able successfully to export contacts to a comma-delimited file,
e-mail it to my wife, and import the Contacts that way which I guess solves
the problem, but I remain curious why I could not open nor e-mail the
exported .pst file. Why does one not import nor export such a file? I sure
would appreciate a brief tutorial.

Thanks!

Michael

There is never any reason to export and import a native Outlook file. Just
open the PST file in the other installation.
"Own account" means what? Windows logon profile? Outlook profile? Email
account?
Define more clearly what you want to do. Define your configuration more
clearly.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hi,

In order to share my Contacts with my wife, who has her own account on our
computer, I exported my contacts to a .pst file. I checked 'no encryption'
when performing the operation.

The resulting .pst file will not attach to an e-mail message, and if I
burn
it to CD and try to import from my wife's account, that operation also
fails. Am I missing something here? What to do?

I would really appreciate any help.

Michael

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Importing and exporting just provides two opportunities for data loss or
corruption (as you have now discovered)--especially if you change file
formats along the way.
Just open the PST from your Outlook profile in hers (File > Open > Outlook
Data File...) and copy the contents of the Contacts Folder from yours to
hers.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hi Russ,

By "account," I meant Windows logon profile. I created our joint Contacts
list while logged onto my Windows profile. I exported because I wanted to
move only the Contacts and not my e-mail to her Windows logon profile.

I am running Outlook 2003 on Windows 2000. No Exchange Server, just our
one
computer.

I have been able successfully to export contacts to a comma-delimited
file,
e-mail it to my wife, and import the Contacts that way which I guess
solves
the problem, but I remain curious why I could not open nor e-mail the
exported .pst file. Why does one not import nor export such a file? I sure
would appreciate a brief tutorial.

Thanks!

Michael

There is never any reason to export and import a native Outlook file.
Just
open the PST file in the other installation.
"Own account" means what? Windows logon profile? Outlook profile? Email
account?
Define more clearly what you want to do. Define your configuration more
clearly.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hi,

In order to share my Contacts with my wife, who has her own account on our
computer, I exported my contacts to a .pst file. I checked 'no encryption'
when performing the operation.

The resulting .pst file will not attach to an e-mail message, and if I
burn
it to CD and try to import from my wife's account, that operation also
fails. Am I missing something here? What to do?

I would really appreciate any help.

Michael