Or the OP could be using one of the early Beta releases of Office 2007, like beta 1 (available only to tech beta testers so if this is a pirate copy, I have no sympathy).
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After furious head scratching, Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] asked:
| In | pre-release outlook 2003 not starting up <pre-release outlook 2003 not
| starting (e-mail address removed)> typed:
|| I recently backed upi my contact information by exporting it to a
|| .pst file. Sonn after I tried t access my outlook and it failed to
|| strat up syaing that the solution is to upgrade. It saud that my
|| version was a pre-release or beta version and that for assistance I
|| need to upgrade.
||
|| How do I do this, can I fix my existing outlook and will I be able to
|| reload my contact inof if I do.
||
|| How do I proceed from here?
|
| Are you using a beta version of Outlook 2003? The message sounds
| pretty clear, if so. I'm surprised it's worked this long, as I
| thought the last beta/pre-release version expired in 2004.
|
| See
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/818784.
|
| You need to buy a regular copy of OL2003 if you wish to use it. Or,
| if you want to use an older copy of Outlook, that you already own,
| you can uninstall the beta version and go back to the old version.
| Note that if you had created a unicode format PST file in OL2003, you
| will not be able to open it in an earlier version of Outlook - you
| would need to open it in OL2003 (on any computer running same), and
| create a non-unicode / old style PST file, and copy items to *that*
| PST file - then move that file to your own computer for use.
