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Hi,
I just bought a new laptop with Vista Home Premium 64-bit OS pre-installed.
It also came with a trial version of Office 2007, which I uninstalled in
preperation to install a copy of Office 2003 with BCM that I already owned.
Office 2003 installed normally and I applied the Office SP3. I'm able to
configure POP and SMTP settings and test with no problems. However, when I
launch Outlook, I get a message indicating "Unable to open your default
e-mail folders. Outlook could not start because a data file to send and
receive mail could not be found. To add a data file, such as a personal
folder file, double-click Mail icon in Windows Control Panel." In the 64-bit
OS, the mail icon is located in: Control Panel >> Additional Items >> View
32-bit Control Panel Items >> Mail. This icon provides me access to the
usual configuration panel for Outlook 2003. Unfortunately, the only type of
"Data File" I'm allowed to select is the BCM database. If I attempt to
select the BCM data file and edit the settings, I receive an error message
"the requested operation failed". If I then select "add" to add a new data
file, the only selectable file type that appears is a Business Contact
Manager Database (no .ost or .pst option). If I attempt to delete and re-add
the BCM DB data file, I receive a "Windows host process (Rundll32) has
stopped working" and the Mail configuration window closes. I don't really
use the BCM and only just want to use Outlook 2003 with an .ost so that I can
import the .pst backup from my previous system before it died. Any thoughts
or advice?
Thanks,
- Brad
I just bought a new laptop with Vista Home Premium 64-bit OS pre-installed.
It also came with a trial version of Office 2007, which I uninstalled in
preperation to install a copy of Office 2003 with BCM that I already owned.
Office 2003 installed normally and I applied the Office SP3. I'm able to
configure POP and SMTP settings and test with no problems. However, when I
launch Outlook, I get a message indicating "Unable to open your default
e-mail folders. Outlook could not start because a data file to send and
receive mail could not be found. To add a data file, such as a personal
folder file, double-click Mail icon in Windows Control Panel." In the 64-bit
OS, the mail icon is located in: Control Panel >> Additional Items >> View
32-bit Control Panel Items >> Mail. This icon provides me access to the
usual configuration panel for Outlook 2003. Unfortunately, the only type of
"Data File" I'm allowed to select is the BCM database. If I attempt to
select the BCM data file and edit the settings, I receive an error message
"the requested operation failed". If I then select "add" to add a new data
file, the only selectable file type that appears is a Business Contact
Manager Database (no .ost or .pst option). If I attempt to delete and re-add
the BCM DB data file, I receive a "Windows host process (Rundll32) has
stopped working" and the Mail configuration window closes. I don't really
use the BCM and only just want to use Outlook 2003 with an .ost so that I can
import the .pst backup from my previous system before it died. Any thoughts
or advice?
Thanks,
- Brad