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[Bob Eyster]

I have had this problem in Vista Ultimate and now in Windows 7 Pro.

When I upgraded to W7 (clean install) from Vista Ultimate I imported my
contacts from my BlackBerry to Outlook 2007. Everything imported OK except
for the Colors for the Categories. Is this a bug or what? The same thing
happened in Vista upgrading from XP.

Any ideas???

 

[Russ Valentine]

Not a bug. End user error.
In no way is syncing to a PDA even remotely the same as backing up and
restoring Outlook data.
Next time copy your Outlook data file and open it in the new installation.

 

[Bob Eyster]

I archive my Outlook data on a regular bases. but sometimes I only what my
address book.

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Bob Eyster
Windows 7 Pro 32 Bit

Not a bug. End user error.
In no way is syncing to a PDA even remotely the same as backing up and
restoring Outlook data.
Next time copy your Outlook data file and open it in the new installation.

 

[Russ Valentine]

Archiving is not the same as backing up either.
Bottom line: if you want to transfer Outlook data, you copy your data file.
Anything else loses or changes data.
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Russ Valentine

I archive my Outlook data on a regular bases. but sometimes I only what my
address book.

 

[Bob Eyster]

OK, thanks for the info. Than what is the import and export used for?

 

[Russ Valentine]

Converting Outlook data to a different format.

 

[Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]]

Aditionally to Russ, if you still have the old PST file, open it in Outlook
and make if the default file. Then you'll have your colors back.

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Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook
Category Manager - Manage and share your categories:
SAM - The Sending Account Manager:
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Am Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:52:26 -0400 schrieb Bob Eyster:

 

[Bob Eyster]

I got the colors back manually.

 

[Bob Eyster]

What go is it if you loose features in the process?

 

[Russ Valentine]

You will always lose data when converting to another format. Outlook uses a
proprietary database and the same is true of any other proprietary database.
If someone wants to convert their data to a different format, they need to
understand some information will be lost. Most users know that.