import .pst

  • Thread starter import different pst versions
  • Start date
I

import different pst versions

I exported a .pst 2003 Outlook file and my home computer is on 2002 - can i
extract any information on using 2002 or a tool to reformat the 2003 file
 
M

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;839109 should help.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, import different pst versions asked:

| I exported a .pst 2003 Outlook file and my home computer is on 2002 -
| can i extract any information on using 2002 or a tool to reformat the
| 2003 file
 
D

DL

If in OL2003 unicode format it can only be read/opened in OL2003.
You need to create a new pst, in OL2003, in non unicode / old format,
export/copy to that. You can then open the pst in prev.versions of OL.
No I dont believe there are any tools.

"import different pst versions" <import different pst
[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
 
R

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]

No.
This is one of many reasons why exporting is never the correct way to
transfer Outlook data.
You should have created a new PST file in the old format and copied data
into it if you wanted it to be accessible to earlier versions.
Apparently, Microsoft expected its users to be clairvoyant on this
requirement. It makes no sense not to provide users with the option to
select the correct file format when they export data. But they didn't, and
you're another victim of their oversight.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"import different pst versions" <import different pst
[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
 
B

bob

Hi, I have noticed that you have sais that exporting is not a good way to
transfer outlook data, could you help me understand how to do this?

As I become a heavier user of the progrma, it is more appealing to me to
understand the actual details of using it.

Thanks
 
G

Gordon

bob said:
Hi, I have noticed that you have sais that exporting is not a good way to
transfer outlook data, could you help me understand how to do this?

As I become a heavier user of the progrma, it is more appealing to me to
understand the actual details of using it.

Thanks
Click to expand...
"Import and Export" function in Outlook changes the modified date of
messages (mainly in the Sent Items folder I believe) to the date on
which the Import/Export is done.
 
Top