Installing Outlook 2007

[p0]

I had a machine with Microsoft Office Professional 2003 on it. Then I
obtained an Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 version. To get the feel
for it, I ran the setup program and selected that I wanted to run the
2007 version in parallel with the 2003 version. Not being all that
adventurous, I selected to only install Word 2007.

Now, a few weeks later, I want to switch over completely from 2003 to
2007. However, the installer no longer offers the option to overwrite
the 2003 version. I can install all components manually by selecting
them with the exception of Outlook 2007. As long as Outlook 2003 is on
the machine, Outlook 2007 can not be installed over it by the regular
setup program. One solution would be to first uninstall Outlook 2003
and then install Outlook 2007 but then I would have to redo all my
settings. Something I would like to avoid.

So the question is, how can I run the setup program so that it acts
like a first time install and ask me if I want to overwrite older
versions of Office on this computer? That way, my settings should be
automatically ported.

Awaiting a reply,

Yves

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Outlook 2007 will not install if there is an existing copy of Outlook on the
computer. No way around that.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

 

[p0]

I am not looking for a way around that, I want to replace Outlook 2003
by 2007. It is just that I want to do it in such a way that I do not
have to reset all my settings manually because I have to remove 2003
first. I have seen the setup screen where I could pick to overwrite
all Office 2003 components. But for some odd reason, if you run the
setup a second time, that choice is no longer presented. My guess is
that the setup is checking the registry for some key and if it finds
it, it presents different options.

If nobody comes up with a solution I might trying to uninstall Office
2007 and then reinstalling it, hoping the original setup with the
overwrite option is presented again.

Regards,

Yves

Outlook 2007 will not install if there is an existing copy of Outlook on the
computer. No way around that.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~

I had a machine with Microsoft Office Professional 2003 on it. Then I
obtained an Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 version. To get the feel
for it, I ran the setup program and selected that I wanted to run the
2007 version in parallel with the 2003 version. Not being all that
adventurous, I selected to only install Word 2007.

Now, a few weeks later, I want to switch over completely from 2003 to
2007. However, the installer no longer offers the option to overwrite
the 2003 version. I can install all components manually by selecting
them with the exception of Outlook 2007. As long as Outlook 2003 is on
the machine, Outlook 2007 can not be installed over it by the regular
setup program. One solution would be to first uninstall Outlook 2003
and then install Outlook 2007 but then I would have to redo all my
settings. Something I would like to avoid.

So the question is, how can I run the setup program so that it acts
like a first time install and ask me if I want to overwrite older
versions of Office on this computer? That way, my settings should be
automatically ported.

Awaiting a reply,

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[JoAnn Paules]

I would suggest posting your question in the Outlook newsgroup to find out
if there's a way to preserve your settings from 2003 to 2007. There probably
is but I'm far from being a whiz at that.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

I am not looking for a way around that, I want to replace Outlook 2003
by 2007. It is just that I want to do it in such a way that I do not
have to reset all my settings manually because I have to remove 2003
first. I have seen the setup screen where I could pick to overwrite
all Office 2003 components. But for some odd reason, if you run the
setup a second time, that choice is no longer presented. My guess is
that the setup is checking the registry for some key and if it finds
it, it presents different options.

If nobody comes up with a solution I might trying to uninstall Office
2007 and then reinstalling it, hoping the original setup with the
overwrite option is presented again.

Regards,

Yves

Outlook 2007 will not install if there is an existing copy of Outlook on
the
computer. No way around that.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a questionhttp://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375"p0"

I had a machine with Microsoft Office Professional 2003 on it. Then I
obtained an Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 version. To get the feel
for it, I ran the setup program and selected that I wanted to run the
2007 version in parallel with the 2003 version. Not being all that
adventurous, I selected to only install Word 2007.

Now, a few weeks later, I want to switch over completely from 2003 to
2007. However, the installer no longer offers the option to overwrite
the 2003 version. I can install all components manually by selecting
them with the exception of Outlook 2007. As long as Outlook 2003 is on
the machine, Outlook 2007 can not be installed over it by the regular
setup program. One solution would be to first uninstall Outlook 2003
and then install Outlook 2007 but then I would have to redo all my
settings. Something I would like to avoid.

So the question is, how can I run the setup program so that it acts
like a first time install and ask me if I want to overwrite older
versions of Office on this computer? That way, my settings should be
automatically ported.

Awaiting a reply,

Yves- Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht niet weergeven -

- Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht weergeven -

 

[mdp]

I had a machine with Microsoft Office Professional 2003 on it. Then I
obtained an Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 version. To get the feel
for it, I ran the setup program and selected that I wanted to run the
2007 version in parallel with the 2003 version. Not being all that
adventurous, I selected to only install Word 2007.

Now, a few weeks later, I want to switch over completely from 2003 to
2007. However, the installer no longer offers the option to overwrite
the 2003 version. I can install all components manually by selecting
them with the exception of Outlook 2007. As long as Outlook 2003 is on
the machine, Outlook 2007 can not be installed over it by the regular
setup program. One solution would be to first uninstall Outlook 2003
and then install Outlook 2007 but then I would have to redo all my
settings. Something I would like to avoid.

So the question is, how can I run the setup program so that it acts
like a first time install and ask me if I want to overwrite older
versions of Office on this computer? That way, my settings should be
automatically ported.

Awaiting a reply,

Yves

Export the mail you want to keep into a *.pst file. Uninstall Outlook 2003.
Install Outlook 2007 and import the *.pst file.

To save account settings:

http://www.the-pc-guru.com/How_to_back_up_Microsoft_Out.php

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

NEVER import a .pst file unless you don't mind losing data.

Simply copy the .pst file to the new computer and DON'T override any existing .pst file. Then, open Outlook->File->Open->Outlook Data File. Browse to your saved .pst file and open it.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, mdp asked:

| p0 wrote:
|| I had a machine with Microsoft Office Professional 2003 on it. Then I
|| obtained an Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 version. To get the feel
|| for it, I ran the setup program and selected that I wanted to run the
|| 2007 version in parallel with the 2003 version. Not being all that
|| adventurous, I selected to only install Word 2007.
||
|| Now, a few weeks later, I want to switch over completely from 2003 to
|| 2007. However, the installer no longer offers the option to overwrite
|| the 2003 version. I can install all components manually by selecting
|| them with the exception of Outlook 2007. As long as Outlook 2003 is
|| on the machine, Outlook 2007 can not be installed over it by the
|| regular setup program. One solution would be to first uninstall
|| Outlook 2003 and then install Outlook 2007 but then I would have to
|| redo all my settings. Something I would like to avoid.
||
|| So the question is, how can I run the setup program so that it acts
|| like a first time install and ask me if I want to overwrite older
|| versions of Office on this computer? That way, my settings should be
|| automatically ported.
||
|| Awaiting a reply,
||
|| Yves
|
| Export the mail you want to keep into a *.pst file. Uninstall
| Outlook 2003. Install Outlook 2007 and import the *.pst file.
|
| To save account settings:
|
| http://www.the-pc-guru.com/How_to_back_up_Microsoft_Out.php

 

[mdp]

NEVER import a .pst file unless you don't mind losing data.

Simply copy the .pst file to the new computer and DON'T override any
existing .pst file. Then, open Outlook->File->Open->Outlook Data
File. Browse to your saved .pst file and open it.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, mdp asked:

Export the mail you want to keep into a *.pst file. Uninstall
Outlook 2003. Install Outlook 2007 and import the *.pst file.

To save account settings:

http://www.the-pc-guru.com/How_to_back_up_Microsoft_Out.php

I've exported/imported many times, all successfully. I've also copied per
your suggestion but found it was easy to make things worse if one doesn't do
it precisely right. What happens in reference to your statement "don't mind
losing data"?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Importing a .pst will cause:

Loss of custom forms.
Loss of connection between contacts and calendar
Loss of connection between contacts and activities
Loss of actual mail received dates in mail folders
Etc.

Google for the rest of the list.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, mdp asked:

| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] wrote:
|| NEVER import a .pst file unless you don't mind losing data.
||
|| Simply copy the .pst file to the new computer and DON'T override any
|| existing .pst file. Then, open Outlook->File->Open->Outlook Data
|| File. Browse to your saved .pst file and open it.
||
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, mdp asked:
||
||| p0 wrote:
|||| I had a machine with Microsoft Office Professional 2003 on it. Then
|||| I obtained an Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 version. To get the
|||| feel for it, I ran the setup program and selected that I wanted to
|||| run the 2007 version in parallel with the 2003 version. Not being
|||| all that adventurous, I selected to only install Word 2007.
||||
|||| Now, a few weeks later, I want to switch over completely from 2003
|||| to 2007. However, the installer no longer offers the option to
|||| overwrite the 2003 version. I can install all components manually
|||| by selecting them with the exception of Outlook 2007. As long as
|||| Outlook 2003 is on the machine, Outlook 2007 can not be installed
|||| over it by the regular setup program. One solution would be to
|||| first uninstall Outlook 2003 and then install Outlook 2007 but then
|||| I would have to redo all my settings. Something I would like to
|||| avoid.
||||
|||| So the question is, how can I run the setup program so that it acts
|||| like a first time install and ask me if I want to overwrite older
|||| versions of Office on this computer? That way, my settings should
|||| be automatically ported.
||||
|||| Awaiting a reply,
||||
|||| Yves
|||
||| Export the mail you want to keep into a *.pst file. Uninstall
||| Outlook 2003. Install Outlook 2007 and import the *.pst file.
|||
||| To save account settings:
|||
||| http://www.the-pc-guru.com/How_to_back_up_Microsoft_Out.php
|
| I've exported/imported many times, all successfully. I've also
| copied per your suggestion but found it was easy to make things worse
| if one doesn't do it precisely right. What happens in reference to
| your statement "don't mind losing data"?

 

[Gordon]

I've exported/imported many times, all successfully.

Then you've been very lucky.

I've also copied per your suggestion but found it was easy to make things
worse if one doesn't do it precisely right. What happens in reference to
your statement "don't mind losing data"?

(Courtesy of Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook])

Importing an entire PST may well corrupt your profile and may create a ghost
PST that you can't close. Importing PST's will lose:
1. Custom Forms
2. Custom Views
3. Connections between contacts and activities
4. Received dates on mail
5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
6. Journal connections
7. Distribution Lists

Opening a PST file will preserve all of these. That is why we do not advise
people to import a native file into Outlook.

 

[mdp]

I've exported/imported many times, all successfully.

Then you've been very lucky.

I've also copied per your suggestion but found it was easy to make
things worse if one doesn't do it precisely right. What happens in
reference to your statement "don't mind losing data"?

(Courtesy of Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook])

Importing an entire PST may well corrupt your profile and may create
a ghost PST that you can't close. Importing PST's will lose:
1. Custom Forms
2. Custom Views
3. Connections between contacts and activities
4. Received dates on mail
5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
6. Journal connections
7. Distribution Lists

Opening a PST file will preserve all of these. That is why we do not
advise people to import a native file into Outlook.

Roger that. Thanks for the info.