transfer outlook folders/contacts to a new computer

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F.X.

I'm trying to transfer my outlook 2000 files & contacts
(Windows '98) to Outlook 2003 (Windows XP) on a separate
computer (both are stand-alone systems, i.e. not
networked). Any advice on how to do so?
I've checked MS site and they only address the transfer of
those files/contacts to another program on the same
computer.
 
R

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]

Copy your PST file to the new computer.
Configure the new installation to use it as its default information store.

To use another PST file (such as one from an earlier installation) and set
it to be the default for your current installation of Outlook, you will
first need to know the location and name of the PST file you'd like to use
as your new default. Then use the following directions:

- Go to Tools > Options > Mail Setup > Data Files > Add...
- Add the PST you'd like as your new default, then Close > OK to exit the
Options dialog
- Go to Tools > E-mail Accounts > View or change existing e-mail accounts
- Select the PST you just added in the "Deliver New e-mail to the following
location" dropdown (it will most likely appear just below the current
default Personal Folders file) > Finish
- Exit and Restart Outlook
- You can now close the previous default PST (R-click on that pst folder
while in Folder View and select "Close <foldername> Folders"). If you have
any information in your former PST that you'd like to transfer to your new
default PST, you can drag and drop from one to the other before you close
the old one.
 
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