URGENT HELP NEEDED: Upgraded to Vista and lost my Outlook files

J

Johnnie

Need some guidance. I upgraded to Vista this weekend and expected to be able
to import my personal address book and email files from windows.old

Cannot find the files though....can anyone provide guidance?

cheers and thanks.
 
D

DL

You upgraded an installation that had a working outlook, and now outlook is
not available, or does it not have the origonal data files connected?
PS You dont import native outlook data
 
J

Johnnie

Hi DL:

I had really bad system performance and crashes in both Vista and Outlook. I
took the following steps:

1) re-instaled Vista
2) re-installed Office 2003

I then opened up Outlook and went into C:/windows.old to try to import my
email and address book. Under C:/Users but the folder APPDATA is missing.

Did I mess up bad? any chance I can still find my email file somewhere?

cheers.
 
J

Johnnie

Hi Diane...yes I believe so.



Diane Poremsky said:
Are you showing hidden files and folders?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
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You can access this newsgroup by visiting
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Johnnie said:
Hi DL:

I had really bad system performance and crashes in both Vista and Outlook.
I
took the following steps:

1) re-instaled Vista
2) re-installed Office 2003

I then opened up Outlook and went into C:/windows.old to try to import my
email and address book. Under C:/Users but the folder APPDATA is missing.

Did I mess up bad? any chance I can still find my email file somewhere?

cheers.
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D

DL

In Vista the default location would be
\Users\'username'\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook
If you locate the pst copy it to the Documents folder of Vista, then open it
in OL

Johnnie said:
Hi Diane...yes I believe so.



Diane Poremsky said:
Are you showing hidden files and folders?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
[email protected]

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


Johnnie said:
Hi DL:

I had really bad system performance and crashes in both Vista and
Outlook.
I
took the following steps:

1) re-instaled Vista
2) re-installed Office 2003

I then opened up Outlook and went into C:/windows.old to try to import
my
email and address book. Under C:/Users but the folder APPDATA is
missing.

Did I mess up bad? any chance I can still find my email file somewhere?

cheers.

:

You upgraded an installation that had a working outlook, and now
outlook
is
not available, or does it not have the origonal data files connected?
PS You dont import native outlook data

Need some guidance. I upgraded to Vista this weekend and expected to
be
able
to import my personal address book and email files from windows.old

Cannot find the files though....can anyone provide guidance?

cheers and thanks.
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J

Johnnie

the appdata folder is not showing.....



DL said:
In Vista the default location would be
\Users\'username'\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook
If you locate the pst copy it to the Documents folder of Vista, then open it
in OL

Johnnie said:
Hi Diane...yes I believe so.



Diane Poremsky said:
Are you showing hidden files and folders?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
[email protected]

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


Hi DL:

I had really bad system performance and crashes in both Vista and
Outlook.
I
took the following steps:

1) re-instaled Vista
2) re-installed Office 2003

I then opened up Outlook and went into C:/windows.old to try to import
my
email and address book. Under C:/Users but the folder APPDATA is
missing.

Did I mess up bad? any chance I can still find my email file somewhere?

cheers.

:

You upgraded an installation that had a working outlook, and now
outlook
is
not available, or does it not have the origonal data files connected?
PS You dont import native outlook data

Need some guidance. I upgraded to Vista this weekend and expected to
be
able
to import my personal address book and email files from windows.old

Cannot find the files though....can anyone provide guidance?

cheers and thanks.
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J

Johnnie

YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST.......THANKS FOR THE TIPS. AFTER CAREFULLY REVIEWING
YOUR SUGGESTIONS I FINALLY REALIZED THAT THE FOLDERS WERE INDEED HIDDEN. ALL
IS WELL AND I HAVE RECOVERED MY EMAIL AND CONTACTS.

THANKS SO MUCH.


Johnnie said:
the appdata folder is not showing.....



DL said:
In Vista the default location would be
\Users\'username'\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook
If you locate the pst copy it to the Documents folder of Vista, then open it
in OL

Johnnie said:
Hi Diane...yes I believe so.



:

Are you showing hidden files and folders?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
[email protected]

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


Hi DL:

I had really bad system performance and crashes in both Vista and
Outlook.
I
took the following steps:

1) re-instaled Vista
2) re-installed Office 2003

I then opened up Outlook and went into C:/windows.old to try to import
my
email and address book. Under C:/Users but the folder APPDATA is
missing.

Did I mess up bad? any chance I can still find my email file somewhere?

cheers.

:

You upgraded an installation that had a working outlook, and now
outlook
is
not available, or does it not have the origonal data files connected?
PS You dont import native outlook data

Need some guidance. I upgraded to Vista this weekend and expected to
be
able
to import my personal address book and email files from windows.old

Cannot find the files though....can anyone provide guidance?

cheers and thanks.
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