When Combing .PST Files is it Better to Export Contents to Another .PST or Import or Does It Matter?

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Mike

When combining .PST files is it better to export the contents to another PST
file or import the contents or does it matter?


Thanks,

Mike
 
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Brian Tillman

Mike said:
When combining .PST files is it better to export the contents to
another PST file or import the contents or does it matter?
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Neither. Open both and move the data yourself. Exporting and importing
lose data.
 
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Mike

Sorry, Outlook 2003. I want to combine archive .PST files.

Mike
It might matter if you told us your Outlook version.
 
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Mike

That's what I've been doing in Outlook 2003 , but some .pst file Inboxes
have so many
subfolders that it just too long to manually move the data.

Mkie
 
M

Mike

When combining Outlook 2003 .PST files is it better to export the contents
to another PST
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file or import the contents or does it matter?
 
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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]

If you want to move all the data into the new Outlook 2003 format .pst file that holds more data, you can create a new .pst file, then import all your archives into it.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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Mike

Thanks,

Mike
If you want to move all the data into the new Outlook 2003 format .pst file
that holds more data, you can create a new .pst file, then import all your
archives into it.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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Brian Tillman

Mike said:
That's what I've been doing in Outlook 2003 , but some .pst file
Inboxes have so many
subfolders that it just too long to manually move the data.
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Well, importing leaves some data behind, but if it's data you don't need, it
won't hurt. A couple of weeks ago, Russ Valentine posted a list of what
gets left behind in an import. Google Groups will find that list for you.
 
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Mike

How do I create a new archive file. It's appealing to start fresh with a
archive file.

Mike

If you want to move all the data into the new Outlook 2003 format .pst file
that holds more data, you can create a new .pst file, then import all your
archives into it.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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Brian Tillman

Mike said:
How do I create a new archive file. It's appealing to start fresh
with a archive file.
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If you have no existing archive PST, when you enable autoarchiving, Outlook
should create one and it should be in the Unicode PST format. If you have
an existing PST, rename it (with Outlook closed) and then next time
autoarchive is run, Outlook should create a new one in the Unicode format.
 
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Brian Tillman

Mike said:
If I rename existing .pst unicode files they will be combined after
restarting?
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No. Outlook will know nothing about the renamed PST unless you File>Open
it.
 
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