why is my exported contacts pst file locked by another process

[baldeagle13]

When I try to export my contacts to another computer, it says "the process
cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion of the
file." How can I unlock it?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

List the precise steps you are using, your Outlook version, and why you
think exporting is necessary.

 

[baldeagle13]

I'm tryiing to keep my contact list current on my main machine (Office SBE
2003) and export it to two other machines (Office pro 2004). I think I just
found the problem described on MS site: the PST file on 2003 is incompatible
with the PST files on 2004. Now isn't that a hoot. I guess I can use csv
files for contacts.

List the precise steps you are using, your Outlook version, and why you
think exporting is necessary.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

When I try to export my contacts to another computer, it says "the process
cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion of the
file." How can I unlock it?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

if you are using outlook 2004 - that's Mac software... I wouldn't expect it
to be compatible.

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I'm tryiing to keep my contact list current on my main machine (Office SBE
2003) and export it to two other machines (Office pro 2004). I think I
just
found the problem described on MS site: the PST file on 2003 is
incompatible
with the PST files on 2004. Now isn't that a hoot. I guess I can use csv
files for contacts.

List the precise steps you are using, your Outlook version, and why you
think exporting is necessary.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

When I try to export my contacts to another computer, it says "the
process
cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion of
the
file." How can I unlock it?