How to transfer all my email account settings to ol 2007 from ol 2003 ?

24 Mar 2009 5:19 PM

Ron Lyon

Hi all
    I have a pst file and a settings file from 2003 that i need to
inport into 2007. I have about 40 seperate email accounts and while i
can get the pst file into 2007 ok, i cant seem to find anyway of
getting all my email account settings moved over.
    The machine that had office 2003 on had the hard drive fatally
crash but i had the pst file backed up and the account settings saved
using the utility in 2003. My new machine still has xp but now has
office 2007.
    How can i use the settings file as the utility that uses it in
2003 seems to be missing in 2007, what did they replace it with.
    Thanks for any help, i no longer have all the setttings for
some of the email accounts apart from in the settings file.

24 Mar 2009 5:57 PM

Gordon

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"Ron Lyon" <msn***@ronlyon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi all
> I have a pst file and a settings file from 2003 that i need to
> inport into 2007. I have about 40 seperate email accounts and while i
> can get the pst file into 2007 ok, i cant seem to find anyway of
> getting all my email account settings moved over.
> The machine that had office 2003 on had the hard drive fatally
> crash but i had the pst file backed up and the account settings saved
> using the utility in 2003. My new machine still has xp but now has
> office 2007.
> How can i use the settings file as the utility that uses it in
> 2003 seems to be missing in 2007, what did they replace it with.
> Thanks for any help, i no longer have all the setttings for
> some of the email accounts apart from in the settings file.

Unfortunately I don't think there is an easy answer to this. May I ask why
you have FORTY email accounts set up in one instance of Outlook?

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24 Mar 2009 6:18 PM

DL

Office 2007 no longer supports the wizard, which in any case in office 2003
often causes problems in Outlook 2003

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"Ron Lyon" <msn***@ronlyon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:t05is4tv5lu4rt9fc4mu495rnjojqv5k91@4ax.com...
> Hi all
> I have a pst file and a settings file from 2003 that i need to
> inport into 2007. I have about 40 seperate email accounts and while i
> can get the pst file into 2007 ok, i cant seem to find anyway of
> getting all my email account settings moved over.
> The machine that had office 2003 on had the hard drive fatally
> crash but i had the pst file backed up and the account settings saved
> using the utility in 2003. My new machine still has xp but now has
> office 2007.
> How can i use the settings file as the utility that uses it in
> 2003 seems to be missing in 2007, what did they replace it with.
> Thanks for any help, i no longer have all the setttings for
> some of the email accounts apart from in the settings file.

25 Mar 2009 12:10 PM

Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]

"Ron Lyon" <msn***@ronlyon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:t05is4tv5lu4rt9fc4mu495rnjojqv5k91@4ax.com...

> I have a pst file and a settings file from 2003 that i need to
> inport into 2007.

Never import a PST to transfer data from one Outlook instance to another.
Just open the PST with File>Open>Outlook Data File.

> I have about 40 seperate email accounts and while i
> can get the pst file into 2007 ok, i cant seem to find anyway of
> getting all my email account settings moved over.

Unfortunately there is no good way to transfer accounts between Outlook
instances. It's conceivable that you can export the mail profile from the
registry and import it on the new PC, but that won't include any account
passwords. You'd still have to visit each account and reset the password.
There are third-party tools you can buy that will do the job. Here's one for
US$30: http://www.backsettings.com/outlook-backup.html I have no experience
with it so the due diligence is up to you.

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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

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