"Gordon" wrote:

>
> "The Old One" <The Old O**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6A0A37E0-9C62-49F1-BAAE-7DDEFF641986@microsoft.com...
> > I am a naive user and am trying to transfer my Outlook 2000 files to
> > Outlook
> > 2007 which I have on a new computer.  Every time I try to import a ".pst"
> > file into Outlook 2007, a window opens telling me I do not have the
> > permission required to access the file to be imported even though I am
> > logged
> > on as the Adminstrator.  What am I doing wrong?
>
> As posted here usually at least one a day - do NOT use the import/export
> function to transfer data from one Outlook to another.
> Copy the pst file to your HDD, do NOT overwrite any existing pst file,
> remove any read-only attribute (right-click - properties) then in Outlook do
> File-Open-Outlook Data Fuile and navigate to where you pit it. Then you can
> copy all the data into the new-format pst file that Outlook has already
> created.
>
> Why not importing?
> (Courtesy of Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook])
>
> Importing an entire PST may well corrupt your profile and may create a ghost
> PST that you can't close. Importing PST's will lose:
> 1.  Custom Forms
> 2.  Custom Views
> 3.  Connections between contacts and activities
> 4.  Received dates on mail
> 5.  Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
> 6.  Journal connections
> 7.  Distribution Lists
>
> Importing will almost certainly break the connection between your Contacts
> and the Addressbook view as well, requiring a new Mail Profile if that
> happens.
>
> Opening a PST file will preserve all of these. That is why we do not advise
> people to import a native file into Outlook.
>
>
>
> --
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> Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about,
> your OS, Service Pack level
> and the FULL contents of any error message(s)
>
>

"Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

> "Dancer7" <Danc***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1FD6D4A6-01D1-4BA1-A314-1CBEC9B9D8B4@microsoft.com...
>
> > OK, I'm an idiot for not looking here first. I apologize. I don't know what
> > made me think this was going to be a straightforward import/export since I'm
> > now using Vista rather than XP, but -- well, like I said, I'm an idiot.
> > Soooooo, I exported my Outlook 2003 .pst files from XP to a USB drive and
> > tried (ouch!) to import them into Outlook 2007 in Vista. Rather than errors
> > related to administrative privs, however, I'm getting a message that the
> > .pst
> > file already exists in Outlook 2007 -- but it doesn't. No contacts, no
> > personal folders, etc.  Now what do I do?
>
> Importing should not result in that message.  Describe the exact steps you
> were taking when you received it.
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>
>

"Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

> "Dancer7" <Danc***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:69BD4353-4C3E-4984-98BF-FF009B0452AB@microsoft.com...
>
> > OK, with Outlook opened, I first tried to import the .pst file from a USB
> > drive. Message said "This Personal Folders File (.pst) is already in use in
> > the current profile." I get the same message when I try to open the file
> > using the "open data file" command. Outlook tells me it's already there (in
> > use) -- but I can't find it. No personal folders, no contacts, etc. I just
> > have duplicate personal folders listed since Outlook apparently created
> > another each time I tried to import the .pst data. They're all empty, but I
> > can't delete them either.
>
> If you click File>Data File Management do you see it?
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>
>

"Dancer7" wrote:

> (Feeling sheepish, sort of ...) Yes, it's there -- along with the three other
> ones I tried to import. What do I do next?
>
>
>
>
> "Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
>
> > "Dancer7" <Danc***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:69BD4353-4C3E-4984-98BF-FF009B0452AB@microsoft.com...
> >
> > > OK, with Outlook opened, I first tried to import the .pst file from a USB
> > > drive. Message said "This Personal Folders File (.pst) is already in use in
> > > the current profile." I get the same message when I try to open the file
> > > using the "open data file" command. Outlook tells me it's already there (in
> > > use) -- but I can't find it. No personal folders, no contacts, etc. I just
> > > have duplicate personal folders listed since Outlook apparently created
> > > another each time I tried to import the .pst data. They're all empty, but I
> > > can't delete them either.
> >
> > If you click File>Data File Management do you see it?
> > --
> > Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
> >
> >

"The Old One" <The Old O**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6A0A37E0-9C62-49F1-BAAE-7DDEFF641986@microsoft.com...
>I am a naive user and am trying to transfer my Outlook 2000 files to
>Outlook
> 2007 which I have on a new computer.  Every time I try to import a ".pst"
> file into Outlook 2007, a window opens telling me I do not have the
> permission required to access the file to be imported even though I am
> logged
> on as the Adminstrator.  What am I doing wrong?

"DL" wrote:

> You dont Import
> With your old pst located in the Documents folder (in explorer ensure that
> any read only flag is off)
> In Outlook, File>Open>Data File..........browse to this data file
> Then within Outlook copy stuff from the old data file to the new
>
> "The Old One" <The Old O**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6A0A37E0-9C62-49F1-BAAE-7DDEFF641986@microsoft.com...
> >I am a naive user and am trying to transfer my Outlook 2000 files to
> >Outlook
> > 2007 which I have on a new computer.  Every time I try to import a ".pst"
> > file into Outlook 2007, a window opens telling me I do not have the
> > permission required to access the file to be imported even though I am
> > logged
> > on as the Adminstrator.  What am I doing wrong?
>
>
>

>
> "DL" wrote:
>
>> You dont Import
>> With your old pst located in the Documents folder (in explorer ensure that
>> any read only flag is off)
>> In Outlook, File>Open>Data File..........browse to this data file
>> Then within Outlook copy stuff from the old data file to the new
>>
>> "The Old One" <The Old O**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6A0A37E0-9C62-49F1-BAAE-7DDEFF641986@microsoft.com...
>>> I am a naive user and am trying to transfer my Outlook 2000 files to
>>> Outlook
>>> 2007 which I have on a new computer.  Every time I try to import a ".pst"
>>> file into Outlook 2007, a window opens telling me I do not have the
>>> permission required to access the file to be imported even though I am
>>> logged
>>> on as the Adminstrator.  What am I doing wrong?
>>
>>

"Alias" wrote:

> Dancer7 wrote:
> > I'm feelin' really stupid (which irks me 'cause I'm not a technophobic
> > moron), but once I browse to the file and click "copy," then what? It doesn't
> > ask me where I'd like to copy it to, so I assume it's waiting for a "paste"
> > command -- but that won't work. What am I missing? After I click "copy,"
> > nothin' happens.
>
> You have to select something to copy first.
>
> Alias
> >
> > "DL" wrote:
> >
> >> You dont Import
> >> With your old pst located in the Documents folder (in explorer ensure that
> >> any read only flag is off)
> >> In Outlook, File>Open>Data File..........browse to this data file
> >> Then within Outlook copy stuff from the old data file to the new
> >>
> >> "The Old One" <The Old O**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:6A0A37E0-9C62-49F1-BAAE-7DDEFF641986@microsoft.com...
> >>> I am a naive user and am trying to transfer my Outlook 2000 files to
> >>> Outlook
> >>> 2007 which I have on a new computer.  Every time I try to import a ".pst"
> >>> file into Outlook 2007, a window opens telling me I do not have the
> >>> permission required to access the file to be imported even though I am
> >>> logged
> >>> on as the Adminstrator.  What am I doing wrong?
> >>
> >>
>

"Gordon" wrote:

>
> "Dancer7" <Danc***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:57956EF2-B788-4EBF-B7DD-50C826DA57D7@microsoft.com...
> > Um, I know that. I highlighted the .pst file from Outlook 2003,
> > right-clicked
> > it, selected "copy," and ... nothin'. I tried to paste it into the new
> > default file but that didn't work, tried to drag it in and that didn't
> > work
> > either.
>
> Right-click the file, choose Copy. Then using Windows Explorer navigate to
> your Documents folder. Right-click, choose Paste.
> Right-click on the pst file you have just pasted, choose Properties and
> ensure that the Read-Only attribute is unchecked.
> Then in Outlook do File-Open-Outlook Data File and navigate to your
> Documents folder.
> It really IS as easy as that.
>
> BTW for future info - NEVER EVER paste a pst file into the default location
> UNLESS it is of a different name to the one already existing.
>
> --
> Asking a question?
> Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about,
> your OS, Service Pack level
> and the FULL contents of any error message(s)
>
>

"Dancer7" <Danc***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6A780B85-7937-4434-98EC-6720D20B1CFD@microsoft.com...
> Gordon, thanks so much -- for being nonjudgmental as much as for the
> advice.
> Some of the responses here border on the abusive :-)  I followed your
> instructions to the letter: right click, copy, paste into documents
> folder,
> make sure "read only" isn't checked, open Outlook, file, open outlook data
> file, navigate to documents folder, select file, and open. "There are no
> items in this view." I cruised some other help groups last night and it's
> possible I corrupted the file when I copied it to the USB drive. Actually
> I
> can't remember whether I copied or exported it, but in either case, I may
> have killed it. I was able to restore my contacts and calendar entries by
> synching my Blackberry :-)  The only thing that remains lost now are my
> folders. I suppose that's a small thing. Thanks so much for your help.
>
>