I use Outlook 2003 on a stand-alone machine, not networked.
From an old PST file I exported the Contacts folder, saving it also as a PST
file, which I called "Old Contacts". Then I imported that PST file of old
contacts into a new default Personal Folders PST file. Apparently that
succeeded: when I click on the CONTACTS BUTTON at the foot of the Navigation
Pane, the list of Contacts folders displayed in the Navigation Pane includes
one called "Old Contacts", with entries corresponding to the contacts
exported from the old PST file.
However, there's a problem: when I click on the MAIL BUTTON at the foot of
the navigation pane, the list of personal folders displayed in the
Navigation Pane includes one, called "Old Contacts", which contains no
contacts. Moreover, right clicking on that "Old Contacts" folder and
clicking on the "Close 'Old Contacts'" yields an error message saying that no
object can be found.
Going to File / Data Files Management, I see that this "Old Contacts" folder
is not listed among the PST files displayed in the Data Files window.
What can I do to remove that defunct "Old Contacts" entry from the
Navigation Pane?
Learner
Since exporting and importing are not to be used, then what is the safe way
to transfer folders, messages, calendars, contacts, and rules (for message
handling) into the new default PST file in the new profile? I have several
other recent PST files containing mail, calendar items, contacts, and rules
which I'd like reproduced in the new default PST. Can I drag and drop
folders and messages from non-default PST files into the default PST,
without corrupting it? Or should I use the right-click menu option "Copy",
to make such transfers?
Learner
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <rus...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Basically, you simply open the PST file in Outlook. At that point you can
either copy data from it into your current PST file or you can set Outlook
to use it as its new default PST file.
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Russ Valentine
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"Thomas Bartlett" <t.bar...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Learner
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <rus...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <rus...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> In your first posting in this thread, you wrote "Exporting and importing
> are never the correct way to transfer Outlook data." I supposed you meant
> not only transfer of data internally within Outlook, but also externally
> between Outlook and other programs. So I asked the question about that,
> to which your latest posting is a reply. You seem to be surprised at the
> extent of my ignorance, for which I apologize. Anyway, this dialogue,
> pursued step by step, helps me to understand Outlook better. Thanks very
> much.
It is proper (actually necessary) to use export/import for transferring data
to or from another program and improper for transferring data between
Outlook instances.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]