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From: JohnB on 27 May 2010 11:05
A user had to have Windows XP re-installed. Outlook 2003, POP3 email. I
saved the PST file and the PAB file.

- Re-installed Windows.

- Setup Outlook, and imported the old PST. Set the old PST as the default
file, and removed the mailbox/PST that was created when I initially setup
Outlook.

- Found instructions on the net on importing the PAB file for her Contacts.
Everything seem to go ok, it appeared to import, gave the status bar going
across the screen, but when it was done, no Contacts.

I thought maybe the profile was corrupt. Deleted the profile, created a
new one, and imported again. Same thing, no Contacts. Tried it on another
computer. Same thing.

Her Contacts were working fine. The only thing that was done was to copy
the PAB file from one computer to another. What am I missing here? Is
there another way to some how export the Contacts that are in this PAB file?

Thanks.


From: Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] on 27 May 2010 12:17
"JohnB" <jbrigan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I used the term "imported" but yes... this is actually the steps I used.
>
> And yes, I just copied the original PST to the network, and then after
> re-installing Windows, copied it back to the default folder for Outlook.

That does nothing to reconnect the PST to the mail profile. Outlook doesn't
automatically open PSTs stored in that directory.

> If Contacts weren't stored in the PAB, then shouldn't they have been in the
> PST?

Yes. Did you look in the Contacts folder? What do you see when you click the
Contacts folder in the Navivgation pane?
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

From: JohnB on 27 May 2010 12:36
> That does nothing to reconnect the PST to the mail profile. Outlook
> doesn't automatically open PSTs stored in that directory.
I realize that. I was answering Roady's comment about "not exporting". I
did not export the mailbox. I copied it to a server, re-installed Windows,
copied it back to the default local folder, and THEN used the steps in
Roady's post.

> Yes. Did you look in the Contacts folder? What do you see when you click
> the Contacts folder in the Navivgation pane?
> --
I didn't look in her contact folder before re-installing Windows. I
couldn't. But after re-installing and windows, and following the above
mentioned steps, her Contacts folder is now empty.




"Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]" <tillman1952(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:O0CFtgb$KHA.4316(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> "JohnB" <jbrigan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:ehHLiZb$KHA.1892(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
>> I used the term "imported" but yes... this is actually the steps I used.
>>
>> And yes, I just copied the original PST to the network, and then after
>> re-installing Windows, copied it back to the default folder for Outlook.
>
> That does nothing to reconnect the PST to the mail profile. Outlook
> doesn't automatically open PSTs stored in that directory.
>
>> If Contacts weren't stored in the PAB, then shouldn't they have been in
>> the PST?
>
> Yes. Did you look in the Contacts folder? What do you see when you click
> the Contacts folder in the Navivgation pane?
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]


From: DL on 27 May 2010 14:42
Having set up Outlook if you then copied to the default folder you will
likely have corrupted the data file, assuming it was named outlook.pst, in
overwriting the origonal.

"JohnB" <jbrigan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:OqAL1qb$KHA.5808(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> That does nothing to reconnect the PST to the mail profile. Outlook
>> doesn't automatically open PSTs stored in that directory.
> I realize that. I was answering Roady's comment about "not exporting". I
> did not export the mailbox. I copied it to a server, re-installed
> Windows, copied it back to the default local folder, and THEN used the
> steps in Roady's post.
>
>> Yes. Did you look in the Contacts folder? What do you see when you
>> click the Contacts folder in the Navivgation pane?
>> --
> I didn't look in her contact folder before re-installing Windows. I
> couldn't. But after re-installing and windows, and following the above
> mentioned steps, her Contacts folder is now empty.
>
>
>
>
> "Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]" <tillman1952(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:O0CFtgb$KHA.4316(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> "JohnB" <jbrigan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:ehHLiZb$KHA.1892(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>
>>> I used the term "imported" but yes... this is actually the steps I used.
>>>
>>> And yes, I just copied the original PST to the network, and then after
>>> re-installing Windows, copied it back to the default folder for Outlook.
>>
>> That does nothing to reconnect the PST to the mail profile. Outlook
>> doesn't automatically open PSTs stored in that directory.
>>
>>> If Contacts weren't stored in the PAB, then shouldn't they have been in
>>> the PST?
>>
>> Yes. Did you look in the Contacts folder? What do you see when you
>> click the Contacts folder in the Navivgation pane?
>> --
>> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>
>
From: JohnB on 27 May 2010 15:02
No I didn't do that either. I left the original. Also renaming the old one
to outlook1.pst, copying it to the default location, and then making it the
default data file.


"DL" <invalid(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Having set up Outlook if you then copied to the default folder you will
> likely have corrupted the data file, assuming it was named outlook.pst, in
> overwriting the origonal.
>
> "JohnB" <jbrigan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:OqAL1qb$KHA.5808(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> That does nothing to reconnect the PST to the mail profile. Outlook
>>> doesn't automatically open PSTs stored in that directory.
>> I realize that. I was answering Roady's comment about "not exporting".
>> I did not export the mailbox. I copied it to a server, re-installed
>> Windows, copied it back to the default local folder, and THEN used the
>> steps in Roady's post.
>>
>>> Yes. Did you look in the Contacts folder? What do you see when you
>>> click the Contacts folder in the Navivgation pane?
>>> --
>> I didn't look in her contact folder before re-installing Windows. I
>> couldn't. But after re-installing and windows, and following the above
>> mentioned steps, her Contacts folder is now empty.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]" <tillman1952(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:O0CFtgb$KHA.4316(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> "JohnB" <jbrigan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:ehHLiZb$KHA.1892(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>> I used the term "imported" but yes... this is actually the steps I
>>>> used.
>>>>
>>>> And yes, I just copied the original PST to the network, and then after
>>>> re-installing Windows, copied it back to the default folder for
>>>> Outlook.
>>>
>>> That does nothing to reconnect the PST to the mail profile. Outlook
>>> doesn't automatically open PSTs stored in that directory.
>>>
>>>> If Contacts weren't stored in the PAB, then shouldn't they have been in
>>>> the PST?
>>>
>>> Yes. Did you look in the Contacts folder? What do you see when you
>>> click the Contacts folder in the Navivgation pane?
>>> --
>>> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>>
>>


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