Outlook 2003 help

[BobDaMenkey]

I'm trying to help my dad out. His PC got stolen, as some of you may have read in my thread a few days ago about it. We've got a laptop for him instead, which is working quite well, and I've got it pretty well set up.

However, I'm trying to find his contacts for Outlook 2003. Specifically it has the Buisness Contact thingy installed on it too, because it's the small buisness edition of Office 2k3. I have NO CLUE where this thing is saved. I have a complete backup of the hard drive sitting on a Western Digital external hard drive. So if someone could tell me where the file/s should be saved, I can just drag and drop them into place on this one, and be done with it.

 

[amdskip]

I really think you have to have outlook export them first. They are not simply a file stored on a machine but I could be wrong.

 

[BobDaMenkey]

Well, that's gonna be a trick to export them seeing as I don't have the computer anymore... Is there anyway to import them, or point the laptop at the external hard drive to find the contacts?

I've been looking through folders for the past 30 minutes and trying searches for the past 15.

 

[archcommus]

For regular Outlook 2k3 they're just stored in a .pst file somewhere in my your username's folder.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Drag and drop with MS Office 2003 is a BITCH.

I've never had to backup contacts from outside of Outlook, always exported it first.

If you look under Docs & Settings-->User profile-->Application Data and such folders, you should find all the Outlook data files. I guess you could try copying them over to the new machine's same directories and try loading from there.

Either way, you've got one helluva task ahead of you. MS makes backing up Outlook a freakin' whore

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
Drag and drop with MS Office 2003 is a BITCH.

I've never had to backup contacts from outside of Outlook, always exported it first.

If you look under Docs & Settings-->User profile-->Application Data and such folders, you should find all the Outlook data files. I guess you could try copying them over to the new machine's same directories and try loading from there.

Either way, you've got one helluva task ahead of you. MS makes backing up Outlook a freakin' whore

It actually doesn't at all. It's all in ONE FILE. You back up that file and you're done. Don't act like it's awful because you don't know how it works.

It's here -> C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

 

[BobDaMenkey]

I can't find an Application data folder, on either the mirrored drive, or the laptops active drive.

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: BobDaMenkey
I can't find an Application data folder, on either the mirrored drive, or the laptops active drive.

It's hidden.

 

[BobDaMenkey]

Originally posted by: archcommus

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
Drag and drop with MS Office 2003 is a BITCH.

I've never had to backup contacts from outside of Outlook, always exported it first.

If you look under Docs & Settings-->User profile-->Application Data and such folders, you should find all the Outlook data files. I guess you could try copying them over to the new machine's same directories and try loading from there.

Either way, you've got one helluva task ahead of you. MS makes backing up Outlook a freakin' whore

It actually doesn't at all. It's all in ONE FILE. You back up that file and you're done. Don't act like it's awful because you don't know how it works.

It's here -> C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

You sir, I believe, are a savior. Except copying everyting didn't work...

 

[BobDaMenkey]

Bump for the early morning ATOT crew. I'm still trying to figure this out.

 

[archcommus]

What isn't working? If you're sure you have the right .pst file, putting it in the right directory should be all that's needed. The problem is probably that Outlook on the new computer made a new .pst file and is still using that. You need to change which one it's using in the account's settings.

 

[JRock]

If its not here: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook then do a search for *.PST

If there are no PST files then there is no data.

Was Outlook configured as a POP client or Exchange client?

 

[BobDaMenkey]

Thanks for the further information guys. I'll try that when my dad gets back with his laptop tonight. I was looking for bcm's before not PST files. I should be able to get it now.

 

[sswingle]

Just copy that pst file from the old place, into the current user directory. Replace whatever file is currently there. Open up Outlook and everything should be as you left it.

 

[MiniDoom]

also try a search for *.PAB

 

[MisterJackson]

Originally posted by: rdubbz420
also try a search for *.PAB

What he said. Do they still use .WAB as well in Office 03' (Windows Address book)

Oh and

WRONG FORUM

Shame on you.

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: BobDaMenkey
Thanks for the further information guys. I'll try that when my dad gets back with his laptop tonight. I was looking for bcm's before not PST files. I should be able to get it now.

So I say they're stored in a PST first thing but you decided to ignore that and look for BCMs anyway?