"Bill S" discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Thanks for the prompt rude replies. Nice forum, ask for help and get
berated. This is my first visit to this forum so I do not know what is
“posted here most days”. I reviewed a few threads and did not find a
solution to my problem so I posted. After reading the replies I noticed the
need for a very clear explanation as to the background and the details. I
feel as I did just that. Had you read the post and comprehended it Gordon
you would have saved your valuable time with your reply to my post.

Gordon, I never had a problem like this with my contacts. I did what you
stated (4 years ago) since all my pst files are already on a shared drive
(stated in my post). My question pertained as to how I can associate the
contacts in my old pst file with the address book in my new instance of
Outlook. Most things in Microsoft applications are pretty easy to figure
out, this one has me stumped.

How could exporting to Access be incorrect when Outlook offers the option to
do so? That answers two questions, “what prompted me…?” the answer is
Outlook and “my incorrect attempts…”

Russ, if Outlook provides a tool to export to Access and import from Access
why is this not supported?

"Bill S" discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Thanks Brian. Hopefully this will keep working for me. I did not have
versioning turned on for the volume where the pst files are stored until
yesterday. I deleted the pst file the new profile created after making the
old pst file the delivery location. Ironically, the old profile is working
now as well. Go figure. I guess becasue the new profile is using the same
pst file? I spent two hours messing with every setting and option I could
find and every button I could click. The good thing is I probably came
accross something I will need in the future but did not know where to find
it... now I know. I remember having to create new profiles in Express 6.0,
this is the first time I had to do this for Outlook since I started using it
in Office 97.

Thanks for taking the time to provide feedback. Take care!

Bill S

"Bill S" discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Um, Outlook Express doesn't have profiles, it has Identities and you can
switch identities while OE is still open.

Mail profiles have been available in Outlook since Outlook 98. It and
Outlook 2000 needed to be installed in Corporate/Workgroup mode to
manipulate them without using the registry, however.

Microsoft's news servers are whacked out and only displaying a random
selection of the actual posts. Accordingly, I can't see which of my posts
you are replying to, and you didn't quote it. However, it appears that Brian
has covered all the follow up questions you posed back to me. If not, let me
know what else you need help with.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
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