wahooo! i think it is fixed. i took your advice about adding the old .pst,
to a newly created personal files (1)folder. then, and i may miss a few
steps relating this, i right clicked on the current contacts folder forms
managementopened the forms from the new personal files(1) contact folder,
found the forms, saved (copied?) them to the forms folder. then when i went
to the current personal folderscontactfolder management they are there.
and available for new contacts.

the forms are now shown under "no category name" and "no subcategory name"
in the forms management. would be nice to have them show up (in case, in
future, i don't remember this quirk) directly.

if you have a suggestion for making that happen, fine. otherwise i will play
around with later (and hopefully not make the situation worse ).

thanks for the help,

jeffrey



"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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File | Data File Management. Or go through the Mail applet in Control Panel,
which has a different interface.

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Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"jeffrey" wrote in message
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sue, thanks for the reply.
there was a new outlook profile (outlook.pst) created when outlook was
installed. it had nothing in it when i imported. i don't know what is
meant
by "add the old .pst". i only see an option to import/export.

jeffrey


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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If you published the forms to your Personal Forms library, then you never
should have imported the .pst file. Instead, you should have created a new
Outlook profile, add that old .pst file to it, and made it the default
store
for that profile. If you do that, all your data, forms, custom views,
rules,
etc. will be available.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"jeffrey" wrote in message
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i have a number of custom forms that was using in OL03. i have reinstalled
OL03 on a new computer. i imported the .pst file into the existing, new,
personal folder. all the contacts and email are there. but not the custom
forms.

i have access to the old drive/files, but cann't run the old install of
outlook. what files do i need, where to find them, and how to get the new
OL03 to recognize them?

thanks,
jeffrey