I am trying to import a set of contacts and distribution lists between 2 installations of Outlook 2000.

I have made a copy of the source PST file and put it onto the target computer. I've used the Import function on the target computer's outlook installation to grab the contacts folder of the source PST file and copy everything into the target PST file.

On first glance this is successful. The contacts are present, as are fully populated distribution lists. At this point, the target contacts folder is identical to the source contacts folder.

BUT, once Outlook has been closed down and restarted, the distribution lists seem to empty themselves!!!

Does anyone have any idea why this is happening? Or can anyone suggest an alternative way of importing contacts/distribution lists?