I'm currently using 32 bit Win 7 and Outlook 2007.

To take advantage of the ability to use more DRAM I want to convert to
the 64 bit Win 7 version.

I installed 64 bit Win 7. For the moment I cannot locate my OL2007
disks so I installed OL2003 as a temporary stop-gap. I copied the pst
file from 32 bit Win 7/OL2007 into the proper folder in the new Win 7 64
bit/OL2003 installation.

From within Outlook I go to File Open Outlook data file and when I
select the pst file from the OL2007 system I get the message that the
data file is not an Outlook file.

Is there some way to do what I'm trying to do? Have I done something wrong?

Any help is appreciated.

Files are perfectly compatible.
As we point out daily here, you would never copy the PST file into the
default folder.
Copy it somewhere else, then open it in a new Outlook profile. If you still
can't open it, then you had better provide the steps you used to copy and
transfer this file so we can figure out how you corrupted it.
--
Russ Valentine
"D.Duck" wrote in message
...
I'm currently using 32 bit Win 7 and Outlook 2007.

To take advantage of the ability to use more DRAM I want to convert to the
64 bit Win 7 version.

I installed 64 bit Win 7. For the moment I cannot locate my OL2007 disks
so I installed OL2003 as a temporary stop-gap. I copied the pst file from
32 bit Win 7/OL2007 into the proper folder in the new Win 7 64 bit/OL2003
installation.

From within Outlook I go to File Open Outlook data file and when I
select the pst file from the OL2007 system I get the message that the data
file is not an Outlook file.

Is there some way to do what I'm trying to do? Have I done something
wrong?

Any help is appreciated.

"Russ Valentine" wrote in message
...
Files are perfectly compatible.
As we point out daily here, you would never copy the PST file into the
default folder.
Copy it somewhere else, then open it in a new Outlook profile. If you
still can't open it, then you had better provide the steps you used to
copy and transfer this file so we can figure out how you corrupted it.
--
Russ Valentine
"D.Duck" wrote in message
...
I'm currently using 32 bit Win 7 and Outlook 2007.

To take advantage of the ability to use more DRAM I want to convert to
the 64 bit Win 7 version.

I installed 64 bit Win 7. For the moment I cannot locate my OL2007 disks
so I installed OL2003 as a temporary stop-gap. I copied the pst file
from 32 bit Win 7/OL2007 into the proper folder in the new Win 7 64
bit/OL2003 installation.

From within Outlook I go to File Open Outlook data file and when I
select the pst file from the OL2007 system I get the message that the
data file is not an Outlook file.

Is there some way to do what I'm trying to do? Have I done something
wrong?

Any help is appreciated.



Thanks for the tip. I will try as you suggest and report back. I have done
it the same way countless times over the years and this is the first time
I've had a problem.

Now to reload the 64 bit image and try your suggestion.

Since Outlook creates a PST file called Outlook.pst in the default location
every time you install it, there is a good chance you'll overwrite that file
when you copy another to the same location.
--
Russ Valentine
"D.Duck" wrote in message
...

"Russ Valentine" wrote in message
...
Files are perfectly compatible.
As we point out daily here, you would never copy the PST file into the
default folder.
Copy it somewhere else, then open it in a new Outlook profile. If you
still can't open it, then you had better provide the steps you used to
copy and transfer this file so we can figure out how you corrupted it.
--
Russ Valentine
"D.Duck" wrote in message
...
I'm currently using 32 bit Win 7 and Outlook 2007.

To take advantage of the ability to use more DRAM I want to convert to
the 64 bit Win 7 version.

I installed 64 bit Win 7. For the moment I cannot locate my OL2007
disks so I installed OL2003 as a temporary stop-gap. I copied the pst
file from 32 bit Win 7/OL2007 into the proper folder in the new Win 7 64
bit/OL2003 installation.

From within Outlook I go to File Open Outlook data file and when I
select the pst file from the OL2007 system I get the message that the
data file is not an Outlook file.

Is there some way to do what I'm trying to do? Have I done something
wrong?

Any help is appreciated.



Thanks for the tip. I will try as you suggest and report back. I have
done it the same way countless times over the years and this is the first
time I've had a problem.

Now to reload the 64 bit image and try your suggestion.

"Russ Valentine" wrote in message
...
Since Outlook creates a PST file called Outlook.pst in the default
location every time you install it, there is a good chance you'll
overwrite that file when you copy another to the same location.
--
Russ Valentine
"D.Duck" wrote in message
...

"Russ Valentine" wrote in message
...
Files are perfectly compatible.
As we point out daily here, you would never copy the PST file into the
default folder.
Copy it somewhere else, then open it in a new Outlook profile. If you
still can't open it, then you had better provide the steps you used to
copy and transfer this file so we can figure out how you corrupted it.
--
Russ Valentine
"D.Duck" wrote in message
...
I'm currently using 32 bit Win 7 and Outlook 2007.

To take advantage of the ability to use more DRAM I want to convert to
the 64 bit Win 7 version.

I installed 64 bit Win 7. For the moment I cannot locate my OL2007
disks so I installed OL2003 as a temporary stop-gap. I copied the pst
file from 32 bit Win 7/OL2007 into the proper folder in the new Win 7
64 bit/OL2003 installation.

From within Outlook I go to File Open Outlook data file and when I
select the pst file from the OL2007 system I get the message that the
data file is not an Outlook file.

Is there some way to do what I'm trying to do? Have I done something
wrong?

Any help is appreciated.



Thanks for the tip. I will try as you suggest and report back. I have
done it the same way countless times over the years and this is the first
time I've had a problem.

Now to reload the 64 bit image and try your suggestion.

I installed the pst file in a new location, setup a new profile and it
worked fine, just as you suggested. Thanks.

Now to locate my OS2007 disks, 8)

Thanks for the tip. I will try as you suggest and report back. I have
done it the same way countless times over the years and this is the first
time I've had a problem.

It used to work fine with older versions but Outlook 2007 doesn't like it.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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"D.Duck" wrote in message
...

"Russ Valentine" wrote in message
...
Files are perfectly compatible.
As we point out daily here, you would never copy the PST file into the
default folder.
Copy it somewhere else, then open it in a new Outlook profile. If you
still can't open it, then you had better provide the steps you used to
copy and transfer this file so we can figure out how you corrupted it.
--
Russ Valentine
"D.Duck" wrote in message
...
I'm currently using 32 bit Win 7 and Outlook 2007.

To take advantage of the ability to use more DRAM I want to convert to
the 64 bit Win 7 version.

I installed 64 bit Win 7. For the moment I cannot locate my OL2007
disks so I installed OL2003 as a temporary stop-gap. I copied the pst
file from 32 bit Win 7/OL2007 into the proper folder in the new Win 7 64
bit/OL2003 installation.

From within Outlook I go to File Open Outlook data file and when I
select the pst file from the OL2007 system I get the message that the
data file is not an Outlook file.

Is there some way to do what I'm trying to do? Have I done something
wrong?

Any help is appreciated.



Thanks for the tip. I will try as you suggest and report back. I have
done it the same way countless times over the years and this is the first
time I've had a problem.

Now to reload the 64 bit image and try your suggestion.

On Sun, 4 Apr 2010 22:41:00 -0400, "Russ Valentine"
wrote:

Files are perfectly compatible.

Mostly.

When I bought a ThinkPad in late 2008, it came pre-loaded with Office
2007. I had to get this machine on very short notice for a business
trip, because my then-current laptop started to get unreliable (yet
again, thank you Dell!)

There was barely enough time to transfer data files from the old, now
unstable, laptop to the new one. I tried to uninstall Office 2007 and
load Office 2003, but the that didn't work. (Later on, I learned that
the uninstall process left behind a DLL that was incompatible with OL
2003.) But at that time, I thought that my biggest problem was
dealing with the unfamiliar ribbon interface in all of Office 2007.

Once I got my new machine running with Office 2003, I discovered that
Outlook Rules didn't seem to work right. I'm sorry that I don't
remember all the details. Also, almost every single time I ran a
SCANPST, I got errors.

Hope this helps.

-AH

It doesn't. You posted no information. Had you transferred data correctly,
everything would have been fine.
--
Russ Valentine
"Andrew Hamilton" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 4 Apr 2010 22:41:00 -0400, "Russ Valentine"
wrote:

Files are perfectly compatible.

Mostly.

When I bought a ThinkPad in late 2008, it came pre-loaded with Office
2007. I had to get this machine on very short notice for a business
trip, because my then-current laptop started to get unreliable (yet
again, thank you Dell!)

There was barely enough time to transfer data files from the old, now
unstable, laptop to the new one. I tried to uninstall Office 2007 and
load Office 2003, but the that didn't work. (Later on, I learned that
the uninstall process left behind a DLL that was incompatible with OL
2003.) But at that time, I thought that my biggest problem was
dealing with the unfamiliar ribbon interface in all of Office 2007.

Once I got my new machine running with Office 2003, I discovered that
Outlook Rules didn't seem to work right. I'm sorry that I don't
remember all the details. Also, almost every single time I ran a
SCANPST, I got errors.

Hope this helps.

-AH

Once I got my new machine running with Office 2003, I discovered that
Outlook Rules didn't seem to work right. I'm sorry that I don't
remember all the details. Also, almost every single time I ran a
SCANPST, I got errors.

Without knowing more details, its hard to say what was wrong with the rules,
but if you moved the pst from the old machine, the rules need re-pointed to
the folders on the new machine to work.

Almost every time anyone runs scanpst, they will get errors, even on a brand
new pst. It's not something that should be done just for kicks and grins.
Outlook 2007 does add new properties to the pst but Outlook 2003 will ignore
these.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/

Outlook Tips by email:


EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:


Do you sync your mailbox with a smartphone or pda?
http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=39473



"Andrew Hamilton" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 4 Apr 2010 22:41:00 -0400, "Russ Valentine"
wrote:

Files are perfectly compatible.

Mostly.

When I bought a ThinkPad in late 2008, it came pre-loaded with Office
2007. I had to get this machine on very short notice for a business
trip, because my then-current laptop started to get unreliable (yet
again, thank you Dell!)

There was barely enough time to transfer data files from the old, now
unstable, laptop to the new one. I tried to uninstall Office 2007 and
load Office 2003, but the that didn't work. (Later on, I learned that
the uninstall process left behind a DLL that was incompatible with OL
2003.) But at that time, I thought that my biggest problem was
dealing with the unfamiliar ribbon interface in all of Office 2007.

Once I got my new machine running with Office 2003, I discovered that
Outlook Rules didn't seem to work right. I'm sorry that I don't
remember all the details. Also, almost every single time I ran a
SCANPST, I got errors.

Hope this helps.

-AH

On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:26:58 -0400, "Diane Poremsky [MVP]"
wrote:



Almost every time anyone runs scanpst, they will get errors, even on a brand
new pst. It's not something that should be done just for kicks and grins.
Outlook 2007 does add new properties to the pst but Outlook 2003 will ignore

I find (OL 2003 right now) that if I don't run scanpst almost every
day, Outlook will not function properly in some ways, for example, it
will "forget" the passwords to my email accounts. Once I run scanpst,
Outlook again "remembers" these passwords.

-AH