On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 13:39:53 -0500, "Brian Tillman"
wrote:

Fraser Chalmers wrote:

The only way to do this as far as I've been able to see on ms website
is to export all the data in the 97-2002 pst file into a new 2003 one

Exporting is never the solution.

Why?

Thank you Milly for you hlep. I got the answer I was looking for
right away. (I didn't know that 2003 OL pst is Unicode-based, whereas
the older format is not.)

Brian, here is what "convert to unicode pst" yields. I was hoping
that there was an one-button solution. Ther e is not:


Convert a non-Unicode data file (.pst) to a Unicode data file (.pst)

There is no automatic way of converting a Microsoft Outlook 97-2002
Personal Folders file (.pst) to a Unicode-capable Microsoft Outlook
Personal Folders file (.pst) file. The easiest way to convert a
non-Unicode .pst file is to create a new data file in the Microsoft
Outlook Personal Folders file (.pst) format that supports Unicode and
then import items from the old data file to the new Microsoft Outlook
Personal Folders file (.pst).

Create a new data file

On the File menu, point to New, and then click Outlook Data File.
To create a Microsoft Outlook Personal Folders File (.pst) that offers
greater storage capacity for items and folders and supports
multilingual Unicode data, click OK.
In the File name box, type a name for the file, and then click OK.
In the Name box, type a display name for the .pst folder.
Select any other options you want, and then click OK.
The name of the folder associated with the data file appears in the
Folder List (Folder List: Displays the folders available in your
mailbox. To view subfolders, click the plus sign (+) next to the
folder. If the Folder List is not visible, on the Go menu, click
Folder List.). To view the Folder List, on the Go menu, click Folder
List. By default, the folder will be called Personal Folders.

Import items to the new data file

On the File menu, click Import and Export.
Click Import from another program or file, and then click Next.
Click Personal Folder File (.pst), and then click Next.
In the File to import box, specify the path and file name of the old
non-Unicode Microsoft Outlook 97-2002 Personal Folders File (.pst)
file you want to import and click Next.
Select Import items into the same folder in: and select the name of
your new Unicode Personal Folders File (.pst).
Follow the remaining instructions in the Import and Export Wizard.

I live on Quicken and Outlook wrote:

Exporting is never the solution.

Why?

Because exporting and importing loses data.

Brian, here is what "convert to unicode pst" yields. I was hoping
that there was an one-button solution. Ther e is not:


Convert a non-Unicode data file (.pst) to a Unicode data file (.pst)

There is no automatic way of converting a Microsoft Outlook 97-2002
Personal Folders file (.pst) to a Unicode-capable Microsoft Outlook
Personal Folders file (.pst) file. The easiest way to convert a
non-Unicode .pst file is to create a new data file in the Microsoft
Outlook Personal Folders file (.pst) format that supports Unicode and
then import items from the old data file to the new Microsoft Outlook
Personal Folders file (.pst).

This is incorrect. The easiest way to convert an ANSI PST to Unicode is to
create a new Unicode PST and then COPY the items from the old PST to the new
one. Copying will preserve all the data in and linkages between items.
Exporting and importing do not.
--
Brian Tillman