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Migrate Outlook to a new machine

  • 31-10-2018 05:59PM
    #1
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,493 ✭✭✭


    I have Outlook 2007 on one machine and I want to migrate it to a new machine.

    I installed a fresh copy of Outlook 2007 on the new machine

    I copied the .pst file from the original machine and put it in the Outlook data folder on the new machine.

    All my emails, folders and address book are there but none of my email accounts are present.

    Where am I going wrong?

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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  • #2
    smuggler.ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,430 ✭✭✭smuggler.ie


    Gadgetman496 wrote: »
    I have Outlook 2007 on one machine and I want to migrate it to a new machine.

    I installed a fresh copy of Outlook 2007 on the new machine

    I copied the .pst file from the original machine and put it in the Outlook data folder on the new machine.

    All my emails, folders and address book are there but none of my email accounts are present.

    Where am I going wrong?


    PST is just data file - like snapshot of all Outlook items at the time it was taken, but it doesn't add account. Useful (among other purposes)to get all mail messages, etc into outlook instead of re-downloading all over again killing your internet. It was invented at the time when internet speed was not exceeding 2 figure numbers in Kbps


    Create new profile, add mail account to Outlook, then import .PST


    .PST file can be stored as backup of your messages, calendar, etc., as you have experienced you can open .pst in outlook even without original account present.
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  • #3
    Boscoirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,311 ✭✭✭Boscoirl


    I am presuming your email accounts are POP

    This tool can be used to get account details and passwords if you don’t have them

    https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/mailpv.html

    Some AVs will flag it as a virus but I have been using it for years without any issue


  • #4
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,493 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    smuggler.ie wrote: »
    PST is just data file - like snapshot of all Outlook items at the time it was taken, but it doesn't add account. Useful (among other purposes)to get all mail messages, etc into outlook instead of re-downloading all over again killing your internet. It was invented at the time when internet speed was not exceeding 2 figure numbers in Kbps


    Create new profile, add mail account to Outlook, then import .PST


    .PST file can be stored as backup of your messages, calendar, etc., as you have experienced you can open .pst in outlook even without original account present.


    Boscoirl wrote: »
    I am presuming your email accounts are POP

    This tool can be used to get account details and passwords if you don’t have them

    https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/mailpv.html

    Some AVs will flag it as a virus but I have been using it for years without any issue




    Thanks lads, so I will have to manually setup all my accounts again?

    I have a mixture of POP and IMAP accounts.

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



  • #5
    brianwalshcork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 610 ✭✭✭brianwalshcork


    You’ll probably want to copy the nk2 file from the profile folder on the old computer.
    This stores the drop down list it previously typed addresses


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