[mso] Re: Exporting and Renaming pst files in Outlook
- From: Jim <n1jmm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 22:44:48 -0400
Have you tried setting outlook to locate the pst file using the
briefcase feature?
-Jim-
Diane Rainaud wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Every night I export the pst file from my desktop and then import it
>into my laptop. What I'd like to happen is have a "carbon copy" of the
>pst on the laptop. But what is happening is that new emails, new and
>updated contacts are put on the laptop, but old things that perhaps have
>been deleted from the desktop remain on the laptop. Is there a way to
>have a new pst overwrite an old one rather than updating it? I thought
>I could just rename the old pst before importing the new one, but am
>getting this message when I try to rename:
>
>"Cannot rename outlook: It is being used by another person or program.
>Close any program that might be using the file and try again."
>
>The problem is Outlook is not open on either machine when I try to
>rename the old pst on the laptop.
>
>Any help out there on how to do this? I'm using Outlook 2003 on the
>desktop and 2000 on the laptop.
>
>Diane
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