new win7 ultimate. cannot run outlook.

charles kuchar · External Since: Nov 05, 2009 Posts: 3

running outlook 2007. old computer had outlook 2003. easy transfer should
have transfered outlook connector. first message is no email program
associated. then a long message about the connector i think. then outlook
closed. started outlook again and it asked if i wanted safe mode, i said
yes and it hung again. then on the next attempt win7 said it would detect
and repair. now finally i am able to get outlook going. however, so far it
has downloaded 1101 old messages from sept 12 and older. this i don't
understand. i looked at some of the files i had put family message into and
there were messages up to 10/13/09. that will be a lot of messages to go
through and sort... charlie

charles kuchar · External Since: Nov 05, 2009 Posts: 3

finally the messages stopped arriving... and ll/05/09 messages are there so
at least i am current. i will try to figure out what happened. the
messages that were in the inbox now were saved in a pst file on another hard
drive other than the one outlook was on. at least i am retired now so have
lots of time to sort out the messages... charlie

"charles kuchar" <chaskuchar DeleteThis @msn.com> wrote in message
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> running outlook 2007. old computer had outlook 2003. easy transfer
> should have transfered outlook connector. first message is no email
> program associated. then a long message about the connector i think.
> then outlook closed. started outlook again and it asked if i wanted safe
> mode, i said yes and it hung again. then on the next attempt win7 said it
> would detect and repair. now finally i am able to get outlook going.
> however, so far it has downloaded 1101 old messages from sept 12 and
> older. this i don't understand. i looked at some of the files i had put
> family message into and there were messages up to 10/13/09. that will be
> a lot of messages to go through and sort... charlie
>

Diane Poremsky [MVP] · External Since: Jul 28, 2005 Posts: 6715

1. easy transfer does not work well on outlook profiles. It's better to make
a new profile and associate the old pst with it.
2. you should reinstall the connector. it only takes a few min and
eliminates problems.
3. the file outlook uses to identify which messages were downloaded is
associated with the profile and a GUID. The GUID is machine specific. Moving
the pst to a new machine will redownload all messages stored on the server.
If the account is imap or connector, trying to use the old pst is pointless,
outlook will make a new pst.

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"charles kuchar" <chaskuchar DeleteThis @msn.com> wrote in message
news:eXCF92hXKHA.1268@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> running outlook 2007. old computer had outlook 2003. easy transfer
> should have transfered outlook connector. first message is no email
> program associated. then a long message about the connector i think.
> then outlook closed. started outlook again and it asked if i wanted safe
> mode, i said yes and it hung again. then on the next attempt win7 said it
> would detect and repair. now finally i am able to get outlook going.
> however, so far it has downloaded 1101 old messages from sept 12 and
> older. this i don't understand. i looked at some of the files i had put
> family message into and there were messages up to 10/13/09. that will be
> a lot of messages to go through and sort... charlie
>

charles kuchar · External Since: Nov 05, 2009 Posts: 3

thank you for the reply. i remember your help when i was working at a small
school in KC. now that i'm retired i hope i help more here than needing
help. kinda exciting to move from my 607mhz PIII to the latest version of
win7 and 3g processor... kinda fast and it doesn't take long to correct
things. charlie

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" <outlookmvp.RemoveThis@msn.com> wrote in message
news:O4r4UKiXKHA.220@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> 1. easy transfer does not work well on outlook profiles. It's better to
> make a new profile and associate the old pst with it.
> 2. you should reinstall the connector. it only takes a few min and
> eliminates problems.
> 3. the file outlook uses to identify which messages were downloaded is
> associated with the profile and a GUID. The GUID is machine specific.
> Moving the pst to a new machine will redownload all messages stored on the
> server. If the account is imap or connector, trying to use the old pst is
> pointless, outlook will make a new pst.
>
>
> --
> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/
>
> Outlook Tips by email:
> mailto:dailytips-subscribe-request@lists.outlooktips.net
>
> EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
> mailto:EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM
>
>
>
> "charles kuchar" <chaskuchar.RemoveThis@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:eXCF92hXKHA.1268@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> running outlook 2007. old computer had outlook 2003. easy transfer
>> should have transfered outlook connector. first message is no email
>> program associated. then a long message about the connector i think.
>> then outlook closed. started outlook again and it asked if i wanted safe
>> mode, i said yes and it hung again. then on the next attempt win7 said
>> it would detect and repair. now finally i am able to get outlook going.
>> however, so far it has downloaded 1101 old messages from sept 12 and
>> older. this i don't understand. i looked at some of the files i had put
>> family message into and there were messages up to 10/13/09. that will
>> be a lot of messages to go through and sort... charlie
>>

Diane Poremsky [MVP] · External Since: Jul 28, 2005 Posts: 6715

Win7 is sweet... and its amazing how far we've come in a few years. Smile

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

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"charles kuchar" <chaskuchar DeleteThis @msn.com> wrote in message
news:esZhiRiXKHA.4360@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> thank you for the reply. i remember your help when i was working at a
> small school in KC. now that i'm retired i hope i help more here than
> needing help. kinda exciting to move from my 607mhz PIII to the latest
> version of win7 and 3g processor... kinda fast and it doesn't take long
> to correct things. charlie
>
> "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" <outlookmvp DeleteThis @msn.com> wrote in message
> news:O4r4UKiXKHA.220@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> 1. easy transfer does not work well on outlook profiles. It's better to
>> make a new profile and associate the old pst with it.
>> 2. you should reinstall the connector. it only takes a few min and
>> eliminates problems.
>> 3. the file outlook uses to identify which messages were downloaded is
>> associated with the profile and a GUID. The GUID is machine specific.
>> Moving the pst to a new machine will redownload all messages stored on
>> the server. If the account is imap or connector, trying to use the old
>> pst is pointless, outlook will make a new pst.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
>> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
>> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/
>>
>> Outlook Tips by email:
>> mailto:dailytips-subscribe-request@lists.outlooktips.net
>>
>> EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
>> mailto:EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM
>>
>>
>>
>> "charles kuchar" <chaskuchar DeleteThis @msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:eXCF92hXKHA.1268@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> running outlook 2007. old computer had outlook 2003. easy transfer
>>> should have transfered outlook connector. first message is no email
>>> program associated. then a long message about the connector i think.
>>> then outlook closed. started outlook again and it asked if i wanted
>>> safe mode, i said yes and it hung again. then on the next attempt win7
>>> said it would detect and repair. now finally i am able to get outlook
>>> going. however, so far it has downloaded 1101 old messages from sept 12
>>> and older. this i don't understand. i looked at some of the files i
>>> had put family message into and there were messages up to 10/13/09.
>>> that will be a lot of messages to go through and sort... charlie
>>>
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