Completely backup & restore Outlook 2003

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Moving install from one pc to another (new install)

How do I move Outlook 2003, inbox & all personal folders etc & mailbox settings?

This is for my mum's pc, i use gmail myself, so have never done this before

Thanks
 
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you can do import/export under the file menu in outlook, select export to a file, then select .pst, then select the main folder tree, click include subfolders, and save it somewhere, then just import it on the new pc
 
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2 things to do.....

right click the outlook icon the start menu (or use the mail icon in control panel). goto properties, data files. there should be one main "outlook.pst" file commented with "mail delivery". open the folder and copy it somewhere safe. this stores all the content.

to backup the settings, goto the start menu under microsoft office> office tools, there is the "save settings wizard". this will backup all account settings and preferences to a file. (in theory it will back up all office preferences). just note it does not backup mail account passwords. this is by design so you'll need to remember them when setting up again.

now onto the new machine, i'd actually keep the outlook.pst file somewhere more visible like in documents rather than buried in appdata..... restore the settings using the same wizard. at this point, outlook will think the file is in the same location as it was before. but this doesn't matter. just fire up outlook and it will complain about the file missing and you can simply browse and point to it's new location.

i think that's about it. :p
 
are the mail account passwords stored in the registry somewhere?

-edit, thanks for the info guys, forgot to say that, only just got up :)

i'd copied the pst file from appdata, and all the other outlook things in there in the ms folder, and had done export pst (to be on the safe side)
 
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