Having a goofy problem on a Win XP Pro laptop. Brand new clean install of the OS and office xp (2003). The problem is with outlook, not outlook express... just outlook.
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When I go to TOOLS/E-MAIL ACCOUNTS I get the following message "The operation failed due to a registry or installation problem. Restart Outlook and try again. If the problem persists, please reinstall."
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That's exactly what's going on. The fix is to create a new profile. but I'm not able to work on the laptop till tomorrow. ASSUMING that that fix's the error message I'll be at the point of getting the user's emails, contacts and whatnot back where it should be...
The original problem was a BSOD. corrupted the registry, tried to repair, couldn't, tried other things.... clean install.
Here's the question.
Because I couldn't get to the desktop to backup the data of outlook is it possable to just copy the old data files from their locations and into where they should be? Would outlook just start up and see the new account, email, and contact files and just go with it or would it get angry because the files didn't come through the import/export tool?
I'm guessing it won't work but I want to verify. So whadda ya think? |
