Where did my Contact Groups go?

I recently used the Easy Transfer option in Vista Home Premium to transfer my
Home XP files on my old computer onto my new. After the transfer was
complete I noticed that my Contact Groups (Mailing Lists) in Outlook 2000 and
Outlook Express 6 did not appear to be transferred into Windows Mail or
Outlook 2007. Any ideas? I hate to have to recreate them as I had several
lists.

seems the groups do not come across. most likely due to the difference in formats.



mikeyhsd@sport.rr.com



"tupela_damon" <tupeladamon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B7220F3B-FDE5-49EE-9A01-4BAAA670355D@microsoft.com...
I recently used the Easy Transfer option in Vista Home Premium to transfer my
Home XP files on my old computer onto my new. After the transfer was
complete I noticed that my Contact Groups (Mailing Lists) in Outlook 2000 and
Outlook Express 6 did not appear to be transferred into Windows Mail or
Outlook 2007. Any ideas? I hate to have to recreate them as I had several
lists.

Ask in an Outlook group how to import contacts from O2000 to O2007 in Vista.
They can probably indicate what files you need to copy over.

steve

"tupela_damon" <tupeladamon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B7220F3B-FDE5-49EE-9A01-4BAAA670355D@microsoft.com...
>I recently used the Easy Transfer option in Vista Home Premium to transfer
>my
> Home XP files on my old computer onto my new. After the transfer was
> complete I noticed that my Contact Groups (Mailing Lists) in Outlook 2000
> and
> Outlook Express 6 did not appear to be transferred into Windows Mail or
> Outlook 2007. Any ideas? I hate to have to recreate them as I had
> several
> lists.

Question below--

"Steve Cochran" wrote:

> Ask in an Outlook group how to import contacts from O2000 to O2007 in Vista.
> They can probably indicate what files you need to copy over.
>
> steve
>
> "tupela_damon" <tupeladamon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B7220F3B-FDE5-49EE-9A01-4BAAA670355D@microsoft.com...
> >I recently used the Easy Transfer option in Vista Home Premium to transfer
> >my
> > Home XP files on my old computer onto my new. After the transfer was
> > complete I noticed that my Contact Groups (Mailing Lists) in Outlook 2000
> > and
> > Outlook Express 6 did not appear to be transferred into Windows Mail or
> > Outlook 2007. Any ideas? I hate to have to recreate them as I had
> > several
> > lists.
>

Were you using Outlook 2000 in IMO or Corp mode? If IMO mode, I doubt the
groups came across. If I recall correctly, exporting from the wab does not
include groups. If corp mode, copy the pst to Vista, use file, open and move
the contacts to the new pst.

Note: this is one situation where importing data into Outlook is better than
just opening the pst and using it as your default message store. The pst in
Outlook 2000 is the older, smaller format so you want to move the data to
the new Outlook 2007 pst format.

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"tupela_damon" <tupeladamon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:917ABCF3-50B6-4DF2-8184-F613234A5D3A@microsoft.com...
> Question below--
>
> "Steve Cochran" wrote:
>
>> Ask in an Outlook group how to import contacts from O2000 to O2007 in
>> Vista.
>> They can probably indicate what files you need to copy over.
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "tupela_damon" <tupeladamon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B7220F3B-FDE5-49EE-9A01-4BAAA670355D@microsoft.com...
>> >I recently used the Easy Transfer option in Vista Home Premium to
>> >transfer
>> >my
>> > Home XP files on my old computer onto my new. After the transfer was
>> > complete I noticed that my Contact Groups (Mailing Lists) in Outlook
>> > 2000
>> > and
>> > Outlook Express 6 did not appear to be transferred into Windows Mail or
>> > Outlook 2007. Any ideas? I hate to have to recreate them as I had
>> > several
>> > lists.
>>

I would never trust that utility to transfer my Outlook Data. It is easy and
simple to transfer Outlook data using the supported method. Any other method
loses data, including distribution lists.
I trust you have a backup. Just open that backup in Outlook and set it as
the default file. All your data will be there.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"tupela_damon" <tupeladamon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:917ABCF3-50B6-4DF2-8184-F613234A5D3A@microsoft.com...
> Question below--
>
> "Steve Cochran" wrote:
>
>> Ask in an Outlook group how to import contacts from O2000 to O2007 in
>> Vista.
>> They can probably indicate what files you need to copy over.
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "tupela_damon" <tupeladamon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B7220F3B-FDE5-49EE-9A01-4BAAA670355D@microsoft.com...
>> >I recently used the Easy Transfer option in Vista Home Premium to
>> >transfer
>> >my
>> > Home XP files on my old computer onto my new. After the transfer was
>> > complete I noticed that my Contact Groups (Mailing Lists) in Outlook
>> > 2000
>> > and
>> > Outlook Express 6 did not appear to be transferred into Windows Mail or
>> > Outlook 2007. Any ideas? I hate to have to recreate them as I had
>> > several
>> > lists.
>>

I suspect that part of the problem is that td was using Outlook 2000 in IMO mode, which uses Outlook Express "groups" not real Outlook distribution lists. THus, there were no distribution lists to transfer at all.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <russval@gmail.com> wrote in message news:7770A4EA-9A7C-4088-98FE-5745358BFB03@microsoft.com...
>I would never trust that utility to transfer my Outlook Data. It is easy and
> simple to transfer Outlook data using the supported method. Any other method
> loses data, including distribution lists.
> I trust you have a backup. Just open that backup in Outlook and set it as
> the default file. All your data will be there.
> --
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
> "tupela_damon" <tupeladamon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:917ABCF3-50B6-4DF2-8184-F613234A5D3A@microsoft.com...
>> Question below--
>>
>> "Steve Cochran" wrote:
>>
>>> Ask in an Outlook group how to import contacts from O2000 to O2007 in
>>> Vista.
>>> They can probably indicate what files you need to copy over.
>>>
>>> steve
>>>
>>> "tupela_damon" <tupeladamon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:B7220F3B-FDE5-49EE-9A01-4BAAA670355D@microsoft.com...
>>> >I recently used the Easy Transfer option in Vista Home Premium to
>>> >transfer
>>> >my
>>> > Home XP files on my old computer onto my new. After the transfer was
>>> > complete I noticed that my Contact Groups (Mailing Lists) in Outlook
>>> > 2000
>>> > and
>>> > Outlook Express 6 did not appear to be transferred into Windows Mail or
>>> > Outlook 2007. Any ideas? I hate to have to recreate them as I had
>>> > several
>>> > lists.
>>>
>

Note: Data on my old XP computer is not lost during Easy Transfer to my new
Vista computer.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> I would never trust that utility to transfer my Outlook Data. It is easy and
> simple to transfer Outlook data using the supported method. Any other method
> loses data, including distribution lists.
> I trust you have a backup. Just open that backup in Outlook and set it as
> the default file. All your data will be there.
> --
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
> "tupela_damon" <tupeladamon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:917ABCF3-50B6-4DF2-8184-F613234A5D3A@microsoft.com...
> > Question below--
> >
> > "Steve Cochran" wrote:
> >
> >> Ask in an Outlook group how to import contacts from O2000 to O2007 in
> >> Vista.
> >> They can probably indicate what files you need to copy over.
> >>
> >> steve
> >>
> >> "tupela_damon" <tupeladamon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:B7220F3B-FDE5-49EE-9A01-4BAAA670355D@microsoft.com...
> >> >I recently used the Easy Transfer option in Vista Home Premium to
> >> >transfer
> >> >my
> >> > Home XP files on my old computer onto my new. After the transfer was
> >> > complete I noticed that my Contact Groups (Mailing Lists) in Outlook
> >> > 2000
> >> > and
> >> > Outlook Express 6 did not appear to be transferred into Windows Mail or
> >> > Outlook 2007. Any ideas? I hate to have to recreate them as I had
> >> > several
> >> > lists.
> >>
>

tupela_damon <tupeladamon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Question below--
>
> "Steve Cochran" wrote:
>
>> Ask in an Outlook group how to import contacts from O2000 to O2007
>> in Vista. They can probably indicate what files you need to copy
>> over.

There's no reason to import Contacts. In Outlook 2007, open the OL 2000 PST
and simply copy the contacts from the old Contacts folder to the new one.
--
Brian Tillman

Perhaps, but not necessarily. You created DL's in IMO the same as any other
version and they resided in the PST file. It's not clear whether this user
was using DL's or WAB groups since both terms were used. I'd bet a dozen
oysters that even DL's from Outlook 2000 wouldn't survive Easy Transfer. ET
seems to be dropping a lot of things.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp@outlookcode.com> wrote in message
news:eXdbu1eSHHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
I suspect that part of the problem is that td was using Outlook 2000 in IMO
mode, which uses Outlook Express "groups" not real Outlook distribution
lists. THus, there were no distribution lists to transfer at all.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <russval@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:7770A4EA-9A7C-4088-98FE-5745358BFB03@microsoft.com...
>I would never trust that utility to transfer my Outlook Data. It is easy
>and
> simple to transfer Outlook data using the supported method. Any other
> method
> loses data, including distribution lists.
> I trust you have a backup. Just open that backup in Outlook and set it as
> the default file. All your data will be there.
> --
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
> "tupela_damon" <tupeladamon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:917ABCF3-50B6-4DF2-8184-F613234A5D3A@microsoft.com...
>> Question below--
>>
>> "Steve Cochran" wrote:
>>
>>> Ask in an Outlook group how to import contacts from O2000 to O2007 in
>>> Vista.
>>> They can probably indicate what files you need to copy over.
>>>
>>> steve
>>>
>>> "tupela_damon" <tupeladamon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:B7220F3B-FDE5-49EE-9A01-4BAAA670355D@microsoft.com...
>>> >I recently used the Easy Transfer option in Vista Home Premium to
>>> >transfer
>>> >my
>>> > Home XP files on my old computer onto my new. After the transfer was
>>> > complete I noticed that my Contact Groups (Mailing Lists) in Outlook
>>> > 2000
>>> > and
>>> > Outlook Express 6 did not appear to be transferred into Windows Mail
>>> > or
>>> > Outlook 2007. Any ideas? I hate to have to recreate them as I had
>>> > several
>>> > lists.
>>>
>