microsoft.public.outlook.general

Okay, thanks for the info. When I get some time I'll give that a try. I have
been able to share a PST between Office 2003 and Office 2007 and can run the
Office 2007 IRT on it; if I use the Office 2003 IRT on it then it can't be used
by 2007. The biggest difference I see is that the situation in which I can't
even run the 2007 IRT is that it was an upgrade install whereas the other
situation was a from scratch install.

In article , Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook] wrote:
> From: "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]"
> Subject: Re: Can't scanpst
> Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:36:52 -0400
> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.general
>
> There's no need to reinstall Office clean, nor would it help. All you need
> to do is create a new Outlook profile as the first troubleshooting step. It
> will create a new blank PST file by default, which obviously you don't want
> to use. Once you have the new profile created, just open the PST file you do
> want to use and set it to be the default for this profile. Restart Outlook,
> and the close the new PST file that Outlook created.
>
> Although PST files are perfectly compatible between Outlook 2003 and 2007,
> there are some differences in how they are used and the IRT utility is
> different. The IRT was particularly buggy in the Outlook 2007 beta, and all
> the bugs may not have been worked out. It is entirely possible that the 2007
> IRT won't run on a PST created in Outlook 2003. I haven't run into anyone
> who's tried it. I sure never would. I never try to share PST files between
> different Outlook versions. Outlook 2007 can barely run as it is. It sure
> doesn't need any challenges. Outlook's ability to handle PST files has grown
> more fragile and problematic with each new version, and Outlook 2007 is by
> far the worst.
> --
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
> "LarryW" wrote in message
> news:VA.0000006a.00145da1@newsgroups.nospam...
> > Okay, how about posting them countless + 1 times :-) I tried googling but
> > I
> > must not be using the right keywords because I can't find anything. Even
> > though I have some backups, it's been way too long since I did the upgrade
> > and
> > this was the first time I realized there was a problem so a backup
> > wouldn't do
> > much good. Is there a way to install the upgrade as a clean install?
> > Looks
> > like I may have to just start from scratch.
> >
> > In article <#x2MfdSuHHA.4504@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Russ Valentine
> > [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
> >> From: "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]"
> >> Subject: Re: Can't scanpst
> >> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:55:12 -0400
> >> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.general
> >>
> >> The instruction for how to migrate to a new installation have been posted
> >> here countless times. In place upgrades simply do not work until you do
> >> that.
> >> Do you back up your data?
> >> --
> >> Russ Valentine
> >> [MVP-Outlook]
> >> "LarryW" wrote in message
> >> news:VA.00000069.02046334@newsgroups.nospam...
> >> > Yes, it was an in place upgrade. No, didn't know anything about
> >> > creating
> >> > a new
> >> > profile or migrating data (Where are the instructions for doing this?)
> >> > Yes,
> >> > Outlook has exited completely before I try running scanpst.
> >> >
> >> > I need to be able to use the same file from an XP Office 2003 as from
> >> > Vista
> >> > Office 2007 (dual-boot). I can do this between a system in which I did
> >> > a
> >> > from-scratch install of Office 2007 and another XP Office 2003 system.
> >> >
> >> > In article , Russ Valentine
> >> > [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
> >> >> From: "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]"
> >> >> Subject: Re: Can't scanpst
> >> >> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:20:46 -0400
> >> >> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.general
> >> >>
> >> >> Was this an in place upgrade of Outlook? If so, did you create a new
> >> >> profile
> >> >> right away and migrate your Outlook data properly? Have you checked to
> >> >> make
> >> >> sure that Outlook has actually exited completely before running the
> >> >> IRT?
> >> >> --
> >> >> Russ Valentine
> >> >> [MVP-Outlook]
> >> >> "LarryW" wrote in message
> >> >> news:VA.00000068.0019dcb1@newsgroups.nospam...
> >> >> > I'm running Vista Ultimate and upgraded Office 2003 to Office 2007.
> >> >> > I
> >> >> > was
> >> >> > having a problem with some messages sticking in the Outbox so
> >> >> > decided
> >> >> > to
> >> >> > do a
> >> >> > scanpst on my .pst file. As soon as it starts it reports that
> >> >> > there's
> >> >> > an
> >> >> > error and it can't scan the file and didn't make any changes. If I
> >> >> > use
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > Office 2003 scanpst on an XP machine, it scans and repairs the .pst
> >> >> > file
> >> >> > but
> >> >> > then Outlook 2007 on Vista can't even open the file. Any ideas what
> >> >> > to
> >> >> > do?
> >> >> > Thanks!
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
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