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Just bought a replacement laptop. The old one has a ton of stuff in Outlook that we don't want to lose. Is there a way to move it across easily? Its probably obvious just by asking this question that IT related things are not my strong point.
you need to transfer your outlook.pst file
search for it on you C: drive then simply copy and paste
this will not transfer your account settings though IIRC.
there are various ways of doing it using wizards, you'll probably find loads of info on the MS help forums
If you are connecting to the same mail server then you should get it all in the new computer as well
The webmail for the googlemail address is all there obviously but we have some other stuff for another address which is downloaded to the laptop. I'll try as Michael suggets. Thank you.
If you can't find the .pst file then Start/ControlPanel/Mail (XP/Vista) is the quick way to find it and also to change it on the new machine.
Outlook also stores mail in .ost files (offline store), so back those up too. .psts are only the data you've saved manually (or archived).
Within Outlook, right-clicking the Inbox (or possibly the mailbox root, can't remember offhand) and picking Properties will tell you the real path to the PST, iirc.
Do you mean Outlook, or Outlook Express?
Oh, brainfart. You can go "File / Import and Export" from full Outlook. Export to a PST and then Import on the new lappy. Simples.
As above. "Export to a .pst file".
Not sure if the ordinary Outlook Express is the same, but thats what I do at work with the Outlook email program we have.
You can then "Open a pst file" & browse to it in your new Outlook.