[Cellars]

I mistakenly uninstalled my Outlook program when I installed Office H&S 2010 and now I cannot import my email into Windows Live; does anyone have a version 2003 or newer on a disk that I can buy for a reasonable price? Do not want to upgrade to Outlook 2010 because of cost and Windows Live will suit my use once I have recovered old mail and contact info. Thanks.

[zcaveman]

If you try to install Office 2003, it is going to ask you for the product key and will probably give you a hard time about using that license since the key is already registered.

Maybe you could try using the Microsoft forum first to see if there is a work around.

Here is a workaround I found in Google:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/o...0-594f65f9f45b

Maybe that will help. Basically you download a trial version of MS Office 2007 and use an Outlook connector to copy your PST file over to Windows live.

If you still have trouble, please PM me.

Z

[Hancle704]

Would it be possible for you to accomplish what you are looking to do, by downloading and installing a free version of Mozilla Thunderbird instead of looking for a Outlook Disc?

http://http://www.mozillamessaging.c...S/thunderbird/

[rjm1cc]

Can you recover the program from the recycle bin?
Maybe you can use a restore point before you deleted? I do not know if this will work so maybe someone else can tell us.
I would call Microsoft or email then and ask if they could help you. Would not surprise me that they would help.

[CarGuy]

Originally Posted by Cellars

I mistakenly uninstalled my Outlook program when I installed Office H&S 2010 and now I cannot import my email into Windows Live; does anyone have a version 2003 or newer on a disk that I can buy for a reasonable price? Do not want to upgrade to Outlook 2010 because of cost and Windows Live will suit my use once I have recovered old mail and contact info. Thanks.

If I understand you correctly, your need for Outlook 2003 (or newer) is just to get your pst files converted so you can use Windows Live. Having used both I can not imagine why you would want to switch but that is your choice. I assume that you uninstalled Outlook but did not delete the pst file(s) associated with Outlook. If you did and you can not recover them, reinstalling Outlook is a waste of time. Assuming that you still have your pst files, I can think of several solutions:

• try eBay for a used copy of Outlook
• look online for a copy of Outlook2003 (might be cheaper than you think)
• explore conversion programs that will convert your Outlook pst file(s) to a format acceptable to Windows Live. I found several on the web. Interestingly, it appears that some builds of Windows Live do not have Outlook as a source for conversion. If that is the case, you might try converting from Outlook to Outlook Express and then into Windows Live