Paul
Tue Aug 05 16:40:05 CDT 2003
On 5/8/03 10:34 PM, in article BB557107.2D6D2%berkowit@silcom.com, "Paul
Berkowitz" <berkowit@silcom.com> wrote:
> On 8/5/03 2:05 PM, in article BB55DAB4.4AD5F%paul.foley@kynesis.co.uk, "Paul
> Foley" <paul.foley@kynesis.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>> It should be enough just to put the 2001 CD in the drive. See this FAQ
>>> article:
http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/faqs.html#anchor-84a
>>>
>> I'm sorry but this isn't working. I've got the Entourage program, along with
>> Database, in a file called Microsoft Entourage 2001 in Macintosh HD on my
>> new computer and it still says it can't do it because a file called
>> 'Microsoft Entourage 2001'can't be found.
>>
>> This seems pretty basic Gil. There must be a million people a day going from
>> an old OS9 computer to OSX and Office X who want to do this?
>
> It _is_ pretty basic, and tens of thousands of people have done it, Paul.
> You say you have "the Entourage program, along with
> Database, in a file called Microsoft Entourage 2001 in Macintosh HD on my
> new computer". That sounds muddled. The application file called Microsoft
> Entourage, if installed, needs to be in a folder called Microsoft Office
> 2001, along with the other apps (Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel, Microsoft
> PowerPoint) and a lot of supporting folders (Office, Templates, etc).
> Normally that whole folder is in Applications (Mac OS 9), but it can be
> anywhere. I'm not sure it's good enough to copy these folders and files over
> from a previous computer, since there are a lot of other items involved in
> an installation. In any case, the application file should be called
> "Microsoft Entourage": if you ever renamed it to "Entourage 2001" rename it
> back again: it should be called "Microsoft Entourage".
>
> As Gil says, it's enough to have the CD inserted in the CD drive. So I'd
> guess that "Microsoft Entourage" could be anywhere you want.
>
> The Database file needs to be with its siblings the Messages, Database
> Cache, Rules, Mailing Lists, Schedules files in your Identity folder (Main
> Identity, or whatever you've renamed it to), normally in the Entourage 2001
> Identities folder in the Microsoft User Data folder in a Documents folder. I
> suppose that too could be somewhere else, but you _must_ have the whole
> Identity folder intact or importing won't work. Most people bring over the
> whole MUD folder, but the Entourage 2001 Identities folder should probably
> be enough, I think.
That should do it ..... Many thanks!!
Paul