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So my main work computer is Blue Screening all over the place and looks like it's pretty much dead. I've bought all the parts for my new one but haven't had time to put it all together due to work.
Right now I've moved all the data to another computer and setup my email addresses.
Thunderbird I just copied the directory containing the emails and settings files and it was all just there, contacts, account setup and new emails coming down.
Outlook on the other hand is sucking donkeys balls pretty hard. This account is IMAP and when I recreated the account all emails came down. What isn't there is my business contacts, they are all in the other OST file. Outlook 2013 won't open it directly and all tools to give me access want money. Free Outlook OST Viewer let's me see stuff but I can't get the contacts out unless I type them one by one.
WTF can I do to get my contacts from my other OST? Booting the old computer isn't an option, it Blue Screens about 60 seconds after logging in to Windows.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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.ost (ditto .pst) files are a right PITA to read if not using Outlook ... I used a product in my last job to enable me to do so as a favour to someone (it needs C# to drive it), but its 400 Euro - at least you said a free tool you has could read the .ost file, so at least its not corrupt
(make a backup copy or two or three just in case)
I cant suggest anything that doesn't involve code & $$
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Don't know if it will help you or not, but try to read this link:
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I've seen interesting hints on that page...
Hope it helps.
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Outlook uses PST for IMAP and OST for exchange. So, make sure you're copying over the right file to start. Failing that...
Michael Martin wrote: it Blue Screens about 60 seconds after logging in to Windows.
Did you try booting into safe mode?
Michael Martin wrote: WTF can I do to get my contacts from my other OST?
Install the same version of Outlook your other computer had. Or, you can import contacts[^] from a PST file.
If they are in fact in an OST instead, then your contacts can be exported from whatever the exchange server is. In fact, it'll be recreated automatically the next time you connect to it.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: Outlook uses PST for IMAP...
Nope. Outlook 2013 uses Me@MyEmailAddress.ost for my IMAP connection to my work email server. No Exchange or Hosted Exchange Server to be found. It is my Domain hosted email.
Jeremy Falcon wrote: Did you try booting into safe mode?
Yes. It maybe lasts 61 seconds before Blue Screening again. Mostly 0x124, but with 0x50, 0x1a, 0xe and others thrown in.
Jeremy Falcon wrote: Install the same version of Outlook your other computer had. Or, you can import contacts[^] from a PST file.
If they are in fact in an OST instead, then your contacts can be exported from whatever the exchange server is. In fact, it'll be recreated automatically the next time you connect to it.
The exact Outlook license is now on this computer. There is no PST file. There is no Exchange server in the mix.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Michael Martin wrote: There is no PST file.
Then you're a bit screwed man. AFAIK OST files are machine specific when being used in Outlook directly.
If booting into safe mode on the old computer doesn't work, then you could try the recovery console at least to replace some potential rouge drivers. Might buy you some time at least... maybe. Worth a shot.
Outside of that, unless you feel like hex editing, I'd either just retype your contacts if it's only like a 100 or so. If it's 1,000s then I'd be forking over the cash to get a OST to PST converter so I could import it on your new computer.
Jeremy Falcon
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Michael Martin wrote: It maybe lasts 61 seconds before Blue Screening again. Mostly 0x124, but with 0x50, 0x1a, 0xe and others thrown in.
Have you tried putting your old hard drive into your new machine and booting off that just to export everything? If it's blue screening it's probably an issue other than the hard drive.
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It's not very well known, but Outlook, Excel, etc have their own 'safe mode'...some addons make Office programs unstable.
In Windows 8.x, right click the 'start' button, go Run, in the box type:
outlook.exe /safe
...and Outlook will run without the addons.
You could do that from a command prompt as well, I guess.
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DaveX86 wrote: It's not very well known, but Outlook, Excel, etc have their own 'safe mode'...some addons make Office programs unstable.
In Windows 8.x, right click the 'start' button, go Run, in the box type:
outlook.exe /safe
...and Outlook will run without the addons.
You could do that from a command prompt as well, I guess.
Thanks for the idea, but I kow of all the parameters available withthe Office programs. And in this case I can't get Windows to boot so can't try these anyway.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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What happens if you just take the disk and set it up with the new computer to boot from it? Does it crash there as well?
Your old computer might not boot again, but the old windows installation might if it's running on another hardware 
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Nicholas Marty wrote: What happens if you just take the disk and set it up with the new computer to boot from it? Does it crash there as well?
Your old computer might not boot again, but the old windows installation might if it's running on another hardware
Now that I have copied all the data and settings off the HDD it may well be worth trying it in another machine. Don't care if the drivers don't work. Just that I can get Outlook up long enough to get the contacts out.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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I second booting the HDD in another system. I'd go straight into safemode if you can because otherwise it will reboot a few times to swap drivers out, and if the hard disk is the problem that might end up really screwing everything up.
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There seems to be some confusion here. OST files are only used when Outlook is connected to an Exchange Server account, if you are using IMAP or POP then there are only PST files. Contacts and Calendars are usually stored in the default PST file.
Perhaps you should look at the excellent EM Client[^] which will import PST files without Outlook being installed.
If on the other hand you really have an OST file (with a recent date on it) then you must have an Exchange account somewhere and your contact data will be there (OSTs are only an offline copy of the Exchnge Server folders).
Quoting Billy-Bob Gates:
Outlook Data Files (.ost) are used when you have an Exchange account and want to work offline or use or use the default Cached Exchange Mode. This type of data file is also used for accounts that you set up with the Outlook Connector for Outlook.com (formerly Hotmail). Outlook Data Files (.ost) are always copies of items that are saved on a mail server and don’t need to be backed up like Outlook Data Files (.pst).
Hope this helps.
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Clumpco wrote: There seems to be some confusion here. OST files are only used when Outlook is connected to an Exchange Server account, if you are using IMAP or POP then there are only PST files. Contacts and Calendars are usually stored in the default PST file.
Perhaps you should look at the excellent EM Client[^] which will import PST files without Outlook being installed.
Been a Sys Admin for the last 15 years and a programmer for 11 before that. Know the difference and where everything is located. Definitely an OST.
Thanks for the tip on EM Client, looks like it will be useful for clients issues in the future.
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Forget to put this[^] link in showing Outlook 2013 and IMAP has changed.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Michael Martin wrote: Been a Sys Admin for the last 15 years and a programmer for 11 before that. Know the difference and where everything is located. Definitely an OST.
No disrespect intended, I assure you.
Michael Martin wrote: Forget to put this[^] link in showing Outlook 2013 and IMAP has changed.
Oh the b@st@rds! Having so far managed to avoid 2013 I was not aware of this.
Michael Martin wrote: Thanks for the tip on EM Client, looks like it will be useful for clients issues in the future.
Yes, notably for the Windows 8.1 Mail app which will not import Outlook Express (another "feature" from Microsoft).
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You probably thought of this.
But what about booting in safe mode without networking?
Maybe the few extra minutes you could dump what you need?
Also, check the bluescreen details. Maybe you could disable whatever device is the underlying cause.
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Keith Harris has died at the age of 67.
The entertainer and ventriloquist was best known for his partnership with his puppets Orville the Duck and Cuddles the Monkey.
Orville is quoted as saying "Bowocks!"
veni bibi saltavi
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He looked like my father-in-law.
Saw him play Butlins at Bognor when I was working there 15 years ago, very funny and very blue act after all the kids had been kicked out.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I never saw him live but I heard he was pretty raw. I did however once know a girl who looked very much like Cuddles. 
veni bibi saltavi
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What if conspiracies are started by corporations so they can sell more tin foil?
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Did you know about the international conspiracy to keep people calling aluminium foil tin foil? 
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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It's nothing but a tissue of lies.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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....and the weird thing is that tin foil isn't made of tin.
These conspiracies are worse than I thought.
Edit
Whilst I typed Brent beat me to it....
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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grralph1 wrote: Whilst I typed Brent beat me to it....
Move along, nothing to see here!
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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