My wife had OL97 installed on her home computer with Exchange server. The system was set up for offline synchronization and generated an “exchange.ost” file with all the contacts/e-mail etc.
She no longer has the exchange connection (changed companies) and I am upgrading to OL 2000. Is there any way to convert the .ost file into a .pst file so we can continue using the old data? Ideally I want to run OL in Internet Only mode. I tried setting up OL to work with an exchage server and made it generate the “outlook.ost” file by specifying “work offline”. I then copied the old .ost file and renamed it, but the system says I must connect at least once to the exchange server before the offline files become available. I clearly am no longer able to do this.
Any suggestions?
