Outlook - TASKS & CALENDAR to another .pst files?

[basepointdesignz]

Hi,

I use Outlook at home (for my company) and at my ususal work office (one of clients I contract at), both using different .pst files for mail..

Is there a way to save / sync ONLY the tasks and calendar between the two .pst files?

I just want to create 'To Do' lists and my meeting and personal dates without having to add the dates and tasks in both seperatley, but without having my work emails come through at my clients and my clients emails coming in at home..

Is there a way to do this, or will i have to lump it and do it the old skool way?



Cheers,

Paul
basepointdesignzltd..
XP Pro..
Pentium Core 2 Q6600 Quad Core
ASUS P5N-E SLI Motherboard
4GB DDR2 RAM
2 x SLI NVIDIA 8500GT SLi 1024MB DDR2 PCI-Express Graphics Cards

 

[MMSMSD]

Have you tried just using a third PST file for these things, stored on a flash drive? Try the following:

1. Take a flash drive and hard-code it to a specific drive letter in Windows on both machines.
2. From one of the machines, create a new PST file on the flash drive.
3. Store your 'shared' info to that PST file
4. On the second machine, you can just OPEN the PST file and use it the same way.

That should keep this 'shared' info separate from your normal traffic on each PC. Since both machines are loading the same file, there is no syncing needed. The key is to make sure the flash drive stays at the same specific drive letter when inserted into the machine, since Outlook will look for that drive letter to load the PST file on it. In the event that it changes, Outlook will probably just ignore loading it and you can open it manually but that could get annoying. Hope this helps.

 

[basepointdesignz]

Hi,

Thanks, thats seems straight forward, and that will bypass or ignore any mail, just retain the other features yeah?

And also, I already have a mem stick, but don't want to hardcode the whole thing, can i map a drive on it which would function the same?

Cheers,

Paul
basepointdesignzltd..
XP Pro..
Pentium Core 2 Q6600 Quad Core
ASUS P5N-E SLI Motherboard
4GB DDR2 RAM
2 x SLI NVIDIA 8500GT SLi 1024MB DDR2 PCI-Express Graphics Cards

 

[MMSMSD]

You'll only put in there what you want. Mail would process through the original PST files on each machine, which will remain the defaults.

As for the flash drive, you don't need to map a drive, since the flash drive will have its own drive letter already. The reason for giving the flash drive a specific drive letter (as opposed to letting Windows assign it a letter) is so that the drive letter doesn't change on subsequent uses.

In some cases, if you attach a different USB device and THEN your flash drive, Windows will give it a different drive letter. At that point, Outlook won't be able to find the PST file to open it (since the path would have essentially changed.) Giving it a specific drive letter will ensure that it always shows up in Windows as I: (or whichever letter you want) and Outlook will know where the PST file is located. I'd recommend you check both machines and find a drive letter that is not used on either, to keep it the same.

The following KB from Microsoft explains how to assign a specific drive letter:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307844