Steps To Install Microsoft Outlook 2003 Without Loosing Data

If you have been using Microsoft Outlook 2003 for a long time, there is good chance of having encountered a situation which would have demanded the re-installation of the operating system or at least of certain programs. Most of you might not be aware about the fact that you can re-install your MS Outlook 2003 application without loosing the previous email messages. How to go about it is what is detailed in this article.

Outlook help instructions

Before going ahead with these instructions make sure to keep the Microsoft Outlook 2003 installation disc handy.

1. Start off by clicking on the “Start” button. 
2. Point your mouse towards the “Control Panel” option and click it.
3. From the control panel window, you need to select the option which says “Uninstall a Program” located under the “Programs” section.
4. From the list of programs select the one which says “Microsoft Outlook 2003”.
5. Hit the button labeled “Uninstall”.
6. Confirm your choice by clicking the “Yes” button.
7. Now you need to insert the Outlook 2003 installation disc to the CD/DVD drive of your computer.
8. Wait for the AutoPlay window to appear. Select the option which says “Run setup.exe” option.
9. Accept the terms and conditions by marking the respective check box located at the bottom of the window. Hit the “Next” button.
10. You will be asked to enter the product key. Input the same in the respective text boxes. Hit the “Next” button.
11. Select the “Install” button, and wait for the installation process to complete.
12. Once it is done, open your Outlook application, and input all the required account information for adding your email account to Outlook. The information include your email address, password, incoming and outgoing server address etc.
13. Select “File” from the top of the window. From the file menu, select “Open” and then “Outlook Data File”.
14. Choose the “Outlook” file and hit the “Ok” button.
15. Select “Tools” and from the tools menu choose “Email accounts”.
16. From the newly opened window, select the option which says “View or Change Existing E-mail Accounts”. Hit the “Next” button.
17. Select the drop down menu which you can see under “Deliver New E-mail  to the following location”, and then choose your previous Outlook folder. 
18. Hit the “Finish” button.
19. Restart your Outlook application to access the previous emails and address book.

That’s all the Outlook help instructions you will require to reinstall your Outlook 2003 without loosing your old email messages. You can get more help for Outlook problems in other articles in this website.