Solution to the Outlook '03 Calendar & Contact Issue's (Windows Only)

Question

This solution refers to the problems with syncing Outlook 2003 (contacts & calendar) with the 5th generation Ipod for Windows(30Gb or 80gb).
In Outlook 2003 your contacts (in order to be synced with Itunes) must be listed in the default contact file for Itunes to sync them. If there are no contacts listed in this default file, the IPOD wont sync anything. You need to make a copy of your address book & import it into the default contact file. To copy/export the address book do the following:
(NOTE: The default contact file will read contacts under the my contacts)
1. Select your address book, it should have contacts listed.
2. Select File_import & export, then export to a file
3. Select Personal File Folder (*.pst)
4. Again find the contact book with your contacts listed in Outlook. These are the files that you want to copy.
5. Select allow duplicate items to be created.
6. Change the location for "save exported to a file". I recommend saving the file to the desktop so that you can find it.
7. Once you successfully exported the items, now go to the default contact folder in Outlook and select File _ import. Import the *.pst file that you just copied.
Once the files are imported sync your IPOD & make sure that Itunes is configured to import Outlook not windows address book. This should sync all of your contact with your IPOD.
This resolved my issue's. Let me know if you have any problems.
Apple Software: Itunes 7.0.2.16
IPOD: 30Gb IPOD
Outlook 2003, Windows XP SP2

Answer 1

Thanks, but I am still unsuccessful. Here is what happened:
+1. All of your .pst files will be located in C:\documents and settings\"user name"\exchange...this file may be hidden so to unhide it you will have to go into tools\folder options\view and select the show hidden files.+
*I found the file.*
+2. To create your new .pst file in Outlook 2003...Open Outlook, click on tools and select email accounts. This will open a new window with four choices. Select "View or change existing e-mail accounts" The Default Microsoft Exchange Server should be highlighted and then down in the lower box it should show Mailbox - "user name"; select new outlook data file; highlight office outlook personal file (.pst) and hit ok. Rename the file if you desire and hit ok. Select finish, close outlook and restart. You should now see that folder in your window.+
*Yes, I have a new folder with no calendar, mailbox, etc. in it; just a deleted items folder and a search folder. This is in addition to my mailbox, which still opens with the calendar I am trying to sync under it*
+3. Close outlook, open iTunes and then open outlook again. In your settings of iTune open up the settings and change the Auto Sync function under iPhone tab to not sync automatically (i dont have it here at work so cant give word for word discription). Plug in the iPhone and it should not sync. go to the first tab and check mark the options that you want to sync using outlook.+
*Did that, still got error; I am clearly missing something in step 3 - my Outlook opens with the same stuff it always has, just an extra PST with 2 items under it - Deleted Items and Search...help!*