Microsoft KB Archive/319855

= Outlook 97 signatures are not migrated if you use the User State Migration Tool =

Article ID: 319855

Article Last Modified on 3/15/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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This article was previously published under Q319855



SYMPTOMS
If you use the User State Migration Tool to migrate Microsoft Office 97 or Microsoft Outlook 97 user settings, the e-mail signatures in Outlook 97 are not migrated.



RESOLUTION
To work around this problem:  Start Microsoft Windows Explorer, and then browse to the location of the User State Migration Tool files. Right-click Migapp.inf, and then click Open With. In the Programs list, click Notepad, and then click OK. Scroll to the following section of the Migapp.inf file.

[Outlook98.97 Copyfiles]

 Type the following text at the end of the [Outlook98.97 Copyfiles] section, and then press ENTER:

%WINDIR%\*.rtf

 On the File menu, click Save. Quit Microsoft Notepad.</li> Run the ScanState.exe program again to migrate the user account settings.</li></ol>

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to migrate user settings in Windows XP, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/default.mspx

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