Comments for How can I move my Outlook Master Category List to another machine?

Comment from Grains of Peace on 2009-05-31

2009-05-31T23:29:52Z

Subject: Transferring my Categories list on Outlook 2007 to our association's new shared Outlook Contacts on MS Exchange.

How does one proceed if there is no more registry key?
The 'Category Manager' on www.VBOffice.net is from 2006 and costs way too much for a small association with 6 member PCs. And what we need for keepong a Master Category list seems to be the Enterprise Manager costing even more. The trial version leads to a licence fee that has to be approved but makes no mention that it concerns a trial version.
Any other solution?
Many thanks!

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Comment from Michael on 2009-02-12

2009-02-12T17:18:30Z

@CharlieP, as you've seen your master category list is lost. With Category Manager you can get it back easily. The tool can read the categories assigned to all of your items, and add them back to the master category list.
@Guillermo, for Outlook 2007 the categories are stored in the PST file itself. You won't find them in the registry anymore.

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Comment from Guillermo on 2008-10-29

2008-10-29T19:47:35Z

Outlook 2007
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Categories

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Comment from CharlieP on 2008-07-23

2008-07-23T11:36:15Z

Hi. I am not sure that the above article & postings cover my problem. I have had Outlook 2003 transfered to a new laptop from my old PC's hardrive. All my contacts are there and each contact has it's category(s) attached in the little box at the bottom. But the actual category pop-up menu does not contain those categories. If I have missed the point, could someone point me to the right bit, or if it has not been explained, could some kind soul explain how to get the old master categories across to my laptop. Grateful thanks in advance.

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Comment from Sam on 2008-03-31

2008-03-31T19:05:03Z

You can save your custom Outlook categories by exporting a registry key.

Outlook 2000
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Outlook\Categories

Outlook 2002
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Categories

Outlook 2003
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Categories

Right click on the Categories folder and choose Export.

To restore it double click the *.reg.

Note that the key does not exist until you create a custom category.

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Comment from Justin on 2008-01-31

2008-01-31T20:05:18Z

WORKED LIKE A CHARM. OLK 2003 solution is available at the 2002 link above. Thank you!

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Comment from Michael on 2007-11-06

2007-11-06T17:12:49Z

There's an addin available that allows to import and export Outlook categories, for Outlook 2007 even colors are supported. You can also print your categories. Please look for 'Category Manager' on www.VBOffice.net

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Comment from Dan on 2006-04-21

2006-04-21T20:06:47Z

Enter the Categories into your Master Categories List.
Use Desktop Standard's PolicyMaker Registry Extension (it's free) to roll out the “[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1543536400-931875892-317593308-1926\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Categories]
"MasterList"=…” registry key to everyone.

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Comment from kev on 2006-03-24

2006-03-24T19:50:32Z

I am looking for an enterprise wide solution -- making all master category lists the same through active directory is exactly what I would like to do. Any ideas or thoughts? Where is the key in the regestry?

Thanks for any help.

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Comment from Leo on 2005-05-27

2005-05-28T02:26:48Z

Not that I'm aware of. Not easily anyway. I'd look into writing a macro that used the Outlook object model and see if it's exposed therein, but that's going to require some macro programming, so it's certainly not for everyone.

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Comment from Lou on 2005-05-26

2005-05-26T12:09:52Z

Can you print the Master Category list from your PC?

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Comment from Leo on 2004-03-07

2004-03-07T18:08:44Z

I took a look at Netzero, and unfortunately I don't see a way to import an external address book. As a subscriber, perhaps their customer support can answer this question for you.

Leo

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Comment from Judy on 2004-03-06

2004-03-07T06:34:56Z

Hi,
How can I import my address book from msn to netzero?

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Comment from Orin Fink on 2004-02-08

2004-02-09T02:01:48Z

If it is a registry key then perhaps utilizing Active Directory Group Policies would be a great way to enforce a consistent list across your office.

I havn't tried this yet but I plan to test very soon.

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Comment from Leo on 2004-01-20

2004-01-20T23:37:03Z

Not that I'm aware of directly. You could go into the registry editor, I suppose, and set security on that specific key to disallow writing, but exactly how outlook would react to this is anyone's guess.

Leo

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Comment from Ravi on 2004-01-20

2004-01-20T23:14:32Z

I want to set permission in Outlook to avoid users to to add, delete or reset Master Category List.

Is it possible.

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