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"not a personal folders file (.pst)" opening backup Outlook.ps
This happened to me as well. The answers given do not work! Maybe if it
happened before we lost everything it would have! Thanks anyway. This program seemed to be easy to back up, but boy recovering it is one mess! LOL "JimmyZ" wrote: I just made a simple drag and drop copy of Outlook.pst from my previous system to CDROM. I then did a drag and drop from the CDROM to my current system. The file lists in the the folder where I placed it, displays the Office Data File and Icon. I have tried at least 4 different ways to open the file in Outlook. 1.) File/Open/Outlook Data File 2.) File/Data File Management/Add/Outlook Office Personal Folders File (.pst) 3.) Tools/Options/Mail Setup/Data Files/Add/Outlook Office Personal Folders File (.pst) 4.) Though I am going from Outlook Office Professional 2003 to the same version of Outlook on the new system, I even tried "File/Data File Management/Add/Outlook 97-2002 Personal Folders File (.pst)" Xp seems to recognize the restored file as a .pst but Outlook will not allow it to open. JimmyZ "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Suggest posting the steps you used to create, transfer, and "reinstall" this PST file. Importing is never the right way to do this. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "JimmyZ" wrote in message ... I am attempting to recover from Hard Disk Crash and have installed the same Office Outlook 2003 version as I had on the system that crashed. When attempting to open or import a backup Outlook.pst file to the new system I keep getting the following error message. The file C:\Documents and Settings/User/My Documents\ABSI\Outlook.pst is not a personal folders file. I am simply reinstalling an Office Outlook 2003 .pst file to the same version of Outlook 2003 on a new computer. Any Suggestions??? |
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"not a personal folders file (.pst)" opening backup Outlook.ps
I have tried every sugegstion there exist! I expoerted my .pst file bruned it
on DVD , and formatted my pc adn can not recover now any help will be great!!!!. I moved back.pst to my hardsik so it is nor read-only .. i tired scanpst , does not help still the problem exits.... "AWTLINDA" wrote: This happened to me as well. The answers given do not work! Maybe if it happened before we lost everything it would have! Thanks anyway. This program seemed to be easy to back up, but boy recovering it is one mess! LOL "JimmyZ" wrote: I just made a simple drag and drop copy of Outlook.pst from my previous system to CDROM. I then did a drag and drop from the CDROM to my current system. The file lists in the the folder where I placed it, displays the Office Data File and Icon. I have tried at least 4 different ways to open the file in Outlook. 1.) File/Open/Outlook Data File 2.) File/Data File Management/Add/Outlook Office Personal Folders File (.pst) 3.) Tools/Options/Mail Setup/Data Files/Add/Outlook Office Personal Folders File (.pst) 4.) Though I am going from Outlook Office Professional 2003 to the same version of Outlook on the new system, I even tried "File/Data File Management/Add/Outlook 97-2002 Personal Folders File (.pst)" Xp seems to recognize the restored file as a .pst but Outlook will not allow it to open. JimmyZ "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Suggest posting the steps you used to create, transfer, and "reinstall" this PST file. Importing is never the right way to do this. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "JimmyZ" wrote in message ... I am attempting to recover from Hard Disk Crash and have installed the same Office Outlook 2003 version as I had on the system that crashed. When attempting to open or import a backup Outlook.pst file to the new system I keep getting the following error message. The file C:\Documents and Settings/User/My Documents\ABSI\Outlook.pst is not a personal folders file. I am simply reinstalling an Office Outlook 2003 .pst file to the same version of Outlook 2003 on a new computer. Any Suggestions??? |
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"not a personal folders file (.pst)" opening backup Outlook.ps
Moving the file to your hard drive from a DVD doesn't turn off the read-only flag. You must do that after you copy the file
-- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx "Onder Oz" Onder wrote in message ... I have tried every sugegstion there exist! I expoerted my .pst file bruned it on DVD , and formatted my pc adn can not recover now any help will be great!!!!. I moved back.pst to my hardsik so it is nor read-only .. i tired scanpst , does not help still the problem exits.... |
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