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Outlook 2007 won't work with pst files
You misunderstand what beta testing involves. No one testing this beta
should come here and expect to find that answers to their questions already to exist. Often times they will be uncovering issues that have not been seen before, especially if they are using the beta in an untested or unsupported scenario (as are the both of you). What is required is a clear and accurate description of the problem and the steps to reproduce it. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Sandy Miller com" miller(dot)sandy(at)gmaildot wrote in message ... I'm sorry but you sound rude and unhelpful. This person clearly has a problem with the Beta and I have a very similar situation (if you care to read above). I think he made a good effort at explaining what went on and you are very dismissive of his/her efforts. There is obviously something VERY WRONG with this beta if it is succeeding in screwing up mail inboxes. My own copy of the Outlook 2007 Beta 2 is apparently receiving messages but is somehow not 'rendering' them. IE There is no content whatsoever. I CANNOT READ MY MAIL. Another user is suggesting that, even after reverting back to Outlook 2003, these very same messages are toast, implying that OL 2007 Beta 2 is REALLY F^*&%* them up..... And I concur with that theory for the moment. Instead of complaining, how about using your 'expertise' to help us resolve it? What have we done wrong? -- MS Professional "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Dead wrong. Offline Exchange content has always been stored in OST files, never PST files. Most Exchange administrators do not even want PST files in their users' profiles. You need to understand what you're doing and what you're saying. Once you do, if you think you have a beta issue, post it clearly and accurately. This looks like end user error that has nothing to do with the beta. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Brent Mills" wrote in message ... Just to clarify, I do mean ost files. I think outlook 2003 used pst files to store offline exchange content (plz correct me if I'm wrong) but 2007 seems to use an ost file for this purpose. "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: I assume you mean PST files, not OST files. So let me get this straight. You did an in place upgrade of an Outlook 2003 profile that had 3 PST files, one default, 2 for archive. Outlook 2007 failed to open with no error message, yet you somehow opened it and removed the 2 archive PST files. I'm having trouble following your post. Outlook 2007 is uniquely poor at handling connections to PST files. An accurate account of your problem would be helpful in sorting this out. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Brent Mills" wrote in message ... Simkin is right, it seems to be something with the ost file. I took your and sue's suggestion and created a new mail profile with a new ost file and now i can add my old archive data files without problem. In answer to your question I was removing the pst data files that were associated with my profile through the mail interface in control panel. "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Always follow an attempt at an in place upgrade by creating a new profile from scratch. Exactly what files are you "removing" and how? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Brent Mills" wrote in message ... I had 2003 on my machine and the only choice it gave me was to upgrade. It migrated all my settings and data files itself. This is actually the beta 2 that was posted to msdn yesterday so I don't know if this is a new ability. "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: No. Why would you "upgrade" to a beta? State more clearly what you did to migrate your Outlook data to a beta installation. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Brent Mills" wrote in message ... I had outlook 2003 set up on my computer with 2 pst files to archive my older mail to. When I upgraded to 2007 it now locks up when I try and open the program. If I remove my pst archives then it runs without a problem. Anyone else had similar issues? |
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