Re: Outlook will not recognize my copied PST files

From: Roady [MVP] (newsgroups_DELETE__at__DELETE_sparnaaij_NO_._SPAM_net)
Date: 11/29/04


Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 09:55:47 +0100

Copy the pst-files from the CD to the harddisk and remove the "Read Only"
file attribute.

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"kiwi1750" <kiwi1750@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:23DEB654-1C07-4E84-B0E7-3494C16AE9E3@microsoft.com...
>I am moving my files to a different laptop - same version of Office (XP
> Professional) but an updated OS (XP, up from Win2000). I archived my email
> files and copied them to a CD, then transferred them to my new laptop. 
> When I
> try to open them through Outlook, I get a response that filename.pst "is 
> not
> a personal folders file." When I archived them, I somehow applied a 
> password
> to several of them. There is no password prompt when I try to open them on
> the new pc. Others have no password, and the failure is no different.
>
> How do I get these files open? When I open the archives back on the 
> original
> laptop, they are fine. I just can't copy them. 


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