Re: Outlook will not recognize my copied PST files

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From: kiwi1750 (kiwi1750_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/30/04


Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 16:19:04 -0800

Thanks for the suggestion. I looked in Properties, and the Read Only option
was not checked. I'm still stumped.

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

> Copy the pst-files from the CD to the harddisk and remove the "Read Only"
> file attribute.
>
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> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
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>
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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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