Re: Can't move subfolders to pst folder

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From: Alvin (Alvin_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/07/05 

Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 00:39:03 -0800

Yes, I'm working in an exchange environment but all pst files are stored
locally in the hard drive. What i want to do is move subfolders from my
active personal folder to the archived pst because i have reached the pst
limit.

Please help

"Joseph McGuire" wrote:

> I am not sure exactly what Alvin is trying to do. In an Exchange Server
> environment, I would assume that his e-mail (more specifically, mailbox) is
> already a personal folder. You can easily create subfolders and move
> messages between the inbox and subfolders. But the heading seems to suggest
> he wants to add items to a *.pst file. This is not possible. The pst file
> is the backup of personal files, and Outlook does it without any user
> involvement. Adding stuff to it is not possible. OL does it by itself.
>
> Since Alvin seems to be operating in an exchange environment, the pst file
> works differently there. In my experience (when my home office PC
> synchronized OL with an Exchange Server via dialup, the pst file is
> maintained on the network, not on the user's pc. The offline user ends up
> with a file called *.ost, which is the offline version of a *.pst file. It
> does not behave the way the *.pst file does and the relationship between the
> two is a little involved. Here are some MS KB articles that might be
> helpful:
>
> 195782 OL2000: Working with Personal Folders
> 196492 OL2000: (IMO) How to Back Up, Restore, or Move Outlook Data
> 195719 OL2000: (CW) How to Back Up, Restore, or Move Outlook Data
> 238782 OL2000: How to Automatically Backup Your Personal Folders File
> 195435 OL2000: Offline Folders
> 163589 Restoring Data from OST Files after Mailbox is deleted:
>
>
> "Alvin" <Alvin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:101D824D-44F1-45DA-B6AB-EBDB890F7895@microsoft.com...
> >
> >
> > "Andreas Roeder" wrote:
> >
> > > Alvin wrote:
> > > > I am getting the following error message when i tried to ove
> subfolders
> > > from
> > > > my current inbox to personal folder. I've checked that the pst file
> has
> > > not
> > > > reach the limit of 2GB. I am using Outlook 2000 and receiving mail
> from
> > > my
> > > > company's exchange server.
> > > >
> > > > *Can't move the items. The item could not be moved. It was either
> already
> > > > moved or deleted, or access was denied.
> > > >
> > > > *Can't move the items. You don't have permission to create an entry in
> > > this
> > > > folder. Right-click the folder, and then click Properties to check
> your
> > > > permissions for the folder. See the folder owner or your administrator
> to
> > > > change your permissions.
> > >
> > > Hi Alvin,
> > > if you are using exchange, please read
> > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330752/en-us
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ich habe nichts gemacht, gestern gings noch
> > > Bravestar2004@Arcor.de
> > > Join me in my Forum @
> > > http://www.andreas-roeder.net/phpBB2/index.php
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > But i wasn't try to move subfolders into public folders. I'm just trying
> to
> > move them to personal folders.
> >
>
>
>

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