Re: "not a personal folders file (.pst)" opening backup Outlook.ps

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When you wrote Outlook.pst to the CDROM, it was given the READ ONLY file
attribute by the file system. That setting came with the file when you
returned it to your new hard drive and Outlook will NOT open a READ ONLY
..pst file. Locate it on your hard drive, right click it and select
'Properties', then UNcheck the "Read-only" checkbox. The file should now
open.

Hal
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"JimmyZ" <JimmyZ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"JimmyZ" <JimmyZ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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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