Re: password protected .pst files...

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Well the real issue is that I would like to be able to lock the files again
when I am finished viewing them - after having first entering a password to
open them. I would like to be able to do this without having to exit Outlook
and come back in if possible. The IT group here has access to each others
PC's as we may need to get on them from time to time. If I suddenly need to
leave my desk (which happens often) to support a user issue, I may forget to
close Outlook - thus allowing whoever sits at my PC to access the PST
files - which I do not want being accessed by anyone but myself.

I just wonder if there is a way to "lock" them after initial access so the
next time you attempt an access, you are asked for the password again.
Clicking the "Cancel' button was just a test to see if it would ask me for
the password the next time I attempted access. This did not happen - it
simply gave an access denied error. Normally - you are right I would not
click cancel.

So basically, do you know of a way to lock the PST files again after
accessing them?

Thanks, Brad

"Gordon" <gordon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Brad Pears" <donotreply@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have two .pst archive files that I password protected. When I open
Outlook
and click on one of the archives, it asks for the password. If I just
click
cancel at that point amd later want to open it, I have to close Outlook
and
re-open it so as to be asked for the password again. SImply clicking on
teh
PST file does not allow me to enter the password, it just tells me that I
am
unable to access the file.

Also, I have archiving configured to happen each day - to these .pst
files.
Is there any place where I can specifiy the password so that the archive
can
happen? Now, if I do not specifiy the password when I open Outlook, the
archive procedure fails...

Any help would be most appreciated!

Thanks,

Brad





So why not answer the reply to your FIRST post about this as to why you
would click "cancel" anyway? If you want to open the file supply the
password, if you don't want to open it then don't click on it! Simple?



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