accessing an Outlook 2003 .pst file in a new computer

[Guest]

I have changed computers and when I try either to import an Outlook 2003 file
from my old computer to the new one or copy it to a Zip disk and then ask
Outlook to go to the disk, I get asked for a password. I have no idea what
password is being asked for. I have not knowingly installed one. I've tried
all I can think of without success......both computers are running Windows
2000 Pro. Please help.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You should not be importing this file. You cannot open an Outlook data file
from a disk.
Did you create this PST file in the correct format for your Outlook version?
Did you move it to a hard drive and remove its read only attribute before
you try to open it?

 

[Guest]

OK, no import. OK cannot open from disk. Understand
Yes, I created the PST file using Microsoft Outlook 2003.
I moved it to my desktop on the machine I want to use but I have no idea how
to remove its "read only attribute>" Help, please. Or direct me to the KB
articile that explains how to do this. George

You should not be importing this file. You cannot open an Outlook data file
from a disk.
Did you create this PST file in the correct format for your Outlook version?
Did you move it to a hard drive and remove its read only attribute before
you try to open it?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have changed computers and when I try either to import an Outlook 2003
file
from my old computer to the new one or copy it to a Zip disk and then ask
Outlook to go to the disk, I get asked for a password. I have no idea
what
password is being asked for. I have not knowingly installed one. I've
tried
all I can think of without success......both computers are running Windows
2000 Pro. Please help.

 

[Guest]

Russ, I've now found out how to remove "read only attribute" so what's next?

You should not be importing this file. You cannot open an Outlook data file
from a disk.
Did you create this PST file in the correct format for your Outlook version?
Did you move it to a hard drive and remove its read only attribute before
you try to open it?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have changed computers and when I try either to import an Outlook 2003
file
from my old computer to the new one or copy it to a Zip disk and then ask
Outlook to go to the disk, I get asked for a password. I have no idea
what
password is being asked for. I have not knowingly installed one. I've
tried
all I can think of without success......both computers are running Windows
2000 Pro. Please help.

 

[Guest]

Russ, using Windows Explorer I right clicked on the file which is on my
desktop. Then I went to Properties and made sure the "read only" button was
unchecked. This made the file Icon change. Then I tried to open the file
with Outlook 2003 and got the password box. Now what??? George McG

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

How did you create this file? Outlook would not be asking for a password if
you created the file correctly unless you password protected the file. Did
you?

 

[Guest]

The file was created on a hard drive (now labelled D on which I installed
MS Outlook 2003. The system worked perfectly. Now I have a new hard drive
(labelled C:} which is the boot drive. It also has MS Outlook 2003 on it.
So I wanted to bring the files from the D: drive to the C: drive and nothing
I've tried has worked. I just tried to open the file again. This time when I
typed in my email password a file opened. In the "All Mail Folders" window I
now have several duplicate entries for "Personal Folders" with the duplicates
which were created having in them only "Deleted Items" and "Search
Folders"...all with nothing in them. I fear all is lost but I will
appreciate anything else you can tell me. Thanks.

How did you create this file? Outlook would not be asking for a password if
you created the file correctly unless you password protected the file. Did
you?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ, using Windows Explorer I right clicked on the file which is on my
desktop. Then I went to Properties and made sure the "read only" button
was
unchecked. This made the file Icon change. Then I tried to open the file
with Outlook 2003 and got the password box. Now what??? George McG

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

I still need to know how you created this file.
The process you should have used is all spelled out in the Help files:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

The file was created on a hard drive (now labelled D on which I
installed
MS Outlook 2003. The system worked perfectly. Now I have a new hard
drive
(labelled C:} which is the boot drive. It also has MS Outlook 2003 on it.
So I wanted to bring the files from the D: drive to the C: drive and
nothing
I've tried has worked. I just tried to open the file again. This time
when I
typed in my email password a file opened. In the "All Mail Folders"
window I
now have several duplicate entries for "Personal Folders" with the
duplicates
which were created having in them only "Deleted Items" and "Search
Folders"...all with nothing in them. I fear all is lost but I will
appreciate anything else you can tell me. Thanks.

How did you create this file? Outlook would not be asking for a password
if
you created the file correctly unless you password protected the file.
Did
you?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ, using Windows Explorer I right clicked on the file which is on my
desktop. Then I went to Properties and made sure the "read only" button
was
unchecked. This made the file Icon change. Then I tried to open the
file
with Outlook 2003 and got the password box. Now what??? George McG

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I have changed computers and when I try either to import an Outlook
2003
file
from my old computer to the new one or copy it to a Zip disk and then
ask
Outlook to go to the disk, I get asked for a password. I have no idea
what
password is being asked for. I have not knowingly installed one. I've
tried
all I can think of without success......both computers are running
Windows
2000 Pro. Please help.