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I just backed up Outlook to move to another computer as a pst file. However,
when I try to import it in to Outlook, I am told I don't have authorization
to access the file and I'm stuck.
 
LinnHarrison said:
I just backed up Outlook to move to another computer as a pst file.
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Please state the exact step you took to do this. Also state your Outlook
version.
However, when I try to import it in to Outlook, I am told I don't
have authorization to access the file and I'm stuck.
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Never import a PST.
 
why can't you import a pst file? Isn't that one of its purposes -- to be
able to back-up and retrieve files if needed?
 
Importing a native Outlook file? Why? Just open it.

Importing loses received dates, custom forms, connections between contacts
and calendar, contact and activities, rules, etc.

That is why.

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After furious head scratching, DR support asked:

| why can't you import a pst file? Isn't that one of its purposes --
| to be able to back-up and retrieve files if needed?
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| "Brian Tillman" wrote:
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||| I just backed up Outlook to move to another computer as a pst file.
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|| Please state the exact step you took to do this. Also state your
|| Outlook version.
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||| However, when I try to import it in to Outlook, I am told I don't
||| have authorization to access the file and I'm stuck.
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|| Never import a PST.
|| --
|| Brian Tillman
 
DR support said:
why can't you import a pst file? Isn't that one of its purposes --
to be able to back-up and retrieve files if needed?
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Exporting and importing are for changing between Outlook and non-Outlook
formats, not for backing up. You don't export a Word document to a Word
document, do you? Backing up a PST is EASY. With Outlook closed, just COPY
it.
 
Dear Brian
I had a huge struggle backing up my Outlook on my last computer, but
eventually somehow managed to get it to update regularly. Although I have
something called outlook backup (on new laptop, documents, vista) which i can
presumab;y copy or send to external drive, I don't know how to update it
because I don't know where it is. Is there an MVP website for Outlook, as
with Word?
 
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