Can I convert an Outlook Data file to a text file?

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Peggy

I have Outlook 2002 on my PC. My data file was copied from Outlook 2003.
When I try to open the file I get an error message "... not compatible with
this version of the Personal Folders information service. Contact your
administrator."
 
There is nothing you can do with this file with a version of Outlook earlier
than 2003. You'll need to use Outlook 2003 or higher to create a PST file in
the older version, then copy the data from this file into the file in the
older version.
 
Is there a way to conver this file into a "readable file" such as in notepad
so I can manually obtain the information?



Russ Valentine said:
There is nothing you can do with this file with a version of Outlook earlier
than 2003. You'll need to use Outlook 2003 or higher to create a PST file in
the older version, then copy the data from this file into the file in the
older version.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Peggy said:
I have Outlook 2002 on my PC. My data file was copied from Outlook 2003.
When I try to open the file I get an error message "... not compatible
with
this version of the Personal Folders information service. Contact your
administrator."
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not without opening it in outlook first.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





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Peggy said:
Is there a way to conver this file into a "readable file" such as in
notepad
so I can manually obtain the information?



Russ Valentine said:
There is nothing you can do with this file with a version of Outlook
earlier
than 2003. You'll need to use Outlook 2003 or higher to create a PST file
in
the older version, then copy the data from this file into the file in the
older version.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Peggy said:
I have Outlook 2002 on my PC. My data file was copied from Outlook
2003.
When I try to open the file I get an error message "... not compatible
with
this version of the Personal Folders information service. Contact your
administrator."
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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