Can't Move or Copy Items from Repaired PST File

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Don Kiely

Well, my worst nightmare happened. I backed up my .pst file by copying
it to another drive, and Windows forced a restart during the copy when I
had stepped away (BSOD?). Somehow that corrupted both versions of the
file so that I could open neither.

I'm at the point where I have an older backup of the .pst file that is
in good shape, and I've used scanpst.exe to repair the corrupted file. I
lost a ton of stuff, but would like to salvage what is still there.

So I've made the intact backup the default file and added the repaired
..pst as an additional data file. I can navigate around the repaired file
just fine, but when I try to copy or move items from the repaired file
to the default file I get a message "Cannot move the items". If I right
click on an item and select move, it lets me select the destination
folder then says "Cannot move the items. One or more parameter values
are not valid".

Is there any way I can copy or move the items to my default file? This
is Outlook 2007.

Thanks!
Don
 
Hve you tried rebooting Windows to see if that releases all holds on the ..pst file?

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After furious head scratching, Don Kiely asked:

| Well, my worst nightmare happened. I backed up my .pst file by copying
| it to another drive, and Windows forced a restart during the copy
| when I had stepped away (BSOD?). Somehow that corrupted both versions
| of the file so that I could open neither.
|
| I'm at the point where I have an older backup of the .pst file that is
| in good shape, and I've used scanpst.exe to repair the corrupted
| file. I lost a ton of stuff, but would like to salvage what is still
| there.
|
| So I've made the intact backup the default file and added the repaired
| .pst as an additional data file. I can navigate around the repaired
| file just fine, but when I try to copy or move items from the
| repaired file to the default file I get a message "Cannot move the
| items". If I right click on an item and select move, it lets me
| select the destination folder then says "Cannot move the items. One
| or more parameter values are not valid".
|
| Is there any way I can copy or move the items to my default file? This
| is Outlook 2007.
|
| Thanks!
| Don
 
Yes. Rebooting has no effect.

Out of curiosity, how would that matter? I can open the repaired file in
Outlook, and open folders and view messages with no problem. I just
can't move or copy them to my current pst file. So what kind of holds
would there be that would prevent copying?

Thanks,
Don
 
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