Difficulty importing .pst archives into Outlook 2003

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New laptop has Outlook 2003. Archived mail from Outlook 2002 on old machine,
saved files on new machine. Outlook 2003 fails to import .pst file - warning
is "is not a personal file". Same problem for large and small .pst files.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Don't import - Open them in Outlook using File->Open->Outlook Data File.

How did you save the files? Did you copy them to a CD? If yes, remove them
and uncheck the read-only tick mark. Did you export them from your other
Outlook installation? If yes, was Outlook completely closed?


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After furious head scratching, MarkOR asked:

| New laptop has Outlook 2003. Archived mail from Outlook 2002 on old
| machine, saved files on new machine. Outlook 2003 fails to import
| .pst file - warning is "is not a personal file". Same problem for
| large and small .pst files.