Outlook will not recognize my copied PST files

[Guest]

I am moving my files to a different laptop - same version of Office (XP
Professional) but an updated OS (XP, up from Win2000). I archived my email
files and copied them to a CD, then transferred them to my new laptop. When I
try to open them through Outlook, I get a response that filename.pst "is not
a personal folders file." When I archived them, I somehow applied a password
to several of them. There is no password prompt when I try to open them on
the new pc. Others have no password, and the failure is no different.

How do I get these files open? When I open the archives back on the original
laptop, they are fine. I just can't copy them.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Copy the pst-files from the CD to the harddisk and remove the "Read Only"
file attribute.

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Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

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[Guest]

Thanks for the suggestion. I looked in Properties, and the Read Only option
was not checked. I'm still stumped.

Copy the pst-files from the CD to the harddisk and remove the "Read Only"
file attribute.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

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I am moving my files to a different laptop - same version of Office (XP
Professional) but an updated OS (XP, up from Win2000). I archived my email
files and copied them to a CD, then transferred them to my new laptop.
When I
try to open them through Outlook, I get a response that filename.pst "is
not
a personal folders file." When I archived them, I somehow applied a
password
to several of them. There is no password prompt when I try to open them on
the new pc. Others have no password, and the failure is no different.

How do I get these files open? When I open the archives back on the
original
laptop, they are fine. I just can't copy them.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Do you open it by File-> Open-> Outlook Data File...?
Run scanpst.exe and see if it comes up with anything.
Nothe that when you burned your pst-file while Outlook was still open the
burned pst-file is damaged.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----

Thanks for the suggestion. I looked in Properties, and the Read Only
option
was not checked. I'm still stumped.

Copy the pst-files from the CD to the harddisk and remove the "Read Only"
file attribute.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----

I am moving my files to a different laptop - same version of Office (XP
Professional) but an updated OS (XP, up from Win2000). I archived my
email
files and copied them to a CD, then transferred them to my new laptop.
When I
try to open them through Outlook, I get a response that filename.pst
"is
not
a personal folders file." When I archived them, I somehow applied a
password
to several of them. There is no password prompt when I try to open them
on
the new pc. Others have no password, and the failure is no different.

How do I get these files open? When I open the archives back on the
original
laptop, they are fine. I just can't copy them.