Receive error - file access is denied while importing .pst in out.

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Moving outlook contacts from one machine to another. In Outlook export
personal.pst. However when trying to import it in the other machine receive
the error. "File access is denied. You do not have permission to access the
file." Security properties show the file as owed, with full control to user.
 
Make sure the file isn't marked read-only. If it's on a CD, move it to your
hard drive and remove the read-only attribute.

Also, don't use import and export for this -- just copy the .pst file to the
other machine and open it using File | Open | Outlook Data File.

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Thank you so much for your help.

Jocelyn Fiorello said:
Make sure the file isn't marked read-only. If it's on a CD, move it to your
hard drive and remove the read-only attribute.

Also, don't use import and export for this -- just copy the .pst file to the
other machine and open it using File | Open | Outlook Data File.

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***


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Joycep said:
Moving outlook contacts from one machine to another. In Outlook export
personal.pst. However when trying to import it in the other machine receive
the error. "File access is denied. You do not have permission to access the
file." Security properties show the file as owed, with full control to user.
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Joycep said:
Moving outlook contacts from one machine to another. In Outlook export
personal.pst. However when trying to import it in the other machine receive
the error. "File access is denied. You do not have permission to access the
file." Security properties show the file as owed, with full control to user.
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How do I gain permission to access the file? It isn't read only.
 
stearon said:
How do I gain permission to access the file? It isn't read only.
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Never import a PST. WHat happens if you click FIle>Open>Outlook Data File
and try to open it?
 
Why not import a pst? How else would you put the data back on the machine if
you have to reinstall etc??
 
Thanks for your help. I went to the Microsoft Knowlege base and found out
that a freshly made pst file couldn't be copied without closing outlook
first. After I closed Outlook I was able to copy the backup pst to my CD
without a problem. Funny huh.

Stephen Aron
 
Hi Jocelyn,

Did EXACTLY what you proposed, yet when openit it using File | Open |
Outlook Data File; I received the message: The file C:\Documents and Settings
..... is not a personal folders file.

Thanks for your kind help.


Peter
 
Rhema2005 said:
Did EXACTLY what you proposed, yet when openit it using File | Open |
Outlook Data File; I received the message: The file C:\Documents and
Settings .... is not a personal folders file.
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Chances are, then, that the file was open when originally copied to the CD
or that the copy software did not perform the burn correctly. "is not a
personal fodlers file" is a fairly good sign your PST is toast.
 
Brian,

Tks for the reply albeit not what I expected. Since I did "burn" my
Outlook.pst and *.wab files on a regular interval, I will attempt to import
an file saved previously. To that extent, would you be so kind and mail me a
step-by-step approach on how to proceed?

Greatly appreciate your help.


Peter
 
Rhema2005 said:
Tks for the reply albeit not what I expected. Since I did "burn" my
Outlook.pst and *.wab files on a regular interval, I will attempt to
import an file saved previously.
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The WAB has nothing to do with Outlook, of course. Also, never import a
PST. Just open it with File>Open>Outlook Data File. (NB: it must not have
the read-only attribute set, so if it is on a CD, copy it to your HD, making
sure you do NOT overwrite an existing PST of the same name, remove the
Read-Only attribute - and Microsoft advises adding the Archive attribute.)
To that extent, would you be so kind
and mail me a step-by-step approach on how to proceed?
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How to proceed on what? On opening the PST that Outloko claims is not a
PST? If SCANPST.EXE won't help, there's nothing you can do.

The correct way of making backups of Outlook can be found here:
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm
 
Brian,

While I digest all this material - I'm now confronted with another challenge
- I cannot view (and select) the session where I "burned" my *.pst file. How
and where do I view and then select the correct session (in multi-session
burn)?

Thanks

Peter
 
Rhema2005 said:
While I digest all this material - I'm now confronted with another
challenge - I cannot view (and select) the session where I "burned"
my *.pst file. How and where do I view and then select the correct
session (in multi-session burn)?
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I have no experience with multisession CDs. When I burn a CD, I always use
Windows' built-in burning and I've never gotten <ahem> burned.
 
Woh ! Now that's truly interesting, never heard that Windows had a "built-in"
burning facility; mind letting me have the name or link; I'm running W2K.

Appreciate.

Peter
 
Rhema2005 said:
Woh ! Now that's truly interesting, never heard that Windows had a
"built-in" burning facility; mind letting me have the name or link;
I'm running W2K.
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Windows 2000 doesn't. Windows XP does. It actually includes part of
Roxio's Easy CD Creator.
 
Tks,

Any link for a FREE CD burner s'ware - simple only for Data back-up (No DVD,
Video and such).

Tks.

PG
 
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