Reinstalling .pst in Outlook 2002

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I have been trying to open the .pst files I saved a week ago, before my files
got messed up. However, when I use the FILE>OPEN DATA FILE, or FILE>IMPORT
commands to get to the files saved on a cd, I am told that I do not have
permission to acces the file. In checking the files I see they are recorded
as "Read Only" Does anyone know how I can gain access (or permission ) so I
can recover my lost .pst files?
 
Remove the read only attribute.
Never import PST files. Only open them.
 
I have beebn trying to do so, however, when I attempt to remove the "read
only" attribute I get the following message: "an error occurred applying
attributes to the file. Access is denied."

Russ Valentine said:
Remove the read only attribute.
Never import PST files. Only open them.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Adprof said:
I have been trying to open the .pst files I saved a week ago, before my
files
got messed up. However, when I use the FILE>OPEN DATA FILE, or FILE>IMPORT
commands to get to the files saved on a cd, I am told that I do not have
permission to acces the file. In checking the files I see they are
recorded
as "Read Only" Does anyone know how I can gain access (or permission ) so
I
can recover my lost .pst files?
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Why didn't you say so in the first place? You have created a different
permissions issue which we cannot address without knowing what you did.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Adprof said:
I have beebn trying to do so, however, when I attempt to remove the "read
only" attribute I get the following message: "an error occurred applying
attributes to the file. Access is denied."

Russ Valentine said:
Remove the read only attribute.
Never import PST files. Only open them.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Adprof said:
I have been trying to open the .pst files I saved a week ago, before my
files
got messed up. However, when I use the FILE>OPEN DATA FILE, or
FILE>IMPORT
commands to get to the files saved on a cd, I am told that I do not
have
permission to acces the file. In checking the files I see they are
recorded
as "Read Only" Does anyone know how I can gain access (or permission )
so
I
can recover my lost .pst files?
Click to expand...
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Unfortunately, I don't know, but here is whatled up to the situation:

My Outlook 2002 .pst file became corrupted (running on Windows XP/SP-2). I
was able to fix and re-establish folders (running scanpst), but one problem
remains. While I can compose and send email with Outlook, I am unable to
receive email. Clicking on “Send/Receive" produces the message “The operation
failed†All of my incoming email goes into Outlook Express. And, while I can
import the Outlook Express messages into Outlook, I am unable to receive in
Outlook.

Russ Valentine said:
Why didn't you say so in the first place? You have created a different
permissions issue which we cannot address without knowing what you did.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Adprof said:
I have beebn trying to do so, however, when I attempt to remove the "read
only" attribute I get the following message: "an error occurred applying
attributes to the file. Access is denied."

Russ Valentine said:
Remove the read only attribute.
Never import PST files. Only open them.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have been trying to open the .pst files I saved a week ago, before my
files
got messed up. However, when I use the FILE>OPEN DATA FILE, or
FILE>IMPORT
commands to get to the files saved on a cd, I am told that I do not
have
permission to acces the file. In checking the files I see they are
recorded
as "Read Only" Does anyone know how I can gain access (or permission )
so
I
can recover my lost .pst files?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Now the waters have gone from muddy to completely black. You aren't even
talking about a PST issue. You've changed subjects completely.
Take it from the top with a clear description of your problem and the steps
that can reproduce it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Adprof said:
Unfortunately, I don't know, but here is whatled up to the situation:

My Outlook 2002 .pst file became corrupted (running on Windows XP/SP-2). I
was able to fix and re-establish folders (running scanpst), but one
problem
remains. While I can compose and send email with Outlook, I am unable to
receive email. Clicking on "Send/Receive" produces the message "The
operation
failed" All of my incoming email goes into Outlook Express. And, while I
can
import the Outlook Express messages into Outlook, I am unable to receive
in
Outlook.

Russ Valentine said:
Why didn't you say so in the first place? You have created a different
permissions issue which we cannot address without knowing what you did.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Adprof said:
I have beebn trying to do so, however, when I attempt to remove the
"read
only" attribute I get the following message: "an error occurred
applying
attributes to the file. Access is denied."

:

Remove the read only attribute.
Never import PST files. Only open them.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have been trying to open the .pst files I saved a week ago, before
my
files
got messed up. However, when I use the FILE>OPEN DATA FILE, or
FILE>IMPORT
commands to get to the files saved on a cd, I am told that I do not
have
permission to acces the file. In checking the files I see they are
recorded
as "Read Only" Does anyone know how I can gain access (or
permission )
so
I
can recover my lost .pst files?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
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You have to copy pst to HD, do NOT overwrite any existing pst.
Remove read only attribute - in IE pst properties.
Then start OL, File/Open/Data File .....browse to location.
 
Thank you for your patience and willingness to help. As far as I can recall,
this is how the problem started.

It started when I tried to open an email message that had an attachment.
When I tried to open the message itself (the message, not the attachment),
Outlook froze ("Not Responding" in Task Manager, two times). Also, when
Outlook 2002 became unstable, a little window popped up on the taskbar
indicating CPU usage is at 100%...even though no other program is running.
And, I had no problem opening a link in an email message that had no
attachment

Then I could not even open the Help menu without Outlook going into a
freeze. On the other hand, I had no
problem opening an email with no attachment.

I tried monkeying with Security Settings; I reinstalled the entire Office
2002 Suite several times. I have tried different settings with my anti-virus
program. All to no avail

I posted the foregoing on the Community billboard and got no response so I
began to fool with it myself, and did a stupid thing. Somehow, in
reinstalling Office 2002, I corrupted my .pst files

I was able to fix and re-establish folders, but one problem remains. While I
can compose and send email, I am unable to receive email. Clicking on
“Send/Receive" produces the message “The operation failed†All of my incoming
email goes into Outlook Express. And, while I can import the Outlook Express
messages into Outlook, I am unable to receive in Outlook.

Also, I had backed up the .pst file onto a CD, but when I tried to open it I
received a message that I did not have permission to do so. In checking the
file I learned that it was “read onlyâ€, — but when I tried to change it, I
received the following message: “An error occurred applying attributes to the
file. Access is denied.â€

I would like to get this resolved as I am about to upgrade to Office 2003. I
will try your suggestion and let you know how it worked out.
 
I followed your suggestion, but unfortunately when I tried to open the fiile
I got a message telling me that it was not a pst file.

At this point I am ready to chuck my backed up files and rebuild...and will
settle for being ablew to receive emails in Outlook
 
Run scanpst.exe on the pst

Adprof said:
I followed your suggestion, but unfortunately when I tried to open the fiile
I got a message telling me that it was not a pst file.

At this point I am ready to chuck my backed up files and rebuild...and will
settle for being ablew to receive emails in Outlook
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Did not help. If I could just get Outlook to receive email I would be happy
to rebuild my files (I do have my calendar and contacts on my pdf.)
 
Create a new profile with new pst
Do not attempt to open the old pst, test your OL when done.
Once all ok, then;
If you ran scanpst on the old pst and it reported no problems, then open the
old pst within OL. Do NOT import.
And copy old mail whatever to new pst
 
I successfully created a new prfile in a new pst. However, the old pst still
will not open, even after I ran scanpst. SO, everything is in place except
one thing...I stall cannot receive email in Outlook, although I can send.
 
I have to this point successfully recovered all my mail files, and rebuilt my
contacts and calendar. The last thing is to receive email, which I still
cannot do. I can send, but all my incoming goes into Outlook Express...using
my outlook email account addresses.
 
Using the Mail Applet, in Control Panel (With OL and OE closed)
You have checked your mail accounts, and done a test send/receive?
Was this successfull? if not any err.msg.

If successfull open OL, and if not set to send/receive on opening, force a
send/receive.
If nothing received ensure OL is set to 'poll' for new mail every 10mins, go
and get a cup of coffee, and check again after a while. (do not open OE)
Ensure the 'view' setting is not hiding any received mail.
 
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