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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / March 2005accessing an Outlook 2003 .pst file in a new computer
I have changed computers and when I try either to import an Outlook 2003 file from my old computer to the new one or copy it to a Zip disk and then ask Outlook to go to the disk, I get asked for a password. I have no idea what password is being asked for. I have not knowingly installed one. I've tried all I can think of without success......both computers are running Windows 2000 Pro. Please help.  SignatureAustin, TX You should not be importing this file. You cannot open an Outlook data file from a disk. Did you create this PST file in the correct format for your Outlook version? Did you move it to a hard drive and remove its read only attribute before you try to open it? SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] >I have changed computers and when I try either to import an Outlook 2003 >file [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > all I can think of without success......both computers are running Windows > 2000 Pro. Please help. OK, no import. OK cannot open from disk. Understand Yes, I created the PST file using Microsoft Outlook 2003. I moved it to my desktop on the machine I want to use but I have no idea how to remove its "read only attribute>" Help, please. Or direct me to the KB articile that explains how to do this. George > You should not be importing this file. You cannot open an Outlook data file > from a disk. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > all I can think of without success......both computers are running Windows > > 2000 Pro. Please help. Russ, I've now found out how to remove "read only attribute" so what's next? > You should not be importing this file. You cannot open an Outlook data file > from a disk. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > all I can think of without success......both computers are running Windows > > 2000 Pro. Please help. Russ, using Windows Explorer I right clicked on the file which is on my desktop. Then I went to Properties and made sure the "read only" button was unchecked. This made the file Icon change. Then I tried to open the file with Outlook 2003 and got the password box. Now what??? George McG > I have changed computers and when I try either to import an Outlook 2003 file > from my old computer to the new one or copy it to a Zip disk and then ask > Outlook to go to the disk, I get asked for a password. I have no idea what > password is being asked for. I have not knowingly installed one. I've tried > all I can think of without success......both computers are running Windows > 2000 Pro. Please help. How did you create this file? Outlook would not be asking for a password if you created the file correctly unless you password protected the file. Did you? SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Russ, using Windows Explorer I right clicked on the file which is on my > desktop. Then I went to Properties and made sure the "read only" button [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> Windows >> 2000 Pro. Please help. The file was created on a hard drive (now labelled D:) on which I installed MS Outlook 2003. The system worked perfectly. Now I have a new hard drive (labelled C:} which is the boot drive. It also has MS Outlook 2003 on it. So I wanted to bring the files from the D: drive to the C: drive and nothing I've tried has worked. I just tried to open the file again. This time when I typed in my email password a file opened. In the "All Mail Folders" window I now have several duplicate entries for "Personal Folders" with the duplicates which were created having in them only "Deleted Items" and "Search Folders"...all with nothing in them. I fear all is lost but I will appreciate anything else you can tell me. Thanks. > How did you create this file? Outlook would not be asking for a password if > you created the file correctly unless you password protected the file. Did [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >> Windows > >> 2000 Pro. Please help. I still need to know how you created this file. The process you should have used is all spelled out in the Help files: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > The file was created on a hard drive (now labelled D:) on which I > installed [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] >> >> Windows >> >> 2000 Pro. Please help. |
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