pst contacts file will not upload

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Gordiva - 15 Nov 2005 20:28 GMT

I burned a .pst file onto a cd-rw and then copied it onto the desktop of
another computer. I have tried opening it and it still gives me an error
message that says "This is not a valid .pst file". I have never had trouble
opening it before. I put the old contacts .pst file into the trash can and
then tried it. I then restored the old .pst files just to make sure that
.pst files were opening it. I had no trouble opening the old file, which is
also copied off of a cd-rw I burned. Then I deleted all of my contacts and
then tried to open the new .pst file again. Do you have any advice?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 15 Nov 2005 21:06 GMT

Did you remove the read only attribute any file on a CD acquires?

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>I burned a .pst file onto a cd-rw and then copied it onto the desktop of
> another computer. I have tried opening it and it still gives me an error
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> and
> then tried to open the new .pst file again. Do you have any advice?

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Gordiva - 15 Nov 2005 21:48 GMT

the read only box is not checked.

> Did you remove the read only attribute any file on a CD acquires?
> >I burned a .pst file onto a cd-rw and then copied it onto the desktop of
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> > and
> > then tried to open the new .pst file again. Do you have any advice?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 15 Nov 2005 22:12 GMT

Then you will have to provide more information on how you created this file
so we can figure out how you corrupted it.

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> the read only box is not checked.
>
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>> > and
>> > then tried to open the new .pst file again. Do you have any advice?

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Brian Tillman - 15 Nov 2005 22:01 GMT

> I burned a .pst file onto a cd-rw and then copied it onto the desktop
> of another computer. I have tried opening it and it still gives me
> an error message that says "This is not a valid .pst file".

When you burn that PST to the CD, Outlook must be closed. Also, there is
anecdotal evidence that some burning software doesn't handle PSTs well.
Finally, after copying the PST from CD to your hard drive, make sure you
remove the read-only attribute.

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