Opening a pst   

We have a w2k3 domain and exchange server. I am running xp on my desktop with 
outlook 2003 with sp3. I have created a pst on my box, and then i copy it to 
cd. I then copy it from cd to the new pc harddrive, when i try to open it i 
get the error message that it is not a personal folders file. I copied the 
pst from my original box and it shows its a pst, but the other box can't open 
it. I have full admin rights on both boxes.

Can someone help

thanks in adavance

date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:10:05 -0700   author:   mikee

Re: Opening a pst   

"mikee"  wrote in message 
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> We have a w2k3 domain and exchange server. I am running xp on my desktop 
> with
> outlook 2003 with sp3. I have created a pst on my box, and then i copy it 
> to
> cd. I then copy it from cd to the new pc harddrive, when i try to open it 
> i
> get the error message that it is not a personal folders file. I copied the
> pst from my original box and it shows its a pst, but the other box can't 
> open
> it. I have full admin rights on both boxes.
>
> Can someone help
>
> thanks in adavance
>


Uncheck the Read-Only attribute....

date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:42:53 +0100   author:   Gordon lid

Re: Opening a pst   

"mikee"  wrote in message 
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> We have a w2k3 domain and exchange server. I am running xp on my desktop 
> with
> outlook 2003 with sp3. I have created a pst on my box, and then i copy it 
> to
> cd. I then copy it from cd to the new pc harddrive, when i try to open it 
> i
> get the error message that it is not a personal folders file. I copied the
> pst from my original box and it shows its a pst, but the other box can't 
> open
> it. I have full admin rights on both boxes.

First, Outlook MUST be closed when you copy a PST to CD.  Second, the PST 
must be on the hard drive and cannot be read-only, which always happens when 
copying from a CD.

When the problem is the read-only attribute, Outlook usually gives you a 
message that indicates it can't open the file for writing.  The message 
you're seeing is typical for when the PST was copied incorrectly in the 
first place (i.e., with Outlook open), but it may be caused by the read-only 
condition.
-- 
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:23:42 -0400   author:   Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]