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Subject: Re: missing outlook.pst can't load outlook
Author: Jhon Steve Date: 22 Dec 2011
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Author: Jhon Steve Date: 22 Dec 2011
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Using Outlook recovery tools to repair your PST file would be helpful. Below is a list of them:
http://www.datanumen.com/aor/compare.htm
Most of them provide a free demo so you can try first.
Steve
http://www.datanumen.com/aor/compare.htm
Most of them provide a free demo so you can try first.
Steve
> On Sunday, August 26, 2007 4:48 AM Brett wrote:
> i made the mistake apparently of trying to overwrite an Outlook 2007
> Outlook.pst file with the one i was bringing over from Outlook 2003 (I think
> it was '03). I'd moved that file in this way before (albeit between the same
> version). 2007 does not recognize the replaced file as a .pst file and now
> won't open at all; and it doesn't automatically offer to rebuild a new .pst
> file either. So how do I get Outlook running again, and how do I open my old
> mail?
>
> thanks,
> Outlook.pst file with the one i was bringing over from Outlook 2003 (I think
> it was '03). I'd moved that file in this way before (albeit between the same
> version). 2007 does not recognize the replaced file as a .pst file and now
> won't open at all; and it doesn't automatically offer to rebuild a new .pst
> file either. So how do I get Outlook running again, and how do I open my old
> mail?
>
> thanks,
>> On Sunday, August 26, 2007 5:12 AM DL wrote:
>> Overwriting a pst can corrupt it, and or, the profile.
>> It is not neccessary to store the pst in the default OL location.
>>
>> With OL closed use the mail applet to add a new data file, set it as the
>> default and remove your 'old' data file.
>> Then copy your origonal old data file to eg My Documents; within OL,
>> File>Open>Data File......browse to its location.
>>
>> "BrettP" <BrettP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:7915CE19-7E36-4C96-A81E-C221A1AE0511@microsoft.com...
>> It is not neccessary to store the pst in the default OL location.
>>
>> With OL closed use the mail applet to add a new data file, set it as the
>> default and remove your 'old' data file.
>> Then copy your origonal old data file to eg My Documents; within OL,
>> File>Open>Data File......browse to its location.
>>
>> "BrettP" <BrettP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:7915CE19-7E36-4C96-A81E-C221A1AE0511@microsoft.com...
>>> On Monday, August 27, 2007 3:04 AM Brett wrote:
>>> i thought that applet was for the 32 bit vista only...? at any rate it didn't
>>> work...however, i did manage to locate an article on daniweb that described
>>> how to edit the registry (never done that before...;) ) to clear the previous
>>> profile (fortunately there was no data anyway) and OL loaded fine and asked
>>> me to create a new profile, so that's cool. Next problem: i got the 'this is
>>> not a .pst file' message when I went to open the older outlook.pst
>>> file...after some thinking i realized that nero 6 had warned me about
>>> 'compatibility issues' with Windows XP when i went to back up the old data
>>> file...i thought because it burned anyway that i was ok, but i guess not. I
>>> went back to that machine his eve and took a portable hard drive with me - it
>>> worked fine this time! :)
>>>
>>> thanks for your assistance!
>>> work...however, i did manage to locate an article on daniweb that described
>>> how to edit the registry (never done that before...;) ) to clear the previous
>>> profile (fortunately there was no data anyway) and OL loaded fine and asked
>>> me to create a new profile, so that's cool. Next problem: i got the 'this is
>>> not a .pst file' message when I went to open the older outlook.pst
>>> file...after some thinking i realized that nero 6 had warned me about
>>> 'compatibility issues' with Windows XP when i went to back up the old data
>>> file...i thought because it burned anyway that i was ok, but i guess not. I
>>> went back to that machine his eve and took a portable hard drive with me - it
>>> worked fine this time! :)
>>>
>>> thanks for your assistance!
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