PST File Reader

[Dick]

I lost my latest PST file a while back, and have been trying to regain
as much as possible from backup PST's with various dates. I have had
a lot of trouble doing this with the import feature of Outlook 2002.
I either end up with a lot of duplicates, or I lose existing files.
Is there a program that can read a PST file directly to see what it
contains before I attempt to import it?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Yes.
Outlook.
Why would you ever import these files? Just open them.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Outlook: File | Open | Outlook Data.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Brian Tillman]

I lost my latest PST file a while back, and have been trying to regain
as much as possible from backup PST's with various dates. I have had
a lot of trouble doing this with the import feature of Outlook 2002.
I either end up with a lot of duplicates, or I lose existing files.
Is there a program that can read a PST file directly to see what it
contains before I attempt to import it?

Yes, it's called Outlook. Never import from a PST. Use File>Open>Outlook
Data File and add it to your existing profile. Then you can copy the data
you want from the folders it contains to your default folders. When done,
close it with right-click>Close on its root.

 

[Dick]

Yes, it's called Outlook. Never import from a PST. Use File>Open>Outlook
Data File and add it to your existing profile. Then you can copy the data
you want from the folders it contains to your default folders. When done,
close it with right-click>Close on its root.

Thanks to you and Sue for that information. As much as I have read
about importing, etc., I have never seen anyone point that out.

Dick

 

[Brian Tillman]

Thanks to you and Sue for that information. As much as I have read
about importing, etc., I have never seen anyone point that out.

Only about 2,000 times in this newsgroup, currently.

 

[DevilsPGD]

In message <#[email protected]> "Brian Tillman"

Yes, it's called Outlook. Never import from a PST. Use File>Open>Outlook
Data File and add it to your existing profile. Then you can copy the data
you want from the folders it contains to your default folders. When done,
close it with right-click>Close on its root.

Or if you really must import, I've had much better luck opening the PST,
exporting to a plain-text format, then importing again.

However, this is likely advantageous in my case because I have multiple
apps synchronizing against Outlook, and I need to reset the meta-data
attached to items to get them to synchronize properly in some cases.