Unable to import outlook.pst

[Gary Knox]

My harddrive crashed and I reinstalled Outlook 2003 and
got it running. I tried to bring Outlook.pst from an old
backup over and open it. I get the following message:

File access is denied. You do not have the permission
required to access the file c:\....

My user name is the same on both the old and new install.
Any suggestions?

Thank you, Gary

 

[Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote]

My harddrive crashed and I reinstalled Outlook 2003 and got it running.
I tried to bring Outlook.pst from an old backup over and open it. I get
the following message:

File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to
access the file c:\....

My user name is the same on both the old and new install.
Any suggestions?

Thank you, Gary

I'm going to guess that you copied it back from a CD -- you need to make
sure and turn off the read-only attribute on the .PST file. (Right-click
the file in Windows Explorer and choose properties)

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

And DON'T import it - use File->Open to access the file and then drag and
drop to move the items into your default .pst.

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Gary Knox asked:

| My harddrive crashed and I reinstalled Outlook 2003 and
| got it running. I tried to bring Outlook.pst from an old
| backup over and open it. I get the following message:
|
| File access is denied. You do not have the permission
| required to access the file c:\....
|
| My user name is the same on both the old and new install.
| Any suggestions?
|
| Thank you, Gary

 

[Guest]

The file is NOT read only (it came from a second hard
disk)

And I did try "Open" not import.

Any other ideas?

Thank you, Gary

 

[Clive]

Gary

I am experiencing the same problem. Please can you let me
know if you find a solution.

Many thanks.

Clive