Unable to open restored pst on reformatted pc

S

Support

Hi, I had to reformat/ reinstall (w2k) my pc recently.
I have restored my pst file from cd backup and unchecked the read-only
however when I try to open it, i get an error stating insufficient
permisions.
My user a/c on the old pc was in the admins group and I have created a new
one (same name in same group) but I'm aware that the security od will be
different.
Is there any way of resetting the permissions? I have also tried to take
ownership of the file but while it shows the new owner, I still cannot
access it.
I don't know if it makes any difference but I was on outlook 2k prior and
now have upgraded to outlook 2002
thanks
 
R

Roady [MVP]

Use scanpst.exe to scan the file for errors.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Backup and Restore
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3
 
S

Support

Hi there, thanks for the response. I forgot to mention on my original post
that I have already tried that. Althought it did scan it it mentioned that
it could not get full access to the file. Any other ideas?
thanks


Roady said:
Use scanpst.exe to scan the file for errors.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Backup and Restore
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

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Support said:
Hi, I had to reformat/ reinstall (w2k) my pc recently.
I have restored my pst file from cd backup and unchecked the read-only
however when I try to open it, i get an error stating insufficient
permisions.
My user a/c on the old pc was in the admins group and I have created a new
one (same name in same group) but I'm aware that the security od will be
different.
Is there any way of resetting the permissions? I have also tried to take
ownership of the file but while it shows the new owner, I still cannot
access it.
I don't know if it makes any difference but I was on outlook 2k prior and
now have upgraded to outlook 2002
thanks
 
R

Roady [MVP]

What NTFS permissions are set on the file? Add the user you are running and
make sure it has Full Permissions and try again.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Backup and Restore
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

-----
Support said:
Hi there, thanks for the response. I forgot to mention on my original
post
that I have already tried that. Althought it did scan it it mentioned
that
it could not get full access to the file. Any other ideas?
thanks


in
message news:[email protected]...
Use scanpst.exe to scan the file for errors.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Backup and Restore
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

-----
Support said:
Hi, I had to reformat/ reinstall (w2k) my pc recently.
I have restored my pst file from cd backup and unchecked the read-only
however when I try to open it, i get an error stating insufficient
permisions.
My user a/c on the old pc was in the admins group and I have created a new
one (same name in same group) but I'm aware that the security od will
be
different.
Is there any way of resetting the permissions? I have also tried to take
ownership of the file but while it shows the new owner, I still cannot
access it.
I don't know if it makes any difference but I was on outlook 2k prior and
now have upgraded to outlook 2002
thanks
 
S

Support

Bit of an odd one this....but it's fixed now.
I removed all ntfs permissions, re-assigned them and retool ownership and
it's fine now.
Nothing different to what I did before. Oh well it's working now. thanks
for your help

Roady said:
What NTFS permissions are set on the file? Add the user you are running and
make sure it has Full Permissions and try again.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Backup and Restore
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

-----
Support said:
Hi there, thanks for the response. I forgot to mention on my original
post
that I have already tried that. Althought it did scan it it mentioned
that
it could not get full access to the file. Any other ideas?
thanks


in
message news:[email protected]...
Use scanpst.exe to scan the file for errors.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Backup and Restore
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

-----
Hi, I had to reformat/ reinstall (w2k) my pc recently.
I have restored my pst file from cd backup and unchecked the read-only
however when I try to open it, i get an error stating insufficient
permisions.
My user a/c on the old pc was in the admins group and I have created
a
new
one (same name in same group) but I'm aware that the security od will
be
different.
Is there any way of resetting the permissions? I have also tried to take
ownership of the file but while it shows the new owner, I still cannot
access it.
I don't know if it makes any difference but I was on outlook 2k prior and
now have upgraded to outlook 2002
thanks
 

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