Greetings:

I am using MS Office 2003. I had to format my hard drive now I am disparate!!

1.I made a copy of my Oultook1.PST file.

2.I reinstalled office. Outlook accounts came. I was able to send and
receive new mail just fine.

3.Using Windows Explorer I placed my Outlook1.PST file beside the new
Outlook.PST file in the folder (Local settings> Application data> Microsot>
outlook)

4.I tired to open it using (Open> Outlook Data files)I see the file but when
is select it I get a message “the Outlook1.PST is not a personal folder
file.�

5. I tired the same process using the( tools > options>Mail setup>Data
files.) I get the same message.

PLEASE HELP ME. Outlook is my main filing system and I have files there
that are several years old

Thanks

You will have to state how you created and transferred this PST file. Did
you remove its read only attribute?
You should never place a transferred PST file in Outlook's default location.
Odds are you overwrote another.
Did you keep a good backup?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Baha" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6F89514B-0A8B-489A-8FDB-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Greetings:
>
> I am using MS Office 2003. I had to format my hard drive now I am
> disparate!!
>
> 1.I made a copy of my Oultook1.PST file.
>
> 2.I reinstalled office. Outlook accounts came. I was able to send and
> receive new mail just fine.
>
> 3.Using Windows Explorer I placed my Outlook1.PST file beside the new
> Outlook.PST file in the folder (Local settings> Application data>
> Microsot>
> outlook)
>
> 4.I tired to open it using (Open> Outlook Data files)I see the file but
> when
> is select it I get a message “the Outlook1.PST is not a personal folder
> file.�
>
> 5. I tired the same process using the( tools > options>Mail setup>Data
> files.) I get the same message.
>
> PLEASE HELP ME. Outlook is my main filing system and I have files there
> that are several years old
>
> Thanks
>
>

In explorer examine the properties of outlook1.pst, is the read only flag
off?
What size is the file?

"Baha" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6F89514B-0A8B-489A-8FDB-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Greetings:
>
> I am using MS Office 2003. I had to format my hard drive now I am
> disparate!!
>
> 1.I made a copy of my Oultook1.PST file.
>
> 2.I reinstalled office. Outlook accounts came. I was able to send and
> receive new mail just fine.
>
> 3.Using Windows Explorer I placed my Outlook1.PST file beside the new
> Outlook.PST file in the folder (Local settings> Application data>
> Microsot>
> outlook)
>
> 4.I tired to open it using (Open> Outlook Data files)I see the file but
> when
> is select it I get a message "the Outlook1.PST is not a personal folder
> file."
>
> 5. I tired the same process using the( tools > options>Mail setup>Data
> files.) I get the same message.
>
> PLEASE HELP ME. Outlook is my main filing system and I have files there
> that are several years old
>
> Thanks
>
>

Thanks.

I did check the .Pst file. It is not a read only file.

The way I created it was by drag and drup from my C: drive to another
folder. Does this make a differnace.

"Forgive us our sins"



"DL" wrote:

> In explorer examine the properties of outlook1.pst, is the read only flag
> off?
> What size is the file?
>
> "Baha" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:6F89514B-0A8B-489A-8FDB-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Greetings:
> >
> > I am using MS Office 2003. I had to format my hard drive now I am
> > disparate!!
> >
> > 1.I made a copy of my Oultook1.PST file.
> >
> > 2.I reinstalled office. Outlook accounts came. I was able to send and
> > receive new mail just fine.
> >
> > 3.Using Windows Explorer I placed my Outlook1.PST file beside the new
> > Outlook.PST file in the folder (Local settings> Application data>
> > Microsot>
> > outlook)
> >
> > 4.I tired to open it using (Open> Outlook Data files)I see the file but
> > when
> > is select it I get a message "the Outlook1.PST is not a personal folder
> > file."
> >
> > 5. I tired the same process using the( tools > options>Mail setup>Data
> > files.) I get the same message.
> >
> > PLEASE HELP ME. Outlook is my main filing system and I have files there
> > that are several years old
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
>
>
>

Not really but you have to set the read only attribute off

"Baha" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:5707B584-6BF8-493F-BCDF-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks.
>
> I did check the .Pst file. It is not a read only file.
>
> The way I created it was by drag and drup from my C: drive to another
> folder. Does this make a differnace.
>
> "Forgive us our sins"
>
>
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
>> In explorer examine the properties of outlook1.pst, is the read only flag
>> off?
>> What size is the file?
>>
>> "Baha" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:6F89514B-0A8B-489A-8FDB-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Greetings:
>> >
>> > I am using MS Office 2003. I had to format my hard drive now I am
>> > disparate!!
>> >
>> > 1.I made a copy of my Oultook1.PST file.
>> >
>> > 2.I reinstalled office. Outlook accounts came. I was able to send and
>> > receive new mail just fine.
>> >
>> > 3.Using Windows Explorer I placed my Outlook1.PST file beside the new
>> > Outlook.PST file in the folder (Local settings> Application data>
>> > Microsot>
>> > outlook)
>> >
>> > 4.I tired to open it using (Open> Outlook Data files)I see the file but
>> > when
>> > is select it I get a message "the Outlook1.PST is not a personal folder
>> > file."
>> >
>> > 5. I tired the same process using the( tools > options>Mail setup>Data
>> > files.) I get the same message.
>> >
>> > PLEASE HELP ME. Outlook is my main filing system and I have files
>> > there
>> > that are several years old
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>

Sorry I missread your reply, if the read only flag is off then it should be
OK
Locate and run scanpst.exe, the repair tool on the file, if that doesnt help
it means your copy process corrupted the file (Maybe outlook was open when
you copied)
Are you able to open your origonal copy on the other folder?

"DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Not really but you have to set the read only attribute off
>
> "Baha" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:5707B584-6BF8-493F-BCDF-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Thanks.
>>
>> I did check the .Pst file. It is not a read only file.
>>
>> The way I created it was by drag and drup from my C: drive to another
>> folder. Does this make a differnace.
>>
>> "Forgive us our sins"
>>
>>
>>
>> "DL" wrote:
>>
>>> In explorer examine the properties of outlook1.pst, is the read only
>>> flag
>>> off?
>>> What size is the file?
>>>
>>> "Baha" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:6F89514B-0A8B-489A-8FDB-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> > Greetings:
>>> >
>>> > I am using MS Office 2003. I had to format my hard drive now I am
>>> > disparate!!
>>> >
>>> > 1.I made a copy of my Oultook1.PST file.
>>> >
>>> > 2.I reinstalled office. Outlook accounts came. I was able to send and
>>> > receive new mail just fine.
>>> >
>>> > 3.Using Windows Explorer I placed my Outlook1.PST file beside the new
>>> > Outlook.PST file in the folder (Local settings> Application data>
>>> > Microsot>
>>> > outlook)
>>> >
>>> > 4.I tired to open it using (Open> Outlook Data files)I see the file
>>> > but
>>> > when
>>> > is select it I get a message "the Outlook1.PST is not a personal
>>> > folder
>>> > file."
>>> >
>>> > 5. I tired the same process using the( tools > options>Mail
>>> > setup>Data
>>> > files.) I get the same message.
>>> >
>>> > PLEASE HELP ME. Outlook is my main filing system and I have files
>>> > there
>>> > that are several years old
>>> >
>>> > Thanks
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

"Baha" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:5707B584-6BF8-493F-BCDF-(E-Mail Removed)...

> The way I created it was by drag and drup from my C: drive to another
> folder. Does this make a differnace.

Was Outlook closed when you did this? How can you have simply copied it to
another folder if you reformatted your hard drive? Did you copy it to a
different drive?
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]