I backed up my pst file to a CD by opening up OL. 2007, Clicked on
file>new>outlook data file> selected OL personal folders file (.pst)
clicked OK
-- drug the file to my CD using windows explorer. I sent the file to my
desktop.
windows can't open it. I know this subject has been covered before. help
please. thanks much

Bob Levin

> I backed up my pst file to a CD by opening up OL. 2007, Clicked on
> file>new>outlook data file> selected OL personal folders file (.pst)
> clicked OK
> -- drug the file to my CD using windows explorer. I sent the file to my
> desktop. windows can't open it.

Going through the menu is how to do it, but the file needs to not be read-only.
IE, it can't be on the CD and once you copy it locally, you need to uncheck
read-only from the properties.

> I know this subject has been covered
> before. help please. thanks much

Well, in the future, you may want to use groups.google.com to search for
the answer of things that have been covered before.

--
f.h.
Microsoft Outlook MV

"Bob Levin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:A2702708-C0C0-4E69-9BC4-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I backed up my pst file to a CD by opening up OL. 2007, Clicked on
> file>new>outlook data file> selected OL personal folders file (.pst)
> clicked OK
> -- drug the file to my CD using windows explorer.

And because you "backed" it up this way, instead of the way that is posted
here almost on a daily basis, ie by CLOSING Outlook and copying the pst
file, there is a good chance that what you have done is to corrupt this
"backed-up" pst file.


I sent the file to my
> desktop.
> windows can't open it. I know this subject has been covered before. help
> please. thanks much


"Windows" won't open a pst file. The only application that can open a pst
file is Outlook. In Outlook do File-Open-Outlook Data File. With the caveat
of the above....

Thank you : I checked the file. read only was NOT checked.
-- Now I'm trying to copy it again to the cd and I'm getting an error
message. error # ox80070021 "the process cannot access the file because
another process has locked a portion of the file". would you know what that
is? thanks again.

Bob Levin


"F.H. Muffman" wrote:

> > I backed up my pst file to a CD by opening up OL. 2007, Clicked on
> > file>new>outlook data file> selected OL personal folders file (.pst)
> > clicked OK
> > -- drug the file to my CD using windows explorer. I sent the file to my
> > desktop. windows can't open it.
>
> Going through the menu is how to do it, but the file needs to not be read-only.
> IE, it can't be on the CD and once you copy it locally, you need to uncheck
> read-only from the properties.
>
> > I know this subject has been covered
> > before. help please. thanks much
>
> Well, in the future, you may want to use groups.google.com to search for
> the answer of things that have been covered before.
>
> --
> f.h.
> Microsoft Outlook MVP
>
>
>

>>> I backed up my pst file to a CD by opening up OL. 2007, Clicked on
>>> file>new>outlook data file> selected OL personal folders file
>>> (.pst)
>>> clicked OK
>>> -- drug the file to my CD using windows explorer. I sent the file to
>>> my
>>> desktop. windows can't open it.
>> Going through the menu is how to do it, but the file needs to not be
>> read-only. IE, it can't be on the CD and once you copy it locally,
>> you need to uncheck read-only from the properties.
>>
>>> I know this subject has been covered before. help please. thanks
>>> much
>>>
>> Well, in the future, you may want to use groups.google.com to search
>> for the answer of things that have been covered before.
>
> Thank you : I checked the file. read only was NOT checked.
>
> Now I'm trying to copy it again to the cd and I'm getting an error
> message. error # ox80070021 "the process cannot access the file because
> another process has locked a portion of the file". would you know what
that
> is? thanks again.

Try copying it to a different machine or a different location, and if you
can't,
go back to the original machine and recopy it to a new CD.

--
f.h.
Microsoft Outlook MV

You corrupted the data file in your method of backing up, which was
incorrect
'How' is posted on a daily basis

"Bob Levin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:E203B3BD-549F-4F1C-9FED-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thank you : I checked the file. read only was NOT checked.
> -- Now I'm trying to copy it again to the cd and I'm getting an error
> message. error # ox80070021 "the process cannot access the file because
> another process has locked a portion of the file". would you know what
> that
> is? thanks again.
>
> Bob Levin
>
>
> "F.H. Muffman" wrote:
>
>> > I backed up my pst file to a CD by opening up OL. 2007, Clicked on
>> > file>new>outlook data file> selected OL personal folders file (.pst)
>> > clicked OK
>> > -- drug the file to my CD using windows explorer. I sent the file to my
>> > desktop. windows can't open it.
>>
>> Going through the menu is how to do it, but the file needs to not be
>> read-only.
>> IE, it can't be on the CD and once you copy it locally, you need to
>> uncheck
>> read-only from the properties.
>>
>> > I know this subject has been covered
>> > before. help please. thanks much
>>
>> Well, in the future, you may want to use groups.google.com to search for
>> the answer of things that have been covered before.
>>
>> --
>> f.h.
>> Microsoft Outlook MVP
>>
>>
>>

"Bob Levin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:A2702708-C0C0-4E69-9BC4-(E-Mail Removed)...

>I backed up my pst file to a CD by opening up OL. 2007, Clicked on
> file>new>outlook data file> selected OL personal folders file (.pst)
> clicked OK
> -- drug the file to my CD using windows explorer. I sent the file to my
> desktop.
> windows can't open it. I know this subject has been covered before. help
> please. thanks much

Make sure you remove the read-only attribute the file acquired while on the
CD. Outlook can't open it when it's read-only.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

"Bob Levin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:E203B3BD-549F-4F1C-9FED-(E-Mail Removed)...

> Thank you : I checked the file. read only was NOT checked.
> -- Now I'm trying to copy it again to the cd and I'm getting an error
> message. error # ox80070021 "the process cannot access the file because
> another process has locked a portion of the file". would you know what that
> is? thanks again.

Perhaps you have desktop search software installed that is indexing the file.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]