Yes. Rebooting has no effect.
Out of curiosity, how would that matter? I can open the repaired file in
Outlook, and open folders and view messages with no problem. I just
can't move or copy them to my current pst file. So what kind of holds
would there be that would prevent copying?
Thanks,
Don
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] wrote:
> Hve you tried rebooting Windows to see if that releases all holds on the .pst file?
>
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> After furious head scratching, Don Kiely asked:
>
> | Well, my worst nightmare happened. I backed up my .pst file by copying
> | it to another drive, and Windows forced a restart during the copy
> | when I had stepped away (BSOD?). Somehow that corrupted both versions
> | of the file so that I could open neither.
> |
> | I'm at the point where I have an older backup of the .pst file that is
> | in good shape, and I've used scanpst.exe to repair the corrupted
> | file. I lost a ton of stuff, but would like to salvage what is still
> | there.
> |
> | So I've made the intact backup the default file and added the repaired
> | .pst as an additional data file. I can navigate around the repaired
> | file just fine, but when I try to copy or move items from the
> | repaired file to the default file I get a message "Cannot move the
> | items". If I right click on an item and select move, it lets me
> | select the destination folder then says "Cannot move the items. One
> | or more parameter values are not valid".
> |
> | Is there any way I can copy or move the items to my default file? This
> | is Outlook 2007.
> |
> | Thanks!
> | Don
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