Get PST Display Name programatically

[tobias.vilen]

Hi,

I am trying to get the Display Name/Friendly Name from a PST file, to
which I have the file system path (C:\foo\bar\personal folder.pst).
Reading the file contents straight from the file gives no clues.
I am developing a backup-utility where PST files are the main target,
thus I am not able to have the file open for more that just extracting
the name (during backup it and outlook needs to be closed) for
consistency reasons.

Anyone have any hints for me?
My backup-utility can launch any type of program/script and take the
output/result for parsing, so programming language is more a matter of
personal preference

Best Regards
Tobias

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

The only way I know to do that is to briefly open the PST using the file
path in Outlook and get the name that way. PST files are undocumented, so
you'd have to reverse engineer anything else.