Accessing multiple .pst files

[4dogs]

I have a backup .pst file on an external hard drive from an Office 2003
computer.

My home computer is running Office 2007.

Can I access and operate on emails on the external hard drive (2003) using
my Outlook 2007 home computer without corrupting my normal home .pst file?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

You can open the .pst file as an additional data file in both versions of
Outlook, but you can only use one Outlook version at a time with both .pst
files open.

Optionally, you can create a second mail profile and connect the other
unused .pst to that profile to keep the data separate.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, 4dogs asked:

| I have a backup .pst file on an external hard drive from an Office
| 2003 computer.
|
| My home computer is running Office 2007.
|
| Can I access and operate on emails on the external hard drive (2003)
| using my Outlook 2007 home computer without corrupting my normal home
| .pst file?

 

[4dogs]

I have a backup .pst file on an external hard drive from an Office 2003
computer.

My home computer is running Office 2007.

Can I access and operate on emails on the external hard drive (2003) using
my Outlook 2007 home computer without corrupting my normal home .pst file?

I want to keep the two lots of emails separate, if I can.

 

[DL]

Opening a data file within Outlook gives you a second set of Personal
Folders, the two are completely seperate.
How you deal with a second email account, if thats what you mean depends.