Address Book Backup File Locked

[Guest]

I made backups of data from a computer that seemed to be about to crash. It
has since stopped loading Windows XP Home. I want to add the addresses from
the address book from my backup of Outlook 2000 (but I want to avoid
overriding--even in the event of common names), but the file tells me it's
locked by another application and I should close it and try again. Any
suggestions since I can't recreate the backup?

If I get it to open, how do I add a new address book to Outlook 2000?
Any help is appreciated.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Outlook does not have a separate address book. All Outlook data is stored in
one file. The file you need is your Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's where
all the mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored. How did you back up this
file? How are you trying to access it?

 

[Guest]

I backed up on a CD. More than likely I just copied and saved the file to the
CD. I don't do that often enough, so I don't remember the exact procedure I
followed, I'm afraid. (I miss the good ol' days of floppies. Shoulda used my
jump . . . You know what they say about hind sight.)
--
arh

Outlook does not have a separate address book. All Outlook data is stored in
one file. The file you need is your Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's where
all the mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored. How did you back up this
file? How are you trying to access it?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I made backups of data from a computer that seemed to be about to crash. It
has since stopped loading Windows XP Home. I want to add the addresses
from
the address book from my backup of Outlook 2000 (but I want to avoid
overriding--even in the event of common names), but the file tells me it's
locked by another application and I should close it and try again. Any
suggestions since I can't recreate the backup?

If I get it to open, how do I add a new address book to Outlook 2000?
Any help is appreciated.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

So have you moved this file back to a hard drive and removed its read only
attribute? You must before Outlook can access it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I backed up on a CD. More than likely I just copied and saved the file to
the
CD. I don't do that often enough, so I don't remember the exact procedure
I
followed, I'm afraid. (I miss the good ol' days of floppies. Shoulda used
my
jump . . . You know what they say about hind sight.)
--
arh

Outlook does not have a separate address book. All Outlook data is stored
in
one file. The file you need is your Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's
where
all the mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored. How did you back up this
file? How are you trying to access it?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I made backups of data from a computer that seemed to be about to crash.
It
has since stopped loading Windows XP Home. I want to add the addresses
from
the address book from my backup of Outlook 2000 (but I want to avoid
overriding--even in the event of common names), but the file tells me
it's
locked by another application and I should close it and try again. Any
suggestions since I can't recreate the backup?

If I get it to open, how do I add a new address book to Outlook 2000?
Any help is appreciated.

 

[Guest]

Yes, it tells me that access is denied even if I uncheck the read-only box.
--
arh

So have you moved this file back to a hard drive and removed its read only
attribute? You must before Outlook can access it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I backed up on a CD. More than likely I just copied and saved the file to
the
CD. I don't do that often enough, so I don't remember the exact procedure
I
followed, I'm afraid. (I miss the good ol' days of floppies. Shoulda used
my
jump . . . You know what they say about hind sight.)
--
arh

Outlook does not have a separate address book. All Outlook data is stored
in
one file. The file you need is your Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's
where
all the mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored. How did you back up this
file? How are you trying to access it?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I made backups of data from a computer that seemed to be about to crash.
It
has since stopped loading Windows XP Home. I want to add the addresses
from
the address book from my backup of Outlook 2000 (but I want to avoid
overriding--even in the event of common names), but the file tells me
it's
locked by another application and I should close it and try again. Any
suggestions since I can't recreate the backup?

If I get it to open, how do I add a new address book to Outlook 2000?
Any help is appreciated.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Only you could know what you did to corrupt this file. How did you create
it? If the word export appears in your reply, then you have you answer
already.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Yes, it tells me that access is denied even if I uncheck the read-only
box.
--
arh

So have you moved this file back to a hard drive and removed its read
only
attribute? You must before Outlook can access it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I backed up on a CD. More than likely I just copied and saved the file
to
the
CD. I don't do that often enough, so I don't remember the exact
procedure
I
followed, I'm afraid. (I miss the good ol' days of floppies. Shoulda
used
my
jump . . . You know what they say about hind sight.)
--
arh


:

Outlook does not have a separate address book. All Outlook data is
stored
in
one file. The file you need is your Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's
where
all the mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored. How did you back up
this
file? How are you trying to access it?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I made backups of data from a computer that seemed to be about to
crash.
It
has since stopped loading Windows XP Home. I want to add the
addresses
from
the address book from my backup of Outlook 2000 (but I want to avoid
overriding--even in the event of common names), but the file tells
me
it's
locked by another application and I should close it and try again.
Any
suggestions since I can't recreate the backup?

If I get it to open, how do I add a new address book to Outlook
2000?
Any help is appreciated.