Archive Folder password

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I accidently closed my Outlook 2003 archive folder. When I tried to reopen it
and get it back to Outlook I was asked for a password which I never set up.
What do I do?
 
Anodeman said:
I accidently closed my Outlook 2003 archive folder.
How?

When I tried to
reopen it and get it back to Outlook I was asked for a password which
I never set up. What do I do?
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Are you using File>Open>Outlook Data File?
 
Thanks for your reply.

I'm having trouble with my email server (charter). I get mailbox full
messages when I only have 5 or 10 messages in my inbox. I looked at my
archive folder to see how big it was and I mistakenly hit close and it
disappeared from my personal folders list.
When I went to the archive folder on my computer and tried to open it a
window popped up asking for a password. I never set a password. I tried the
email password but it doesn't work.
 
Anodeman said:
Thanks for your reply.

I'm having trouble with my email server (charter). I get mailbox full
messages when I only have 5 or 10 messages in my inbox.
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That's the mailbox on the Charternet server that is full, NOT the mailbox in
your Outlook, which is local. Have you set Outlook (possibly inadvertently)
to leave a copy of the message on the server and not set a time for
deletion?
 
Yes, I'm sure that's what I did. And now I can fix that. But how do I get my
archive folder back in Outlook so I can access the email stored there?
 
Anodeman said:
Yes, I'm sure that's what I did. And now I can fix that. But how do I get
my
archive folder back in Outlook so I can access the email stored there?
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In Outlook go to File-Open-Outlook Data File and navigate to where the
archive file is.

HTH
 
Thanks again for your reply. I know how to get to the archive folder from
Outlook. My problem is Outlook asks for a password that I never set up and
don't know what it is. I can't find a way around that. I just need to know
how to defeat the password.
 
Anodeman said:
Thanks again for your reply. I know how to get to the archive folder from
Outlook. My problem is Outlook asks for a password that I never set up and
don't know what it is. I can't find a way around that. I just need to know
how to defeat the password.
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Google for pst password stripper - there are several out there.
 
Anodeman said:
I'm having trouble with my email server (charter). I get mailbox full
messages when I only have 5 or 10 messages in my inbox.
Click to expand...

This has nothing to do with Outlook, but everything to do with your ISP. I
suspect you leave copies of your messages on the server. If so, you should
consider connecting to your mailbox there with a web browser and deleting
some of the older stuff.
I looked at my
archive folder to see how big it was and I mistakenly hit close and it
disappeared from my personal folders list.
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Did you click File>Open>Outlook Data File, browse to it, select it, and
click OK, as I asked?
 
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