Cant open saved outlook.pst file

[Guest]

I recently saved my outlook.pst file to CD before rebuilding my PC and
reinstalling MS office. If I try to open this file I get an error message
saying "..<file> not a Personal folders file". DOes anyone have any
solution? Thanks Richard

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Did you move this file back to your hard drive and remove its read only
attribute?

 

[Guest]

Yes the read only property is not set. I have tried scanpst.exe and this
identifies errors so I have run repair. I reports having 2 folders and 0
items the file size of the repaired file reduces from 12Mb to 10 Mb. Outlook
allows me to attach to this file which it calls "recovered personal folder"
and it is empty apart from the deleted items folder.

Did you move this file back to your hard drive and remove its read only
attribute?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I recently saved my outlook.pst file to CD before rebuilding my PC and
reinstalling MS office. If I try to open this file I get an error message
saying "..<file> not a Personal folders file". DOes anyone have any
solution? Thanks Richard

 

[Guest]

Panic over although solution to technical problem not found. Had backed up
My docs on a separate DVD to outlook backup files - belt and braces. The pst
files from this other source open fine.

There werer three pst files on the OL backup disk all of which failed to
open. Must have been a duff DVD burn.

Yes the read only property is not set. I have tried scanpst.exe and this
identifies errors so I have run repair. I reports having 2 folders and 0
items the file size of the repaired file reduces from 12Mb to 10 Mb. Outlook
allows me to attach to this file which it calls "recovered personal folder"
and it is empty apart from the deleted items folder.

Did you move this file back to your hard drive and remove its read only
attribute?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I recently saved my outlook.pst file to CD before rebuilding my PC and
reinstalling MS office. If I try to open this file I get an error message
saying "..<file> not a Personal folders file". DOes anyone have any
solution? Thanks Richard

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

If you created these files by exporting, that's most likely what corrupted
them.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Panic over although solution to technical problem not found. Had backed
up
My docs on a separate DVD to outlook backup files - belt and braces. The
pst
files from this other source open fine.

There werer three pst files on the OL backup disk all of which failed to
open. Must have been a duff DVD burn.

Yes the read only property is not set. I have tried scanpst.exe and this
identifies errors so I have run repair. I reports having 2 folders and 0
items the file size of the repaired file reduces from 12Mb to 10 Mb.
Outlook
allows me to attach to this file which it calls "recovered personal
folder"
and it is empty apart from the deleted items folder.

Did you move this file back to your hard drive and remove its read only
attribute?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I recently saved my outlook.pst file to CD before rebuilding my PC and
reinstalling MS office. If I try to open this file I get an error
message
saying "..<file> not a Personal folders file". DOes anyone have any
solution? Thanks Richard

 

[Guest]

I am having the same problem. I saved the .pst file on a cd. Now when i try
to install it, it tells me that the file is not a win32 application. I've
done everything you have and I'm having no luck at all. If you ever figure
this problem out, please tell me. thanks.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Have you bothered to read any of the posts in this thread? If so, state
clearly which of those things you have tried and what happened. You've
posted no information.