How do I access contents of .pst file backed up to a cd-rom?

[Guest]

I saved some some emails to a new .pst file, then wrote this to a cd-rom for
permanent storage. However when I try to access the contents of the .pst
file from the cd-rom I get error message 'must define properties prior to
accessing' then 'you don't have permissions required to access this file'.

As far as I can tell from menus, help etc... I'm doing what I should, but I
can't access the contents of the .pst file from the cd-rom.

Anyone know the answer to this?

 

[Guest]

Outlook needs write access to .PST files, so it can't access them directly
from CD. Copy your .PST to your hard drive and remove the read-only
attribute, then open it in Outlook using File | Open | Outlook Data File
(that's what the command is in Outlook 2002 and 2003, anyway -- you didn't
give your version).

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Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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