How to open a password protected .pst file from a different accoun

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I have a .pst file that is password protected. I try to open from a
different account and computer that it was created on. Every time I try I
get this error "File access denied. You do not have the permission required
to access the E:\peronal folders(1).pst" I know the password, but I am not
prompted to input it to access the file.
 
vbbmet said:
I have a .pst file that is password protected. I try to open from a
different account and computer that it was created on. Every time I
try I get this error "File access denied. You do not have the
permission required to access the E:\peronal folders(1).pst" I know
the password, but I am not prompted to input it to access the file.
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Because NTFS file permissions have nothing to do with encrypting the
*contents* of a file that triggers an application to request a password.
You set permissions on the file in computer_A. You then moved the .pst
file to computer_B. Well, computer_B has no idea about the account you
created on computer_A. Apparently both computers are using NTFS (if you
moved the file from NTFS to FAT32 then permissions are lost since
permissions is a feature of NTFS for security). You'll have to log onto
computer_B using an administrator account so you can ownership of the
file.
 
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