How to open a .pst file (non email)?

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I created a pst file in Outlook 2002. Wasn't using it for email, just for
tasks and calendar.
Then I installed Outlook 2003 and couldn't open the file.
Now I go back to Outlook 2002 and can't seem to open the file there either.
Is there an easy way to read this file?
I'd prefer to do it without dilly-dallying with the Outlook software. I've
learned my lesson - won't bother trying to archive tasks with .pst files.
Thanks in advance,
hj
 
File > Open > Outlook Data File will open any valid PST file without fail.
Tell us why you can't open yours. You've provided no information.
 
I used the .pst file just for tasks.
The message I get is "The file C:\temp\tasks.pst" is not a personal folders
file.
It was created in Outlook 2002 and I am trying to open it in o2002, but not
sure why it's not working.
Thnx
hj

Russ Valentine said:
File > Open > Outlook Data File will open any valid PST file without fail.
Tell us why you can't open yours. You've provided no information.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
hugh jass said:
I created a pst file in Outlook 2002. Wasn't using it for email, just for
tasks and calendar.
Then I installed Outlook 2003 and couldn't open the file.
Now I go back to Outlook 2002 and can't seem to open the file there
either.
Is there an easy way to read this file?
I'd prefer to do it without dilly-dallying with the Outlook software.
I've learned my lesson - won't bother trying to archive tasks with .pst
files.
Thanks in advance,
hj
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Neither are we.
How did you create it?
How did you transfer it?
Therein will lie the answer I suspect.
If you created it by exporting it, there's a good chance its corrupt.
If you transferred it by putting it on storage medium, there's a good chance
it acquired a read only attribute which must be removed.
There are lots of other possibilities, but without information we can only
speculate. These 2 are the most common.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
hugh jass said:
I used the .pst file just for tasks.
The message I get is "The file C:\temp\tasks.pst" is not a personal
folders file.
It was created in Outlook 2002 and I am trying to open it in o2002, but
not sure why it's not working.
Thnx
hj

Russ Valentine said:
File > Open > Outlook Data File will open any valid PST file without
fail.
Tell us why you can't open yours. You've provided no information.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
hugh jass said:
I created a pst file in Outlook 2002. Wasn't using it for email, just
for tasks and calendar.
Then I installed Outlook 2003 and couldn't open the file.
Now I go back to Outlook 2002 and can't seem to open the file there
either.
Is there an easy way to read this file?
I'd prefer to do it without dilly-dallying with the Outlook software.
I've learned my lesson - won't bother trying to archive tasks with .pst
files.
Thanks in advance,
hj
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Is your .pst file on a CD or your hard drive? If a CD, copy to the hard
drive, remove the read-only check mark from its properties and then try to
open it using Outlook->File->Open->Outlook Data File. If it still does not
open, look for (windows search - enable searching hidden/system files)
scanpst.exe and run it against your .pst file.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head-scratching, hugh jass asked this group:

| I used the .pst file just for tasks.
| The message I get is "The file C:\temp\tasks.pst" is not a personal
| folders file.
| It was created in Outlook 2002 and I am trying to open it in o2002,
| but not sure why it's not working.
| Thnx
| hj
|
| || File > Open > Outlook Data File will open any valid PST file without
|| fail. Tell us why you can't open yours. You've provided no
|| information. --
|| Russ Valentine
|| [MVP-Outlook]
|| ||| I created a pst file in Outlook 2002. Wasn't using it for email,
||| just for tasks and calendar.
||| Then I installed Outlook 2003 and couldn't open the file.
||| Now I go back to Outlook 2002 and can't seem to open the file there
||| either.
||| Is there an easy way to read this file?
||| I'd prefer to do it without dilly-dallying with the Outlook
||| software. I've learned my lesson - won't bother trying to archive
||| tasks with .pst files.
||| Thanks in advance,
||| hj
 
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