Importing Exporting need some help Please

[Guest]

Ok I have read most of the posts and now realize that importing / expoting
isnt the smartest move: however we have been exporting the .pst files
faithfully each week for a very long time now. I did have occasion to import
a while back and it seemed to work ok. but this time i get the message " file
access is denied. you dont have permission required to access the file
D:\blah blah.pst I copied it to the H.D. and looked at the properties and the
read only box was clear. I also tried to open it directly from outlook useing
the file > open > outlook data folder and the message says this is not a
personel folder file. All of this is in XP pro, office 2003 all of the
updates are current. Help please!

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You have corrupted your PST file, which happens often when you export the
PST instead of closing Outlook and copying it.
There is a slim chance you can repair it with the Inbox Repair Tool.
If not, restore from a good backup.