Old OUTLOOK files

[Mary Lou Trice]

Is there software available to convert Outlook old (199x > 2003) .pst files
to new (2007) files? I have been using old outlook software and have old
format .pst files that my new Windows 7 Outlook 2007 will not read.

 

[Gordon]

Is there software available to convert Outlook old (199x > 2003) .pst
files
to new (2007) files? I have been using old outlook software and have old
format .pst files that my new Windows 7 Outlook 2007 will not read.

Something wrong there - Outlook 2007 will certainly read (and write to) the
old 97-2002 pst file format.
How are you trying to read these old pst files in 2007?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

When you say it "won't read" the old file, do you get any error message(s)?
Have you tried running scanpst.exe against your .pst file?

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After furious head scratching, Mary Lou Trice asked:

| Is there software available to convert Outlook old (199x > 2003)
| .pst files to new (2007) files? I have been using old outlook
| software and have old format .pst files that my new Windows 7
| Outlook 2007 will not read.

 

[Karl Timmermans]

Could this by chance simply be a case of having copied over the PST file(s)
from another computer and forgetting to remove the "read only" attribute?
(Right-click on old PST file(s) --> Properties). If the old PST files are
not corrupt - O'2007 certainly supports the '97-2003 format otherwise.

Karl
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