Opening a pst

[mikee]

We have a w2k3 domain and exchange server. I am running xp on my desktop with
outlook 2003 with sp3. I have created a pst on my box, and then i copy it to
cd. I then copy it from cd to the new pc harddrive, when i try to open it i
get the error message that it is not a personal folders file. I copied the
pst from my original box and it shows its a pst, but the other box can't open
it. I have full admin rights on both boxes.

Can someone help

thanks in adavance

 

[Gordon]

We have a w2k3 domain and exchange server. I am running xp on my desktop
with
outlook 2003 with sp3. I have created a pst on my box, and then i copy it
to
cd. I then copy it from cd to the new pc harddrive, when i try to open it
i
get the error message that it is not a personal folders file. I copied the
pst from my original box and it shows its a pst, but the other box can't
open
it. I have full admin rights on both boxes.

Can someone help

thanks in adavance

Uncheck the Read-Only attribute....

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

We have a w2k3 domain and exchange server. I am running xp on my desktop
with
outlook 2003 with sp3. I have created a pst on my box, and then i copy it
to
cd. I then copy it from cd to the new pc harddrive, when i try to open it
i
get the error message that it is not a personal folders file. I copied the
pst from my original box and it shows its a pst, but the other box can't
open
it. I have full admin rights on both boxes.

First, Outlook MUST be closed when you copy a PST to CD. Second, the PST
must be on the hard drive and cannot be read-only, which always happens when
copying from a CD.

When the problem is the read-only attribute, Outlook usually gives you a
message that indicates it can't open the file for writing. The message
you're seeing is typical for when the PST was copied incorrectly in the
first place (i.e., with Outlook open), but it may be caused by the read-only
condition.