Outlook 2003 version of pst files

[Guest]

Is there any easy way to determine if the pst file I have on a CD was saved
in Outlook 2003? We received several CD's of pst files that we cannot open
in Outlook 2000. I had not realized that the format of PST's was modified
for Outlook 2003. Thanks (windows 2000 OS and Office 2002, Outlook 2000)

 

[Roady [MVP]]

You should get a warning (or error message) when you try to open it that it
is not compatible.
Note that to open a pst-file from CD you first need to copy it back to the
harddisk and remove the Read Only file attribute

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

 

[Guest]

right. we get the "incompatible" error message even after copying and
unchecking the read-only box. I have access to Outlook 2003 on a different
machine -- i should be able to access the pst files when using outlook 2003
on that machine, right?

thx.

You should get a warning (or error message) when you try to open it that it
is not compatible.
Note that to open a pst-file from CD you first need to copy it back to the
harddisk and remove the Read Only file attribute

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

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Is there any easy way to determine if the pst file I have on a CD was
saved
in Outlook 2003? We received several CD's of pst files that we cannot
open
in Outlook 2000. I had not realized that the format of PST's was modified
for Outlook 2003. Thanks (windows 2000 OS and Office 2002, Outlook 2000)

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Ys, you cannot open Outlook 2003 pst-files on previous versions of Outlook.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

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right. we get the "incompatible" error message even after copying and
unchecking the read-only box. I have access to Outlook 2003 on a
different
machine -- i should be able to access the pst files when using outlook
2003
on that machine, right?

thx.

You should get a warning (or error message) when you try to open it that
it
is not compatible.
Note that to open a pst-file from CD you first need to copy it back to
the
harddisk and remove the Read Only file attribute

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----

Is there any easy way to determine if the pst file I have on a CD was
saved
in Outlook 2003? We received several CD's of pst files that we cannot
open
in Outlook 2000. I had not realized that the format of PST's was
modified
for Outlook 2003. Thanks (windows 2000 OS and Office 2002, Outlook
2000)