Outlook backups

[phwashington]

I am trying to find out some information about outlook backups. I was
under the impression that with Outlook 2003 you no longer have to close
down outlook to do the backup. But I was just told by a friend that
that is not true the .pst files are locked and you still can't back up
no matter what software you use unless outlook is closed. Does anyone
know of software that will backup outlook even if it is opened or
possibly will close outlook before it backs it up?

Thanks
Philip

 

[William Lefkovics [MVP]]

There are 3rd party utilities that do this. But Microsoft produced a little
addon to for personal folder backups a couple of years ago.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010875321033.aspx

 

[SgtRich]

I am trying to find out some information about outlook backups. I was
under the impression that with Outlook 2003 you no longer have to close
down outlook to do the backup. But I was just told by a friend that
that is not true the .pst files are locked and you still can't back up
no matter what software you use unless outlook is closed. Does anyone
know of software that will backup outlook even if it is opened or
possibly will close outlook before it backs it up?

Outlook cannot be backed up if the .pst file is open (being used).

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Incorrect - the Microsoft Personal Folders Backup tool keeps Outlook open
until it is finished, then closes Outlook.

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After furious head scratching, SgtRich asked:

| On 31 Mar 2006 18:35:36 -0800, (e-mail address removed) wrote:
|
|| I am trying to find out some information about outlook backups. I
|| was under the impression that with Outlook 2003 you no longer have
|| to close down outlook to do the backup. But I was just told by a
|| friend that that is not true the .pst files are locked and you still
|| can't back up no matter what software you use unless outlook is
|| closed. Does anyone know of software that will backup outlook even
|| if it is opened or possibly will close outlook before it backs it up?
||
| Outlook cannot be backed up if the .pst file is open (being used).

 

[SgtRich]

Incorrect - the Microsoft Personal Folders Backup tool keeps Outlook open
until it is finished, then closes Outlook.

You are incorrect, Milly. If the Microsoft Personal Folders Backup
Tool is opened from within Outlook while it is open, it will display a
message that says:

"Outlook needs to exit before it can backup your Personal Folders
file(s). Outlook will automatically backup your file(s) the next time
you exit the program."

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Download and install Knockout from sunflowerhead.com - activate it. Then
use the PFBackup. You will be surprised.

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After furious head scratching, SgtRich asked:

| On Sat, 1 Apr 2006 08:54:54 -0800, "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
|
|| Incorrect - the Microsoft Personal Folders Backup tool keeps Outlook
|| open until it is finished, then closes Outlook.
||
| You are incorrect, Milly. If the Microsoft Personal Folders Backup
| Tool is opened from within Outlook while it is open, it will display a
| message that says:
|
| "Outlook needs to exit before it can backup your Personal Folders
| file(s). Outlook will automatically backup your file(s) the next time
| you exit the program."

 

[SgtRich]

Download and install Knockout from sunflowerhead.com - activate it. Then
use the PFBackup. You will be surprised.

Does it allow the Microsoft Personal Files Backup Tool to back up
Outlook while it is running? I saw nothing to that effect at the
website that you gave.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Does it allow the Microsoft Personal Files Backup Tool to back up
Outlook while it is running? I saw nothing to that effect at the
website that you gave.

What appears to be the process as far as I can tell is that PFbackup wedges
itself at the tail end of Outlook's shutdown process so that it fires off
after the PST itself has closed, but perhaps before the OUTLOOK.EXE image
itself unloads.