Outlook Importing - 'access to file denied'

[Guest]

I get this message when I am trying to Import from a file I put on CD. The
full error reads: File access is denied. You do not have the permission
required to access the file D:\ file name..... extension is pst.

Can you help me please? thanks!

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

FAQ 1.3: http://www.factplace.com/outlook.htm#Storage Types

Aloha,

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, OneNote-MVP
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[Brian Tillman]

I get this message when I am trying to Import from a file I put on
CD. The full error reads: File access is denied. You do not have the
permission required to access the file D:\ file name..... extension
is pst.

You cannot access PSTs on CDs from within Outlook. You must copy them to
your hard drive and remove the read-only attribute before Outlook will
accept them. Additionally, importing is never the way to add data in a PST
to your current Outlook configuration. Instead, from within Outlook click
FIle>open>Outlook Data File, browse ti the PST, select it, and click OK.
You'll now have access to all the data it contains.