Problem with PST File

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I Am trying to import a .pst file into a new Outlook profile but when I try
to do this I get the following error:

File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to access the
file outlook.pst

All the permissions on the file are ok.

If I try to open the file in Outlook I get the same error.

I've tried running scanpst.exe on the file which says that it has found
errors, however if I repair these errors using the utility I end up with just
an empty deleted items folder within the .pst file.

Does anyone know if there is anything I can do to recover this .pst file?
The contents are very important!!

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide....

Regards

Scott.
 
How did you create this file? Did you copy it onto a medium where it would
have acquired a read only attribute?
Why are you importing it? It's in native Outlook format. Just open it.
 
Hi

Thanks for your reply....

The file was written to CD.... Although tt doesn't have the Read Only
Attribute set.

I only tried importing the file because I had problems opening it.

Any more ideas?

Thanks

Scott.

Russ Valentine said:
How did you create this file? Did you copy it onto a medium where it would
have acquired a read only attribute?
Why are you importing it? It's in native Outlook format. Just open it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
ScottDH said:
I Am trying to import a .pst file into a new Outlook profile but when I try
to do this I get the following error:

File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to access
the
file outlook.pst

All the permissions on the file are ok.

If I try to open the file in Outlook I get the same error.

I've tried running scanpst.exe on the file which says that it has found
errors, however if I repair these errors using the utility I end up with
just
an empty deleted items folder within the .pst file.

Does anyone know if there is anything I can do to recover this .pst file?
The contents are very important!!

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide....

Regards

Scott.
 
Any file copied to a CD acquires a read only attribute.
What message do you get when you open it?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
ScottDH said:
Hi

Thanks for your reply....

The file was written to CD.... Although tt doesn't have the Read Only
Attribute set.

I only tried importing the file because I had problems opening it.

Any more ideas?

Thanks

Scott.

Russ Valentine said:
How did you create this file? Did you copy it onto a medium where it
would
have acquired a read only attribute?
Why are you importing it? It's in native Outlook format. Just open it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
ScottDH said:
I Am trying to import a .pst file into a new Outlook profile but when I
try
to do this I get the following error:

File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to
access
the
file outlook.pst

All the permissions on the file are ok.

If I try to open the file in Outlook I get the same error.

I've tried running scanpst.exe on the file which says that it has found
errors, however if I repair these errors using the utility I end up
with
just
an empty deleted items folder within the .pst file.

Does anyone know if there is anything I can do to recover this .pst
file?
The contents are very important!!

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide....

Regards

Scott.
 
Hi

I've manually removed the Read Only attribute from the file...

When I try to open the file in Outlook I get the following error:

File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to access the
file outlook.pst

Thanks again for your help.

Regards

Scott.

Russ Valentine said:
Any file copied to a CD acquires a read only attribute.
What message do you get when you open it?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
ScottDH said:
Hi

Thanks for your reply....

The file was written to CD.... Although tt doesn't have the Read Only
Attribute set.

I only tried importing the file because I had problems opening it.

Any more ideas?

Thanks

Scott.

Russ Valentine said:
How did you create this file? Did you copy it onto a medium where it
would
have acquired a read only attribute?
Why are you importing it? It's in native Outlook format. Just open it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I Am trying to import a .pst file into a new Outlook profile but when I
try
to do this I get the following error:

File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to
access
the
file outlook.pst

All the permissions on the file are ok.

If I try to open the file in Outlook I get the same error.

I've tried running scanpst.exe on the file which says that it has found
errors, however if I repair these errors using the utility I end up
with
just
an empty deleted items folder within the .pst file.

Does anyone know if there is anything I can do to recover this .pst
file?
The contents are very important!!

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide....

Regards

Scott.
 
How did you create this file? How do you know that "All the permissions on
the file are OK?"
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
ScottDH said:
Hi

I've manually removed the Read Only attribute from the file...

When I try to open the file in Outlook I get the following error:

File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to access
the
file outlook.pst

Thanks again for your help.

Regards

Scott.

Russ Valentine said:
Any file copied to a CD acquires a read only attribute.
What message do you get when you open it?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
ScottDH said:
Hi

Thanks for your reply....

The file was written to CD.... Although tt doesn't have the Read Only
Attribute set.

I only tried importing the file because I had problems opening it.

Any more ideas?

Thanks

Scott.

:

How did you create this file? Did you copy it onto a medium where it
would
have acquired a read only attribute?
Why are you importing it? It's in native Outlook format. Just open it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I Am trying to import a .pst file into a new Outlook profile but when
I
try
to do this I get the following error:

File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to
access
the
file outlook.pst

All the permissions on the file are ok.

If I try to open the file in Outlook I get the same error.

I've tried running scanpst.exe on the file which says that it has
found
errors, however if I repair these errors using the utility I end up
with
just
an empty deleted items folder within the .pst file.

Does anyone know if there is anything I can do to recover this .pst
file?
The contents are very important!!

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide....

Regards

Scott.
 
Hi, can I join in this - because this is exactly what happened to me - I
exported the pst file to my desktop then saved it to the CD and I get the
same message,

File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to access the
file outlook.pst

I have marked this thread "Notify me of replies" so if you can help ScottDH,
you will probably help me.

Thanx

Russ Valentine said:
How did you create this file? How do you know that "All the permissions on
the file are OK?"
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
ScottDH said:
Hi

I've manually removed the Read Only attribute from the file...

When I try to open the file in Outlook I get the following error:

File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to access
the
file outlook.pst

Thanks again for your help.

Regards

Scott.

Russ Valentine said:
Any file copied to a CD acquires a read only attribute.
What message do you get when you open it?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Hi

Thanks for your reply....

The file was written to CD.... Although tt doesn't have the Read Only
Attribute set.

I only tried importing the file because I had problems opening it.

Any more ideas?

Thanks

Scott.

:

How did you create this file? Did you copy it onto a medium where it
would
have acquired a read only attribute?
Why are you importing it? It's in native Outlook format. Just open it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I Am trying to import a .pst file into a new Outlook profile but when
I
try
to do this I get the following error:

File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to
access
the
file outlook.pst

All the permissions on the file are ok.

If I try to open the file in Outlook I get the same error.

I've tried running scanpst.exe on the file which says that it has
found
errors, however if I repair these errors using the utility I end up
with
just
an empty deleted items folder within the .pst file.

Does anyone know if there is anything I can do to recover this .pst
file?
The contents are very important!!

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide....

Regards

Scott.
 
I already told you what to do.
Move the file to your hard drive and remove its read only attribute.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Di said:
Hi, can I join in this - because this is exactly what happened to me - I
exported the pst file to my desktop then saved it to the CD and I get the
same message,

File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to access
the
file outlook.pst

I have marked this thread "Notify me of replies" so if you can help
ScottDH,
you will probably help me.

Thanx

Russ Valentine said:
How did you create this file? How do you know that "All the permissions
on
the file are OK?"
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
ScottDH said:
Hi

I've manually removed the Read Only attribute from the file...

When I try to open the file in Outlook I get the following error:

File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to
access
the
file outlook.pst

Thanks again for your help.

Regards

Scott.

:

Any file copied to a CD acquires a read only attribute.
What message do you get when you open it?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Hi

Thanks for your reply....

The file was written to CD.... Although tt doesn't have the Read
Only
Attribute set.

I only tried importing the file because I had problems opening it.

Any more ideas?

Thanks

Scott.

:

How did you create this file? Did you copy it onto a medium where
it
would
have acquired a read only attribute?
Why are you importing it? It's in native Outlook format. Just open
it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I Am trying to import a .pst file into a new Outlook profile but
when
I
try
to do this I get the following error:

File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to
access
the
file outlook.pst

All the permissions on the file are ok.

If I try to open the file in Outlook I get the same error.

I've tried running scanpst.exe on the file which says that it has
found
errors, however if I repair these errors using the utility I end
up
with
just
an empty deleted items folder within the .pst file.

Does anyone know if there is anything I can do to recover this
.pst
file?
The contents are very important!!

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide....

Regards

Scott.
 
The file was simply copied from another machine to CD.... When I copied the
file from the CD to my machine I checked the Security tab within the
properties of the file to make sure that I was set as the owner and I had the
Full Control permission....

Thanks for your help.

Scott.

Russ Valentine said:
How did you create this file? How do you know that "All the permissions on
the file are OK?"
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
ScottDH said:
Hi

I've manually removed the Read Only attribute from the file...

When I try to open the file in Outlook I get the following error:

File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to access
the
file outlook.pst

Thanks again for your help.

Regards

Scott.

Russ Valentine said:
Any file copied to a CD acquires a read only attribute.
What message do you get when you open it?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Hi

Thanks for your reply....

The file was written to CD.... Although tt doesn't have the Read Only
Attribute set.

I only tried importing the file because I had problems opening it.

Any more ideas?

Thanks

Scott.

:

How did you create this file? Did you copy it onto a medium where it
would
have acquired a read only attribute?
Why are you importing it? It's in native Outlook format. Just open it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I Am trying to import a .pst file into a new Outlook profile but when
I
try
to do this I get the following error:

File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to
access
the
file outlook.pst

All the permissions on the file are ok.

If I try to open the file in Outlook I get the same error.

I've tried running scanpst.exe on the file which says that it has
found
errors, however if I repair these errors using the utility I end up
with
just
an empty deleted items folder within the .pst file.

Does anyone know if there is anything I can do to recover this .pst
file?
The contents are very important!!

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide....

Regards

Scott.
 
Unfortunately Russ this isn't the answer, as previously stated I've already
tried this.....

Any more ideas?

Thanks for your help.

Scott.

Russ Valentine said:
I already told you what to do.
Move the file to your hard drive and remove its read only attribute.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Di said:
Hi, can I join in this - because this is exactly what happened to me - I
exported the pst file to my desktop then saved it to the CD and I get the
same message,

File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to access
the
file outlook.pst

I have marked this thread "Notify me of replies" so if you can help
ScottDH,
you will probably help me.

Thanx

Russ Valentine said:
How did you create this file? How do you know that "All the permissions
on
the file are OK?"
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Hi

I've manually removed the Read Only attribute from the file...

When I try to open the file in Outlook I get the following error:

File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to
access
the
file outlook.pst

Thanks again for your help.

Regards

Scott.

:

Any file copied to a CD acquires a read only attribute.
What message do you get when you open it?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Hi

Thanks for your reply....

The file was written to CD.... Although tt doesn't have the Read
Only
Attribute set.

I only tried importing the file because I had problems opening it.

Any more ideas?

Thanks

Scott.

:

How did you create this file? Did you copy it onto a medium where
it
would
have acquired a read only attribute?
Why are you importing it? It's in native Outlook format. Just open
it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I Am trying to import a .pst file into a new Outlook profile but
when
I
try
to do this I get the following error:

File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to
access
the
file outlook.pst

All the permissions on the file are ok.

If I try to open the file in Outlook I get the same error.

I've tried running scanpst.exe on the file which says that it has
found
errors, however if I repair these errors using the utility I end
up
with
just
an empty deleted items folder within the .pst file.

Does anyone know if there is anything I can do to recover this
.pst
file?
The contents are very important!!

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide....

Regards

Scott.
 
I know, Scott. If you'll notice, I was replying to another poster who had
not yet tried that solution. I'd still check my permissions again if I were
you:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
ScottDH said:
Unfortunately Russ this isn't the answer, as previously stated I've
already
tried this.....

Any more ideas?

Thanks for your help.

Scott.

Russ Valentine said:
I already told you what to do.
Move the file to your hard drive and remove its read only attribute.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Di said:
Hi, can I join in this - because this is exactly what happened to me -
I
exported the pst file to my desktop then saved it to the CD and I get
the
same message,

File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to
access
the
file outlook.pst

I have marked this thread "Notify me of replies" so if you can help
ScottDH,
you will probably help me.

Thanx

:

How did you create this file? How do you know that "All the
permissions
on
the file are OK?"
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Hi

I've manually removed the Read Only attribute from the file...

When I try to open the file in Outlook I get the following error:

File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to
access
the
file outlook.pst

Thanks again for your help.

Regards

Scott.

:

Any file copied to a CD acquires a read only attribute.
What message do you get when you open it?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Hi

Thanks for your reply....

The file was written to CD.... Although tt doesn't have the Read
Only
Attribute set.

I only tried importing the file because I had problems opening
it.

Any more ideas?

Thanks

Scott.

:

How did you create this file? Did you copy it onto a medium
where
it
would
have acquired a read only attribute?
Why are you importing it? It's in native Outlook format. Just
open
it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I Am trying to import a .pst file into a new Outlook profile
but
when
I
try
to do this I get the following error:

File access is denied. You do not have the permission required
to
access
the
file outlook.pst

All the permissions on the file are ok.

If I try to open the file in Outlook I get the same error.

I've tried running scanpst.exe on the file which says that it
has
found
errors, however if I repair these errors using the utility I
end
up
with
just
an empty deleted items folder within the .pst file.

Does anyone know if there is anything I can do to recover this
.pst
file?
The contents are very important!!

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide....

Regards

Scott.
 
Hi Russ

I've followed the instructions on the KB article again..... But still no joy!!

Thanks for your help.

Scott.


Russ Valentine said:
I know, Scott. If you'll notice, I was replying to another poster who had
not yet tried that solution. I'd still check my permissions again if I were
you:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
ScottDH said:
Unfortunately Russ this isn't the answer, as previously stated I've
already
tried this.....

Any more ideas?

Thanks for your help.

Scott.

Russ Valentine said:
I already told you what to do.
Move the file to your hard drive and remove its read only attribute.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Hi, can I join in this - because this is exactly what happened to me -
I
exported the pst file to my desktop then saved it to the CD and I get
the
same message,

File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to
access
the
file outlook.pst

I have marked this thread "Notify me of replies" so if you can help
ScottDH,
you will probably help me.

Thanx

:

How did you create this file? How do you know that "All the
permissions
on
the file are OK?"
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Hi

I've manually removed the Read Only attribute from the file...

When I try to open the file in Outlook I get the following error:

File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to
access
the
file outlook.pst

Thanks again for your help.

Regards

Scott.

:

Any file copied to a CD acquires a read only attribute.
What message do you get when you open it?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Hi

Thanks for your reply....

The file was written to CD.... Although tt doesn't have the Read
Only
Attribute set.

I only tried importing the file because I had problems opening
it.

Any more ideas?

Thanks

Scott.

:

How did you create this file? Did you copy it onto a medium
where
it
would
have acquired a read only attribute?
Why are you importing it? It's in native Outlook format. Just
open
it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I Am trying to import a .pst file into a new Outlook profile
but
when
I
try
to do this I get the following error:

File access is denied. You do not have the permission required
to
access
the
file outlook.pst

All the permissions on the file are ok.

If I try to open the file in Outlook I get the same error.

I've tried running scanpst.exe on the file which says that it
has
found
errors, however if I repair these errors using the utility I
end
up
with
just
an empty deleted items folder within the .pst file.

Does anyone know if there is anything I can do to recover this
.pst
file?
The contents are very important!!

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide....

Regards

Scott.
 
Nothing else I can think of. You appear to have corrupted this file. Did you
Did you create it by exporting?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
ScottDH said:
Hi Russ

I've followed the instructions on the KB article again..... But still no
joy!!

Thanks for your help.

Scott.


Russ Valentine said:
I know, Scott. If you'll notice, I was replying to another poster who had
not yet tried that solution. I'd still check my permissions again if I
were
you:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
ScottDH said:
Unfortunately Russ this isn't the answer, as previously stated I've
already
tried this.....

Any more ideas?

Thanks for your help.

Scott.

:

I already told you what to do.
Move the file to your hard drive and remove its read only attribute.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Hi, can I join in this - because this is exactly what happened to
me -
I
exported the pst file to my desktop then saved it to the CD and I
get
the
same message,

File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to
access
the
file outlook.pst

I have marked this thread "Notify me of replies" so if you can help
ScottDH,
you will probably help me.

Thanx

:

How did you create this file? How do you know that "All the
permissions
on
the file are OK?"
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Hi

I've manually removed the Read Only attribute from the file...

When I try to open the file in Outlook I get the following error:

File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to
access
the
file outlook.pst

Thanks again for your help.

Regards

Scott.

:

Any file copied to a CD acquires a read only attribute.
What message do you get when you open it?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Hi

Thanks for your reply....

The file was written to CD.... Although tt doesn't have the
Read
Only
Attribute set.

I only tried importing the file because I had problems opening
it.

Any more ideas?

Thanks

Scott.

:

How did you create this file? Did you copy it onto a medium
where
it
would
have acquired a read only attribute?
Why are you importing it? It's in native Outlook format. Just
open
it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
I Am trying to import a .pst file into a new Outlook profile
but
when
I
try
to do this I get the following error:

File access is denied. You do not have the permission
required
to
access
the
file outlook.pst

All the permissions on the file are ok.

If I try to open the file in Outlook I get the same error.

I've tried running scanpst.exe on the file which says that
it
has
found
errors, however if I repair these errors using the utility
I
end
up
with
just
an empty deleted items folder within the .pst file.

Does anyone know if there is anything I can do to recover
this
.pst
file?
The contents are very important!!

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide....

Regards

Scott.
 

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