.pst file on cd

[Guest]

I am runnng windows xp home ed. on my PC that has both Outlook 2000 and
Outlook Express on it. I was given a cd (file is rather large) with email
history that when inserted, tells me that it is in a .pst file and I can't
open it. I would be greatfull is someone could give me step by step
directions on how to open the file. I am not interested in uploading it to
my PC, rather I only want to view it. Thanks in advance.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

outlook needs read/write access to the pst, so unless it's on a rewritable
cd, you need to copy it to your drive to use it.

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[Roady [MVP]]

You'll need to copy it to your PC and then remove the Read Only file
attribute. Then connect to it by File-> Open-> Outlook Data File...

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[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

I am runnng windows xp home ed. on my PC that has both Outlook 2000 and
Outlook Express on it. I was given a cd (file is rather large) with
email
history that when inserted, tells me that it is in a .pst file and I
can't
open it. I would be greatfull is someone could give me step by step
directions on how to open the file. I am not interested in uploading it
to
my PC, rather I only want to view it. Thanks in advance.

See this article: http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2005/20050506.htm

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[Phil]

it does not like the readonly flag

Copy it to your hd, turn off readonly, it will load

phil