unable to display #####.ost - another workstation has modified it

[skhudy]

Have problems using Outlook 2003. Periodically I get
"unable to display the folder. The file ####.ost could not be
accessed."
Just recently I've got unable to display the folder.
"The file ###.ost could not be accessed because another workstation has
accessed it. close and restat any web-enabled applications."

What could be causing this? the ost is being kept on a NT 4 file server
running server protect. my local PC is running w2k and trend antivirus.

Sukh

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

You shouldn't be storing your OST on a network share. MS recommends against
it since other processes could be using it while you're trying to use it and
also there's a much greater risk of corruption.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

outlook data files should never be on a sever - and putting an offline store
on a server is nuts - it defeats to purpose of using it to begin with.

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[Christian Goeller]

Have problems using Outlook 2003. Periodically I get
"unable to display the folder. The file ####.ost could not be
accessed."
Just recently I've got unable to display the folder.
"The file ###.ost could not be accessed because another workstation has
accessed it. close and restat any web-enabled applications."

What could be causing this? the ost is being kept on a NT 4 file server
running server protect. my local PC is running w2k and trend antivirus.

Sukh

In addition to Vince's and Diane's answers read the MS-KB article below!

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;297019