Outlook 2003 importing a .pst EXCELLENT mind stumper! 1

[Internexus]

Okay what I did was I did a File>Import and export> export to a file> personal folder file> selected "Personal Folders + include subfolders> selected a path... > gave it it's own name and put a password on it. Made sure NOT to select "save this password"

So the file exported to my desktop. I immediately burned it to a cd.

Now I want to load it and if I try from the CD-rom it says "you do not have permission" or something to that extent.

Copy it to the desktop and it gives this error "The file C:\blahblahblah\desktop\blah.pst is not a personal folders file"

No matter what I try I can not get this thing to open. Any ideas guys?

 

[Internexus]

The file was created under the same logon I am trying to open it with and I had already set permissions to everyone in each area possible with full control to negate any issues with permission rights. I am just gonna chalk this one up as unsolvable and just forget about it. I have done many searches over google and microsoft to no avail, this problem is obviously quite rare and does not seem to be reversible.

 

[karmic]

Dont' know if anyone has mentioned this or not, but for future reference, don't export. Grab a copy of your entire PST. It generally resides in:
C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

~ K.I.S.S - Don't make it any more complex than it has to be ~

 

[Insr]

you need to copy the pst file from the CD to your HDD.
then remove the read only attribute (this will be there because it is read-only on the CD)
now you can open it in outlook.

Outlook needs to be able to write to the PST file in order to open it.

 

[BoniR]

EXACTLY INSR!!!

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[Internexus]

That was done right off the bat. Theres no way your going to extract a PST off of a cd strictly because of the read only attribute. You will recieve a "you do not have permission" or "access denied" error of some sort. That did not solve the problem.