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pst file password removal
Name: suriya6in Date: March 5, 2004 at 22:00:02 Pacific OS: win98 CPU/Ram: 64
Comment:
hi
I have a .pst outlook file. when i configure it it asks for a personal folder password. how to remove or track or retrieve the personal folder mails data? is there any tool or any registry corrections?
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: March 6, 2004 at 17:56:07 Pacific
Reply:
The pst file is only password protected if it's been set up that way. It's not an automatic type thing.. If a pst file is password protected, you can't even view it without entering the correct password.
If this is a file that you're starting to use, and you haven't actually configured it or used it, just delete it and start again.
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