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Unable to open Outlook 2000 .pst
Name: fish-schulkamp Date: March 24, 2005 at 08:37:45 Pacific OS: XP Pro SP2 CPU/Ram: 3.2GHz/512 MB
Comment:
I have a XP client on a server-no Exchange-running Outlook 2000. My Outlook files are on my personal drive on the network. This arrangement has always worked until this morning. Upon entering Outlook I received the error "Unable to open default enail files. The file outlook.pst is in use and could not be accessed".
I rebooted the PC and received the same result. FYI-my old .pst file is just over a gigabyte in size.
I have renamed my old outlook.pst and directed Outlook to make a new personal file. Of course now I don't have any of my old emails, files, or contacts. How can I get access to my old .pst file?
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