Old pst files in outlook 2010

Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. I've merged your various duplicate posts and threads into this thread. Please stop creating new posts and threads on same topic. What Palcouk says is right. You seem to have a corrupt PST file.

Firstly, I would like to thank you for your time and energy that you out in to assist me with your help and suggestion, through above reply to my query.

However, if you read my description of problem correctly, you will realise and understand that if it was a problem with the file, then it shouldn't have opened in my old laptop's outlook either. Therefore, I had ruled out the possibility of file being corrupted. Also, I am trying to open this file from the same original location, where it was originally created. Also, by being in the same location it was opening in old laptop's OL, but it is not opening in new laptop's OL of the same version and I am facing this challenge as described in detail.

As far as running the scanpst tool is concerned, I have clarified that part as well in the challenge description. When I am trying to run the scanpst tool on this file, it comes back with message that there is no error found with this. Hence, I am not getting one thing that if scanpst tool is not only recognising this file as.

Please do let me know if there is anything else needed to be done, because data in those old emails is very much important right now and my project deadlines are hanging over my head like a sword tied with a thin thread!!!

Threats include any threat of suicide, violence, or harm to another. Any content of an adult theme or inappropriate to a community web site. Manage and organize. Open and find items in an Outlook Data File. Open an Outlook data file In order for Outlook to search a Personal Folders file for a specific word or phrase or sender, the file must be open in Outlook.

Choose the Outlook data file you want to open. To search for a specific email, use Outlook's built-in search tools. Where is my. PST file? Select the Outlook Data file you want to open, and select Open. Need more help? Expand your skills. Get new features first.

Was this information helpful? Yes No. Thank you! Any more feedback? If the account is already configured to use the default settings, the default delivery location can be changed. To change the Outlook Data File. In the Account Settings dialog box, on the E-mail tab, select the existing account that you want to change. Outlook More Need more help?

Expand your skills. Get new features first. Was this information helpful? Yes No. Thank you! If you use a Microsoft Exchange account, typically your e-mail messages, calendar, contacts, and other items are delivered to and stored in your mailbox on the server. When you install Outlook on a new computer and configure an Exchange account, all your items on the server will be available to you again.

The remaining information in this article does not apply to you, unless you have archived local data files or specified that your Exchange email messages be delivered to a local data file. If you use a POP3 email account, which is one of the more common types of personal e-mail account, your email messages are downloaded from your POP3 e-mail server at your Internet service provider ISP to your computer and delivered to and stored locally in a Personal Folders file.

Notes: The default location of the. To use Windows Explorer to navigate to this folder, you must first turn on the display of hidden folders.

On the View tab, under Advanced Settings , under Files and Folders , under Hidden files and folders , click Show hidden files and folders.

If you want to see all file name extensions, clear the Hide extensions for known file types check box under Files and Folders. You can move any Outlook. For example, some people like to keep their Outlook data files on drive D or under My Documents, so that creating backup files is easier.

Before you move your. Changing the name helps you to distinguish between different Outlook data files when you work with more than one. Personal Folders is always a top-level folder in the Navigation pane, in Mail. In the Name text box, type a name that is meaningful to you, such as Greta's Outlook Data. In the Navigation pane, right-click Personal Folders or the name that appears for your. In the File name text box, make a note of the complete path and file name of the.

Use Windows Explorer to copy each. Notes: The default location is a hidden folder. Click Show Profiles , and then choose the profile that contains the. Click Properties , and then click Data Files. When a message appears, notifying you that the data file cannot be found at the old location, click OK.

Browse to the new folder location, select the data file, and then click Open. If you work offline with Outlook or use Exchange with Cached Exchange Mode, you can change the location of the local Offline Folder file. Click Start , and then click Control Panel. Double-click Mail , and then click E-mail Accounts. Click Show Profiles , and then select the profile that contains the.

Note: When you see this message: You must restart Outlook for these changes to take effect , click OK. Click Disable Offline Use , and then click Yes in the dialog box that appears. Click Browse , go to the location where you want to save your.

Click OK. When you see this message: You must restart Outlook for these changes to take effect , click OK. The next time that you start Outlook, the new. Currently there is no way to password-protect Outlook on startup or to lock Outlook if you need to quickly walk away from your computer, other than by using your Microsoft Windows logon password or by using third-party software written specifically to password-protect Outlook.

However, you can set a password on your Personal Folders file. You can use a password on your. Note: If you provided a custom display name for your data file, substitute that name for Personal Folders. In the Change Password dialog box, type your new password—up to 15 characters—and verify it by retyping it.

Use strong passwords that combine uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. Weak passwords don't mix these elements. Example of a strong password: Y6dh! Passwords should be 8 or more characters in length.

A pass phrase that uses 14 or more characters is better.