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.pst displays emails from 2008-2009 only

I recently copied a couple .pst files to a hard disk for backup purposes. When I tried to get them back in another computer, Outlook 2007 only shows emails from 2008 and 2009, even it if has emails ...
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How can I open Outlook PST files read-only in Outlook 2010

Running Outlook 2010 on Windows 7 I have two quite large outlook files each about 700MB each. I need regularly to access the emails in them, they are archives from recent years. However each time I ...
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Multiple .pst files for a single email

When I go to the location where my outlook .pst files are stored (C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook) I constantly seem to have multiples of my email accounts. Unfortunately, it's not ...
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How converting or importing outlook PST from old format to new unicode format

I have an outlook 2002 PST file. This old format has problems like a 2 GB size limit. I wanted to convert to a more modern PST format (unicode) which doesn't have this issue. MS's site says there's ...
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How can I delete a calendar from a PST that is no longer accessible in Outlook 2010?

I have a user that loaded a PST into Outlook 2010. The PST file had several calendars, which were loaded to the user's calendars. He has since deleted the PST file as he no longer needed access to it. ...
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How do I migrate data from Outlook 2007 to Thunderbird?

I'm trying to migrate from Outlook 2007 to Thunderbird 7, and I'm stuck with moving my messages/folders. What I'm supposed to do is: In Thunderbird, Tools → Import, and choose Outlook (2007), but it ...
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If I change Windows admin user password, then I can't login to Outlook, why?

I am seeing this strange behaviour with Windows 7 and Outlook 2010. If I change the password of User1 (Admin user), login, and start Outlook, it asks for the pasword. It keeps saying "password ...
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Outlook 2007: “The set of folders cannot be opened” PST has reached its maximum size

I have outlook 2007. There's a PST file that Outlook is now refusing to open. When I click on it, it says The set of folders cannot be opened. XXXXX.pst has reached its maximum size... ...
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Extract messages from OST/PST files?

The company I work for is in the middle of a legal dispute. As part of the dispute we have been asked to provide all emails SENT TO or RECEIVED from a list of 141 individuals during a 4 month time ...
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Getting an Oulook PST file error

Having an issue with Microsoft Outlook caused by a 1.9-gig Outlook PST file. Is their a way to allow the file to be bigger or any other options to prevent this error?
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How to copy information from 1 .PST file to another

I have been using an Outlook Data file for a long time now and have many calendar events, tasks, notes, and contacts. I recently got an exchange account set up and would like to know if there is a way ...
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Moving Outlook 2010 PST files to a new location

I am trying to move my PST files for Outlook 2010 between folders. From what I have read all I have to do is close Outlook, go to the folders and move the file over. Then, when I restart Outlook, I ...
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Where are Microsoft OutLook mailboxes stored in Windows XP?

I want to back up the OutLook mailboxes from one system, then restore them to a different one. I am using MS-OutLook 2007 in Windows XP, but I am unable to find *.PST files in the usual location: ...
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What's the significance of this Google Apps error code '0x8004010B'?

There seems to be a lack of good information around this particular Google Apps error code. Has anyone found common environmental information that causes this error? Any kind of solution? ...
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Outlook not searching emails after .pst was lost and re-added

One of my users had a network error and when she opened Outlook it made a new .pst file for her. The normal one is on a network share which which was easy to fix but now she cannot search emails ...
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PST File Same Size After Archiving

After archiving about half the messages in Microsoft Outlook 2003, the main PST file has not changed in size. Isn't the point of archiving to keep the size of the PST file under control?
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Outlook 2003 PST Size Limit

What is the maximum size limit in GB of a Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 PST file?
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Is there a way to recover deleted emails from an Outlook PST file?

A customer has deleted emails from his Junk Email folder, and now we have been asked to recover them from the pst data file. Is this possible and how to go about it? Tried using the advice at ...
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Outlook takes forever to verify PST files upon startup

Background: My father works at an office that doesn't allow connections to their Exchange server from the outside (no VPN, no RPC, nothing). He has his company email and a personal IMAP email (running ...
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Export contact list in outlook 2007 to a pst file

How do I export only the contact list from Outlook 2007 to a PST file?
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How do I transfer .pst e-mails from Outlook to a Mac e-mail program?

New Macbook Pro came in yesterday with MS Office Outlook crashes consistently on importing from .pst after about 30 seconds. I see a EXC_BAD_ACCESS and something about CF get string length or the ...
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Outlook pst problem

I've used outlook pst files in the past with great success. a few weeks ago I exported about 2 years worth of email into a pst file. size is around 1.5 gb. when i try ti import that pst back into ...
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Associate email account with “Personal Folders” Outlook data file?

In the process of migrating email servers I've run into an interesting problem: In Outlook 2007 you have the default "Personal Folders" item. This contains the email for the account that was ...
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Import PST into Gmail

I'm in the process of moving my email to Gmail. I used to use Outlook and I have a massive amount of email stored in various PST files (about 7GB worth). Ultimately I'd like to store this all in Gmail ...
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Outlook 2007 Profile

List current PST files and locations for PST files from a batch/script file. I want to log the pst file locations to a text file for PC migration purposes.
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Drag/drop mail folder from Outlook to Explorer export to .pst file?

While working on large-scale projects, I collect all mail conversations pertaining to the project in a separate folder within Outlook. When the project is completed, I want to archive the entire ...
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Outlook 2010 PST not indexing

I've had this problem for months: Outlook is unable to search recent items in the inbox. I was running Outlook 2010 Beta. I've just moved to the Trial version, hoping to solve the issue. I have tons ...
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How to split Outlook 2003 30go .PST File

I would like to know, for you, what's the best way to split large .pst file. I have 400go of files that I need to split and burn on DVDs for HR but I have few pst that are 20go+...
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Office 2010 to Thunderbird migration

I've been reading a lot of things on the internet about this but can't get it to work. Also tried the Mozilla forums, did not get anything useful out of that. What I could do is importing the PST ...
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Syncing outlook PST data to exchange server?

One of our users removed his exchange account (using our control panel - dotnetpanel). Fortunately, he had everything cached local in his outlook. I know have a PST file of 900MB containing some +2000 ...
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Empty Trash in Outlook

I accidentally imported a large number of folders and emails into my outlook exchange account. It will let me delete the mail messages, but any folder that has message in it cannot be deleted. This ...
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Converting DBX to PST for free [closed]

Possible Duplicate: How to convert DBX files to PST Hi, I know that this question has been here, but there is no good answer. I have my old computer with Outlook Express and i want to get ...
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How can I access an Outlook 2003 PST file without using Outlook?

I have a 450MB PST file (Outlook 2003 backup file) saved from a PC before it crashed. I would like to break it up into its components i.e. Save attachments to folders on my PC Paste text emails ...
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Access or import an Outlook 2003 .pst file without Outlook

I have a 450 meg .pst file (MS Outlook 2003 backup file) saved from a PC before it crashed. I would like to break it up into its components i.e. Save attachments to folders on my PC Paste ...
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Scanpst.exe vs. Scanost.exe (MS Outlook 07)

My OST file is having problems and the error dialogue (v.2007) instructed me to open scanpst.exe. I see that there is also a scanost.exe. Is there any difference between the two programs? Will I break ...
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Outlook lost all contacts created in some timeframe

One of my colleague has been creating a lot of contact for last two days. She is in the process of doing that thing and she said she created almost 100 contact yesterdsy and she says that she is not ...
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Tasks Vs. Tâches - Outlook 2003

I am working in a french IT environment and I have a lawyer here that his Outlook and Windows XP SP3 is in french. I changed his old laptop (English) for a new one (French). In Outlook 2003 on his ...
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Looking for software to search multiple PST files with one search

I have many PST files that I am trying to find all instances of a search term in for a court subpoena and then pull those out, preferably into another PST. I am looking for software that will let me ...
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Outlook 2010 + Move IMAP PST file = Outlook data file cannot be accessed

I set up a new IMAP account in Outlook 2010. It works but creates IMAP PST file in C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook. I want the file on my data drive in D:\Users\User\Documents\Outlook ...
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Is there a limit to the number of PST archives in outlook 2003?

I have a user who has e-mail dating back 8 years that are stored in a lot of different PSTs, about 15-20 different psts. After opening like 7 or 8 of them it starts giving Out of System resources ...
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Accidentally formatted a drive with an important pst-file in it. How to recover?

I did a quick format and windows 7 installation on a client computer without knowing that the computer contained archived emails. So when I learnt that the computer had these important files I pulled ...
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Outlook Archive Mail Searching

I would like to take my old outlook archives and push them to a central location that is full text searchable. I would think something like this is out there some where but I cant seem to find it. If ...
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Increase Microsoft outlook 2007 PST file limit

I am unable to send/receive any emails in my MS outlook 2007. I am prompted with the following error Can't move the items. The file <path>\<filename>.pst has reached its maximum size. To ...
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Why did compacting my Outlook PST file just double the size of the file itself?

Now, I'm a complete n00b to Outlook 2007 administration, but after deleting a whole bunch (thousands? more?) of automated alerts, I decided to try a more immediate solution to tame my 2.2GB inbox PST. ...
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Why can't I open this .pst from a network drive?

I have a pst file on a mapped network drive that I can't open. The file path to file cannot be opened. If I copy the file to a local drive and ope it, it works just fine. I have other .pst files ...
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How to convert DBX files to PST

I'm trying to find a program to convert DBX files to the PST format, but i'm only finding paid programs.
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Recover damaged Outlook PST file

I have a problem with my old Outlook PST file. When I use it or import it, it makes Outlook crash. Do you know any tools to fix this kind of file? I have Windows XP XP3 with Outlook 2007.
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Exporting a PST in MS Outlook - progress bar looping

I'm exporting a PST file in MS Outlook on Windows XP. It's writing the .pst out to the correct location, and the progress bar is indicating how long left. However as soon as the progress bar gets to ...
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How do you manage Outlook Personal Folders between multiple devices?

This seems to be a recurring problem. I have users who have 2 devices they use on a regular basis. Their desktop at work and a portable lightweight notebook. Generally these are executives who ...
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How can I restore Outlook 2007 from a PST file without having to import everything?

I recently upgraded to Windows 7 and went the "format from scratch" route. I backed up my C:\ drive to the free space on my D:\ drive. So now I have Outlook 2007 reinstalled and I have my .pst files ...

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