PST is a file format used by Microsoft Office to store Outlook data.
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Looking for software to search multiple PST files with one search [closed]
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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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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How to create a rule in Outlook 2010 to move all emails from an IMAP sent folder to local sent folder
How can I create a rule in Outlook 2010 to move all emails from an IMAP sent folder to a local sent folder?
So far the closest I've been able to get is to move all emails from the IMAP inbox to the ...
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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 2010, will multiple PSTs cause problems
At the company where I work, the owners use POP/SMTP in Outlook to be able to keep an active multi-year history of emailed conversations. This history cannot be archived by date so they have been ...
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Make Outlook 2013 reuse existing .pst file
I had Outlook 2010 fetch my Gmail over IMAP into my .pst file. I upgraded to Office 2013 and Outlook 2013 decides to import the email settings (like username, server and password) just fine - but ...
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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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Error during export .pst file in outlook 2007
On my old PC I use Outlook 2007. On my new PC I use Outlook 2010. I want to move all my email folders and emails to my new computer. I think the only way to do this is by export my files to a .PST ...
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Why are all my Outlook autocomplete email addresses suddenly missing?
I have exported all the data (emails, calendar, contacts etc.) from one Outlook PST file into a new PST file, and am now using this new file instead.
Everything is working well, except now my ...
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What is the difference between manually copying emails/ folders from one PST file to another within Outlook, vs. using the “Export” option?
What is the difference between simply copying the contents from one Outlook PST file to another within Outlook, and using the "Export" tool in Outlook to do this?
Does one yield better results than ...
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Presorting Email into separate pst files to keep both sent and received in the same exported pst
A few years back when researching this problem I ran across a program that came close to being a perfect solution. It would not work for what I needed but I showed me some possibilities that I would ...
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Is there a template that can be used when entering multiple email accounts in Outlook 2010
Does Outlook 2010 have any kind of template that can be used to create a whole office full of email accounts where the only difference is the name and password? Every other setting is the same and ...
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Archived emails vanishing (Outlook 2010)
I have just archived an Outlook 2003 PST file into what I believe was an Outlook 2003 PST archive.
Archiving was configured to move everything older than 30 days into the archive PST file, however I ...
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How can I compact Outlook 2003 PST files by deleting message body and attachment but preserving headers?
I have already set Outlook 2003 to download only message headers, but when I open it, full messages still need to be downloaded and be stored in PST file, thus making the PST file grow by the day.
Is ...
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Does copying/moving emails in Outlook (2003) from one PST to another corrupt the new PST file?
Someone at work in the IT department is insistent that "it's bad practice to copy/move emails from one .PST file in Outlook into another, and this generally leads to corruption of the new PST file.".
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Why is everything in my PST file showing up as a “draft”?
I'm trying to move a client's email from Gmail to Google Apps Mail. Believe it or not, this is a very tedious process that doesn't have any good way from Google to do it. This client has over 91,000 ...
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How do I copy emails out of corrupted pst file?
I accidentally overwrote a pst file. Pst file records show no files in them; and no ability to recover from within outlook. I can find the emails by doing searches in windows. But scan pst.exe, ...
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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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Best way to change an iPhone from a POP/SMTP account to a Hosted Exchange Server account and keep everything [closed]
I am looking for the best way to backup and store everything in an iPhone/iPad and also a BlackBerry in such a way that I can move the emails from POP/SMTP at one Domain into the same folders in a ...
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Forgot my .pst password [duplicate]
I have a .pst file which contains some of my old emails. When attempting to load the the pst file outlook is asking me for a password. Is there a way I can recover my .pst emails ?
thanks in advance
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How can I import archive.pst on flash drive into gmail?
I have archived Outlook 2003 messages on a flash drive, archive.pst. I no longer have access to a computer with any version of Outlook. I need to get those messages into a basic gmail account. Is that ...
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Outlook 2010 Performance issues with big .pst file?
I'm currently running outlook 2010 and I have a .pst file of about 25 gigs in size.
My email is currently being imported via POP3 so I am not running any IMAP or keeping a copy of email onto the ...
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In outlook, is it better to have one large outlook data file or multiple small ones [closed]
Every few years I create a new Outlook data file for my person info. Most of these files are around 300MB. I wanted to see if this actually makes sense in terms of efficiency, etc.
In outlook, is ...
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How to merge duplicate contact records in a .pst
Here's my problem: Once I merge my two .pst files I will have one file with a large number of contact records that are 'duplicates' in the sense that the records share the same contact name field, but ...
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How can I export all email addresses I have sent to from Outlook or any other Email Client?
I would like to export a list of email addresses of people I have previously sent mail to. I don't think there is a way to do this without an add-in.
I tried a tool called Gwabbit and it did not do ...
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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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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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Can I access Microsoft Outlook PST archives with any other tools?
I would like to access my Microsoft Outlook archives (pst files) from machines that do not have Microsoft Office installed. Is that possible? Think of several years worth of PST archive files.
My ...
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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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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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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's Personal Folders loading continually
My inbox was reported as full by the ISP. I copied all the messages from the inbox and pasted them into a Personal Folders folder after I had created one (Question number one: Why was it missing?) ...
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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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Export pst files and index
Is there a way to export PST files into a somewhat "open" format, and then use some sort of freeware to index the emails and then search upon the emails in a fast manner? Basically, I have about 4 ...
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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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Outlook 2010 - Export of an Exchange OST to PST creates files with different sizes each time
This is a most weird issue.
I have a couple of exchange OST mailboxes, and just for security, I am exporting them using File / Import / Export to a file / Export to PST file. If I run the export ...
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Google Apps Sync bloated PST file to 14GB
Back story:
I have Outlook connected to my Google Apps email and noticed that some mail never got migrated from my original PST file. I found some VBA code online that compares mail in different PST ...
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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 do I convert my Outlook Data File (97-2002 format) toward 2003 and later format?
I have Microsoft Outlook 2010, but I still using a very old PST file in the format 97-2002. The main limitation I have is the file size capacity limited to 2GB. I would like to convert this PST file ...
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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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Individual pst files for individual outlook 2010 folders
I was wondering if it is possible for the following scenario:
Suppose I have 5 folders in my Microsoft Outlook 2010.
Currently, there are 1 pst file that contain the 5 folders. Each folders contain ...
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What's the encoding in which Outlook keeps data in a pst file?
I would like to search a damaged pst file for a certain string in order to recover log-in credentials to a website.
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Split Outlook PST files
I have large pst files which I need to split into smaller pst files. Is this something that can be done? Where the split pst files remain usable in outlook.
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import pst/ost file in os x mail
I've just moved from Windows to OS X. I have lots of emails stored in Outlook pst and ost format. How can I import this mails into the Mac Mail App?
The mails should be stored localy on the Mac. I ...
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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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I need access to an oversized PST file but the pst2gb.exe tool is no longer available and compact won't work [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
I need to gain access to an Outlook PST file that grew over 2gb
I had to try and make the title specific so that this question wouldn't get closed as a duplicate of ...
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I need to gain access to an Outlook PST file that grew over 2gb [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Outlook 2007: “The set of folders cannot be opened” PST has reached its maximum size
Edit: This is not a duplicate. The other question suggests using ...
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Outlook, POP and PST handling
Essentially I have a client who is on hosted exchange and have decided to use POP3 to download the mail (I don't know why they don't use .OST's but anyway), they rebuilt the machine and backed up ...
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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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Open Office PST on a Mac (Mac:Office)
I have a 5Gig Outlook PST file which I want to use on my Mac with Mac::Office but I don't want to import it into Outlook on the mac, I just want to read it. If I import it, it corrupts the outlook db ...
