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[ariggs]

I was helping my pastor with his computer and now have this problem. I formatted His system and reinstalled the OS (XP) and all the software. I backed up all of the data needed and all went well except this. He was using Outlook Express 6 for his mail and wanted to switch to Outlook 2002 which he has. I exported the Outlook Express 6 messages to a .pst file. Now I can’t open the file with Outlook Express 6 or Outlook 2002. Any ideas regarding reading and importing this file would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

[bizarrebob]

Hi ariggs, Oh boy, PST files.. We have such fun with these in work. So much so we've banned them and put a gpo that disables them. How were you trying to import the PST? May i suggest; Click: File, Open, Outlook Data File, then browse to wherever the PST Archive is stored. Open it, and it should appear on the left hand side for you. Hope this helps, 'Bob

[ariggs]

Hi Bob, this is what's weird. I have the pst file on a flash drive the was exported from Outlook Express 6. Now if I use File, Open, Outlook Data File, browse to the file or File, Import, select pst, browse to the file with either Outlook Express 6 or Outlook 2002 I get an error saying "This version of the Personal File Folder Manager is not compaible with this file. I used Outlook Express 6 to export the file one would think it would be able to open it or import it buy noooo. Bummer. --Alex