ScoobyDoo555

Query - just upgraded to Vista Business & Office 2007 Pro Plus

Just exported my Outlook 2003 .pst file.

Tyring to import this into Outlook 2007 - comes up with "File access denied. You do not have the permission required to access the file xyz"......

The .pst file is stored in my Users folder btw

Any ideas how to sort this out?

Cheers

Dan

InvisibleMan

not on my pc to tell you just now but im sure when you File/Open/Outlook Data File theres an option to open older pst formats

ScoobyDoo555

will have a look when I get home

Dan

Iain Young

If you are logged in as an administrator you might want to check the security on the file as well. In Windows Explorer, right-click the file and select properties. Navigate to the security tab on the popup and should let you alter the file system permissions if necessary. I had to do this with a few files when I upgraded from xp to Vista Ultimate (64bit).

ScoobyDoo555

Nice one Iain

Dan

InvisibleMan

nope, should be no need to do anything, 2003pst opens straight from 2007. If youre creating a new pst in 2007 theres an option to make it 2003 compatible.
Havent done it by importing, i just do 'open data file' so try it this way instead

Iain Young

Very true, (I've imported from 2003 to 2007 with no problems). The error message mentioned ("File access denied. You do not have the permission required to access the file xyz") comes from the file system not Outlook.

ScoobyDoo555

Sorted. Was a permissions thing (although all the assigned users had "full control" rights, it still wasn't working )

Ended up cutting and pasting back onto my XP partition, and running the file from there.

My understanding now is that all email/outlook data is stored in this .pst file ....

Interesting. Learning more and more about Vista everyday

And as an avid Mac-user, I love Vista - great OS......... so far

Cheers for the help.

Dan