Importing pst files from another pc

I have an old laptop running Office 97 which I have just formatted and
rebuilt. When I try to import pst files from my desktop I get a dialogue box
saying 'File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to
access the file' (pst files on a cd rom from my desktop) I am running Office
2003 on my desktop and 97 on the laptop. I had the same problem when I tried
to tranfer pst files from my old desktop to the current one which both ran
Office 2003. I had to rebuild my address book in the end and lost my messages
altogther. I am the sole user of all machines and am the administrator

Any file that's been on a CD becomes read only.
Remove that attribute.
Why are you importing this file? It is an Outlook file. Just open it.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Bernie" wrote in message
...
I have an old laptop running Office 97 which I have just formatted and
rebuilt. When I try to import pst files from my desktop I get a dialogue
box
saying 'File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to
access the file' (pst files on a cd rom from my desktop) I am running
Office
2003 on my desktop and 97 on the laptop. I had the same problem when I
tried
to tranfer pst files from my old desktop to the current one which both ran
Office 2003. I had to rebuild my address book in the end and lost my
messages
altogther. I am the sole user of all machines and am the administrator

Thanks Russ, but how do I remove the attribute on a CD-R. Before recording
with Nero? If I try to open the PST file I get a message asking me to choose
a programme to open it but none of them will do so.
Bernard

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Any file that's been on a CD becomes read only.
Remove that attribute.
Why are you importing this file? It is an Outlook file. Just open it.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Bernie" wrote in message
...
I have an old laptop running Office 97 which I have just formatted and
rebuilt. When I try to import pst files from my desktop I get a dialogue
box
saying 'File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to
access the file' (pst files on a cd rom from my desktop) I am running
Office
2003 on my desktop and 97 on the laptop. I had the same problem when I
tried
to tranfer pst files from my old desktop to the current one which both ran
Office 2003. I had to rebuild my address book in the end and lost my
messages
altogther. I am the sole user of all machines and am the administrator

You must move the file to a hard drive. Then R click Properties.
PST files can only be opened from within Outlook, never from Windows
Explorer.
File Open...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Bernie" wrote in message
...
Thanks Russ, but how do I remove the attribute on a CD-R. Before recording
with Nero? If I try to open the PST file I get a message asking me to
choose
a programme to open it but none of them will do so.
Bernard

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Any file that's been on a CD becomes read only.
Remove that attribute.
Why are you importing this file? It is an Outlook file. Just open it.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Bernie" wrote in message
...
I have an old laptop running Office 97 which I have just formatted and
rebuilt. When I try to import pst files from my desktop I get a
dialogue
box
saying 'File access is denied. You do not have the permission required
to
access the file' (pst files on a cd rom from my desktop) I am running
Office
2003 on my desktop and 97 on the laptop. I had the same problem when I
tried
to tranfer pst files from my old desktop to the current one which both
ran
Office 2003. I had to rebuild my address book in the end and lost my
messages
altogther. I am the sole user of all machines and am the administrator

Have done this but now the message is the(file name and path) is not
compatible with this version of personal folders information service. Contact
your administrator

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You must move the file to a hard drive. Then R click Properties.
PST files can only be opened from within Outlook, never from Windows
Explorer.
File Open...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Bernie" wrote in message
...
Thanks Russ, but how do I remove the attribute on a CD-R. Before recording
with Nero? If I try to open the PST file I get a message asking me to
choose
a programme to open it but none of them will do so.
Bernard

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Any file that's been on a CD becomes read only.
Remove that attribute.
Why are you importing this file? It is an Outlook file. Just open it.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Bernie" wrote in message
...
I have an old laptop running Office 97 which I have just formatted and
rebuilt. When I try to import pst files from my desktop I get a
dialogue
box
saying 'File access is denied. You do not have the permission required
to
access the file' (pst files on a cd rom from my desktop) I am running
Office
2003 on my desktop and 97 on the laptop. I had the same problem when I
tried
to tranfer pst files from my old desktop to the current one which both
ran
Office 2003. I had to rebuild my address book in the end and lost my
messages
altogther. I am the sole user of all machines and am the administrator

Then you have left something out of your story. If this is a file you
created in Outlook 2003, it cannot be opened in earlier versions unless you
had expressly created the file in the old format (File New Outlook Data
File Outlook 97-2002 format). Exporting a file from Outlook 2003 will
always create a file incompatible with earlier versions.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Bernie" wrote in message
...
Have done this but now the message is the(file name and path) is not
compatible with this version of personal folders information service.
Contact
your administrator

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You must move the file to a hard drive. Then R click Properties.
PST files can only be opened from within Outlook, never from Windows
Explorer.
File Open...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Bernie" wrote in message
...
Thanks Russ, but how do I remove the attribute on a CD-R. Before
recording
with Nero? If I try to open the PST file I get a message asking me to
choose
a programme to open it but none of them will do so.
Bernard

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Any file that's been on a CD becomes read only.
Remove that attribute.
Why are you importing this file? It is an Outlook file. Just open it.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Bernie" wrote in message
...
I have an old laptop running Office 97 which I have just formatted
and
rebuilt. When I try to import pst files from my desktop I get a
dialogue
box
saying 'File access is denied. You do not have the permission
required
to
access the file' (pst files on a cd rom from my desktop) I am
running
Office
2003 on my desktop and 97 on the laptop. I had the same problem when
I
tried
to tranfer pst files from my old desktop to the current one which
both
ran
Office 2003. I had to rebuild my address book in the end and lost my
messages
altogther. I am the sole user of all machines and am the
administrator