Outlook 2000 does not creat a file ext for .pst

[evereddie]

On a toshiba laptop, with a fresh install of XP Home, I have tried 3 times to install small buis with outlook 2000. It will not open .PST files from other machine. When I look at the .PST file it has no icon associated with it. A look in file extensions and there is no .pst or .ost. How can this be. I am going nuts trying to find out why. Have done all updates. I made sure all components of outlook have been installed. Something in setup I missed. I just did this on a desktop and had not problems.

 

[evereddie]

Update: AFter doing al the updates Idiscovered that I do hqave a listed file extension for ,pst files but it stil doesn't give me an icon, just that blank microsoft look. Kinda like looking at someone who is dead. anyway I was able to import my data from another pst file but still doesn't open a pst file directly. Still no icon. I guess this is useable for my client but something isn't all the way correct. Don't know where to go from here.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

You don't need an icon, and in Outlook 2000 none is expected. Just open it
with File | Open | Personal Folders file.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

Update: AFter doing al the updates Idiscovered that I do hqave a listed

file extension for ,pst files but it stil doesn't give me an icon, just that
blank microsoft look. Kinda like looking at someone who is dead. anyway I
was able to import my data from another pst file but still doesn't open a
pst file directly. Still no icon. I guess this is useable for my client
but something isn't all the way correct. Don't know where to go from here.

 

[evereddie]

Well, I ran a Norton systemworkd scan and it said mapisrvexe neede a gapi32.dll to run. Put in the file and from what i can tell the .pst files now open normally and they now show an icon. Was this it?