Uploading Outlook pst file - told file not compatible

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Greg

New computer with Windows Vista Home Premium 2006, loaded Outlook 2002.
Tried to import recovered Outlook pst file, told "file is not compatible with
this version of the Personal Folders information service."
 
M

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

If the .pst file is in the Outlook 2003-2007 unicode format, you will not be able to use it. You need to open it in Outlook 2003-2007 and create an older version .pst file and copy the contents of the older file to the newer one.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Greg asked:

| New computer with Windows Vista Home Premium 2006, loaded Outlook
| 2002. Tried to import recovered Outlook pst file, told "file is not
| compatible with this version of the Personal Folders information
| service."
 

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