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Outlook archives cannot be opened at startup

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by martin.hoes

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Hello,

We have a problem with opening Archive files. We are running Exchange server 2003 with Outlook 2003 clients.
The Archive files ranging from 0 up to 2.5 Gig.
People get different Error messages, Map is not Valid, Access is Denied, Message-interface has reported an unknown error.

If you get the error-message and wait for about 10 to 15 minutes, Outlook will somehow repair the Archive and it will function good again.. Archive.pst is But the problem repeats itselve at every boot of the pc.
The Archives are situated on a network server (My documents, accessible to users). Users have a roaming profile so they can log in anywhere and still get their own settings.

We can't figure it out what the problem is.
I just can't imagine we are the only ones having these problems since almost everyone uses Archive files for storing huge amount of emailmessages.
Reason of posting this is that my users are getting a little annoyed if they can't access their Archive in a normal way.

Hope someone has the solution for this,

Sincerely,
Martin

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by computercookie

can't be bothered with archives.

Try archiving the whole .pst and you will only end up with a file the same size as your .pst?

What is the use, if your .pst was 200MB after you delete all the crap and archive it is still 200MB.

Seems to be a known problem with Outlook.

Not sure if it is the same with exchange!

You'd be better of creating a back up using a 3rd party program.

by martin.hoes

well, our System Administrators made that decision about the Exchange 2003 server a long time ago and worked fine untill nov. 2007.

We have about 1200 users who have thesame problem.

You say it is a known problem with Outlook, where did you find this on the web? I couldnt find it anywhere.

Backups are made with a 3rd party software program, so no problem there.

by david.wallis

We use the same setup but without roaming profiles and have no problems. We have a dedicated server for archives. I think theres a problem with there share/mapping. Have a look in the roaming profile too maybe an error in login scripts somewhere

by tracks

Take a look at your GPO find a user experiencing the issue and run a test on the users system making sure your not having any issues

by jwrinn

Hello,

I am having the same type of problem where I work. I am not sure what type of environment you are working in, but I am having the same sort of issue as you are. We store the .pst files on a network drive. Known issue with Microsoft, and pst files stored on LAN or WAN link are not supported:

I was shown this post not too long ago. Thought I'd share:

https://blogs.technet.com/askperf/archive/2007/01/21/network-stored-pst-files-don-t-do-it.aspx

by kenone

Outlook has so many problems opening .pst files, why in the world would you stick them on a network drive?

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