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by lnortje

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I recently bought a Laptop with Vista Business on it. I wanted to import my old Xp machines's .pst file into MS Outlook which I installed on the Laptop.

Everytime I try to import the file I get an error message "File acces is denied. You do not have the permission to access the file c:\\path"

I changed the file permissions to "Full Control" to all users. I even added another User account with Administrator access but to no avail.

Please please help.
Thanks
Lourens

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by djwrush

1) Check that its attribute has not been set to Read-Only.

2) If it's not you need to take ownership of the file:

Right click the file and choose Properties.

Click; Securtiy up at the top.

Click Advanced, Edit and Add yourself.

p.s. where are you putting the .pst file in C: ? You don't have to have it in Outlooks default location.

by nigelpoulton

I have just upgraded to Vista 64 bit and my mood went from despair to delight when I followed your advice on importing my PST files. Thank you.

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