In Outlook personal folders (.pst files) are referred to as Outlook Data Files. University Staff Laptop users must not connect to an archive on the Z: drive as this. Jan 10, 2011 - In Outlook 2010 and up the screen will resemble this. To add a pst file to your profile, click the Add button and select the data file you want to.
Very strange issue here. Win 7 64-bit running Office 2010 all updates installed. I am attempting to open a PST archive file and it does not work.
If I go to File -> Open -> Outlook Data File, nothing happens. No browse window opens, no error message pops up.
If I go to File -> Account Settings -> Data Files tab and click Add, I receive the message 'The requested operation failed'. I get this same error message if Outlook is closed and I am trying to add the data file through the control panel mail applet.
This happens in any profile I create in Outlook. I have tried creating POP and Exchange profiles, and neither one will open another PST file. I have checked the compatibility tab and there are no boxes checked. I have run ALL windows and office updates. I have done a full scan of the system using 3 AV utilities and it is clean. I have also done a repair on Office 2010.
Has anyone seen this before or have any ideas? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Eric
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1 Answer
I finally figured this out and wanted to post here in case anyone has the same issue.
This problem happens when the default path to the PST location has been changed for the user that is logged in. I fixed this by forcing a new PST path in the registry. I created a new entry using this format:
ForcePSTPath Registry valueKey: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftOfficeOutlook Value name: ForcePSTPath Value type: REG_EXPAND_SZ Value: path to your storage folder
Restarted Outlook, and it works fine now.
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protected by Community♦Jul 22 '14 at 3:44
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