pst Files

Walt2

Walt2

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I have a daughter-in-law who is having a computer problem. She has a new computer and wanted to transfer some music files from the old computer to the new one. She save the files to a jump drive and when she tried to open the files, she said that they are like encrypted and that they are pst files. She is at a loss why this will not work for her because I recently transferred some files from an old computer to my new one using this method. Both old computers had XP and both new ones have Vista. Anyone have any suggestion? Thanks
 
I'll see if I can give you some insight on this. A PST file is a data file from Microsoft Outlook. You can't just open those files "by association" by clicking double-clicking on them. If she was using Outlook (not Outlook Express) as her email program then she probably will want this file. To open a saved PST file, you simply start Outlook (whether an email account is set up or not) and then open the data file by clicking on File>Open>Outlook Data File... that will allow you to browse for the PST file in question and then you can open it. If it is a PST file previously used in another computer, then you can import it and it will basically set itself up in Outlook as it was in the other computer. If this new computer doesn't have Outlook then I don't know of any way to open it. I'm not familiar with Outlook Express and I don't think it will open a PST but I may be wrong.

Just for clarification: Outlook is a full email/calendar program that is part of Microsoft Office. Outlook Express (different name in Vista I think) is the included email program with a Microsoft Operating System.

Hope this helps.

John
 
Are they songs she purchased thru a music service like Itunes ?

Often , those services encode the mp3/etc in a format only their software will recognize and play.

I am guessing when you transfered files perhaps they were regular mp3's ?

Another guess is the DRM junk that comes built into Vista.

Another in a long list of reasons to upgrade to Windows XP. :)
 
Walt2 said:
These were music files, but very few from itunes.
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I suggest using Windows Media Player, and converting the music files to .mp3 or .wma prior to saving them to the jump drive. The windows media player in Vista can then open them no problem.

Also, this belongs in G&G so off it goes.
 
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