MS Outlook is the most widely used mail-client software today. It gives an easy way to store and manage e-mails, and other miscellaneous information like calendar events, tasks, and notes. Outlook stores mails and other items in a PST file. You can access the saved items quickly using the application.
Suppose, you have an Outlook PST file having important mails in it. You want to export the mails and other data to some other MS outlook. You copy the PST file to CD-ROM and then try to import the data using 'Import and Export' feature of MS Outlook. At this point, you may get an error, denying access to Outlook file. The message could be like, "Personal Folders: Properties for this information service must be defined prior to use". After you click OK to confirm the event, another error message is displayed and import PST file operation is denied. The error message displayed is, “Microsoft Outlook: File access is denied. You do not have permission required to access the file c:\." Possible reason for this error is that when the PST file was written to CD-ROM, it was written with ‘read only’ permission. This is why the PST file on the DD was not allowed to modify. Errors in Outlook may also be displayed due to corrupt PST file. In this situation, you may have to perform PST File Recovery.
Suppose, you have an Outlook PST file having important mails in it. You want to export the mails and other data to some other MS outlook. You copy the PST file to CD-ROM and then try to import the data using 'Import and Export' feature of MS Outlook. At this point, you may get an error, denying access to Outlook file. The message could be like, "Personal Folders: Properties for this information service must be defined prior to use". After you click OK to confirm the event, another error message is displayed and import PST file operation is denied. The error message displayed is, “Microsoft Outlook: File access is denied. You do not have permission required to access the file c:\." Possible reason for this error is that when the PST file was written to CD-ROM, it was written with ‘read only’ permission. This is why the PST file on the DD was not allowed to modify. Errors in Outlook may also be displayed due to corrupt PST file. In this situation, you may have to perform PST File Recovery.
Inbox Repair Tool utility is provided by Microsoft for free, to repair PST file and perform recovery. This tool works well, but it crops the precious data that has got damaged. This Outlook PST repair tool repairs any damage in the file header and deletes the damaged part of the file. Like this, some of your data will be lost after the PST file repair. If the corruption is limited to the header of the PST file, all of the data is restored back after repair by the PST repair software. Corruption to PST file header usually occurs while upgrading the old version of MS Outlook. This data loss can be compensated by importing the lost data back from a backup file of the PST. Taking backups is strongly recommended if you have sensitive and important data in the PST file. Also, it is recommended to make backup of the corrupt PST file before repairing. This will reduce chances of any further loss of data due to damage.
Fixing 'File access is denied' Error Message and performing PST File Recovery "
‘File access denied’ error discussed above can be solved easily. To rectify this error and repair PST file, follow these simple steps.
1.Select and press Ctrl-C to copy the PST file from CD-ROM.
2.Move to any hard drive location and press Ctrl-V to save the file on disk.
3.Right-click on the PST file and click Properties option.
4.Uncheck the Read-only option. Click OK.
Now you can import the PST file using the Import and Export wizard. You will not receive the Access denied error message and PST file recovery has been successfully performed.
Along with read only permission, there may be other reasons causing access denied error. It may be that your PST file is password protected or the file body is damaged. In this case, you can use free tools like scanpst.exe or download a recommended tool from the internet to perform PST file recovery.
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