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This is crazy news! How are we supposed to access our archives?
New Outlook won't open .pst files
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Anonymous
The new version of Outlook for Windows (Microsoft Outlook Version 1.2023.425.600 - Production) no longer allows me to open my old .pst archive files.
All documentation refers to a File menu that this version does not have at all.
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Anonymous
2023-06-26T13:37:20+00:00 -
Anonymous
2023-07-03T21:14:08+00:00 All my old emails were stored in these files. This feature is a killer for the aplication, I hope they re support it.
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Anonymous
2023-07-28T08:34:12+00:00 This is horrible! I was trying everything to make it happen. Reading this trail made me think of emails that I copied into Explore folders to preserve them in an appropriate place. Guess what? It doesn't support opening a single email that isn't stored in Microsoft's cloud! Year and years of lost vital information!
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Anonymous
2023-07-24T14:25:00+00:00 The new OUTLOOK from 365 does not support PST files. All my old emails are in these files as the old OUTLOOK does support them.
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Anonymous
2023-07-20T02:46:29+00:00 I'm assuming everyone noticed the Ad for Microsoft 365 in the right column of these posts. I think it's obvious why the "New Outlook" is not compatible with pst files. They want you to subscribe to Microsoft/Office 365 which does allow for archiving/organizing of emails. Of course only so long as you have enough "space" with your Microsoft 365 account but I am 100% certain they will allow you to buy more space as you need it.
I am sure the "Old Outlook" is going to be made obsolete at some point in the near future and will no longer be supported. So I may have to go back to using Thunderbird either that or migrate everything over to the other mega solution (G**G**). Although even they will only allow you so much free space before you have to buy more.
I refuse to pay annual subscription fees for such globally common used apps like spreadsheets, presentations, documents, etc.