Problem moving .pst file

I want to move a .pst file from C drive to another internal drive using copy
and paste in Explorer. I get an error message "Cannot copy Outlook: the
process cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion
of the file." Outlook is closed when trying to move the file. Any ideas?
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Sarah

DL
Thu Apr 24 05:20:50 PDT 2008

If Outlook is truly closed, check in Task Manager for outlook.exe process,
then something else is accessing the pst file, eg Desktop search
application, fax software, sync software etc
"sarah.biz" <sarah@msdiscussions.com> wrote in message
news:5902772B-1718-45AC-982C-CE5DE977B8F1@microsoft.com...
>I want to move a .pst file from C drive to another internal drive using
>copy
> and paste in Explorer. I get an error message "Cannot copy Outlook: the
> process cannot access the file because another process has locked a
> portion
> of the file." Outlook is closed when trying to move the file. Any ideas?
> --
> Sarah

Oliver
Thu Apr 24 05:19:19 PDT 2008

Hi Sarah,

please check in the "Task Manager" under process, if "outlook.exe" is realy
stopped.

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Oliver Vukovics
Share Outlook without Exchange (Vista Ready): Public ShareFolder
Synchronize Outlook between PC and Notebook: Public SyncTool
http://www.publicshareware.com

"sarah.biz" <sarah@msdiscussions.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:5902772B-1718-45AC-982C-CE5DE977B8F1@microsoft.com...
>I want to move a .pst file from C drive to another internal drive using
>copy
> and paste in Explorer. I get an error message "Cannot copy Outlook: the
> process cannot access the file because another process has locked a
> portion
> of the file." Outlook is closed when trying to move the file. Any ideas?
> --
> Sarah

sarah
Thu Apr 24 09:03:01 PDT 2008

Thanks to both of you. I did find that Outlook was running in the task
manager even though I had closed it. As a result I shut down the computer,
restarted, and moved the file before reopening Outlook. Strange that it
remained running, but it is clearly a known problem.
--
Sarah


"Oliver Vukovics [Public Shareware]" wrote:

> Hi Sarah,
>
> please check in the "Task Manager" under process, if "outlook.exe" is realy
> stopped.
>
> --
> Oliver Vukovics
> Share Outlook without Exchange (Vista Ready): Public ShareFolder
> Synchronize Outlook between PC and Notebook: Public SyncTool
> http://www.publicshareware.com
>
> "sarah.biz" <sarah@msdiscussions.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:5902772B-1718-45AC-982C-CE5DE977B8F1@microsoft.com...
> >I want to move a .pst file from C drive to another internal drive using
> >copy
> > and paste in Explorer. I get an error message "Cannot copy Outlook: the
> > process cannot access the file because another process has locked a
> > portion
> > of the file." Outlook is closed when trying to move the file. Any ideas?
> > --
> > Sarah
>
>
>