Moving an Outlook 2013 calendar .pst to an Outlook 365 machine

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Trying to do the above.

On the old faithful 2013 machine I follow the file export process. When prompted to select what to include in the exported file I select Calendar, and untick the subfolders box. Export runs, and creates a .pst file (around 24mb). Copy that file to a removeable SSD, and move the SSD to the new machine. So far so good.

Now, on the 365 machine I highlight the empty calendar, and begin the import routine.

All’s well until I select the .pst on the SSD and click next. Windows then reports that “this is not a .pst file”.

Are Outlook 2013 .pst files incompatible with Outlook 365? This is a paid-for installed version of Outlook 365. I’ve read that the latest Outlook version might not (yet) handle .pst files, but “can’t open” is very different from “this is not a .pst file”.

Any suggestions or advice gratefully received.

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It could be one of two different things:
1) Copying can change the attributes to Read only and keep you from opening the file. Solution – Check Properties of the copied PST file and uncheck if Read only is checked.
2) If you created the PST file while logged on a user account and now logged on thru your microsoft account which does not have access to the file. Solution – Right-click the PST file, choose Properties > Security > Edit >; choose your Microsoft account , and choose Full control. Be sure to click Apply and OK to save your changes.

HTH, Dana:))

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Thanks Dana. I checked file attributes, not read only. The .pst file was created on a stand-alone PC installation, there was no network login, and back in the day there ws no Microsoft account.

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WSAlsy wrote:

The .pst file was created on a stand-alone PC installation, there was no network login, and back in the day there ws no Microsoft account.

Exactly. If you now log in with your Microsoft account, the Outlook in 365 can’t access that PST file. Open the Properties of that PST file and on the Security Tab click the Edit button. Choose your current signed on Microsoft account and select Full Control….Apply and OK. Once you change the Security for that file it should allow you to import it.

HTH, Dana:))

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Thanks again Dana. I’m AFK for a couple of days, but will check when I’m back and will let you know the outcome…

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Hi Dana.

Still falling at the first hurdle.

I am logged in to my 365 account, and can see my Hotmail inbox and calendar with a few of my test entries.

From the 365 calendar Home screen, I click on File, Open and Export, Import/Export, Import from another program or file, (Next), Outlook Data File .pst, (Next).

I then browse to the wanted .pst file and to select duplicate options – (what follows is not affected by whichever duplicate option I choose here),  (Next).

Outlook responds with “The file G:\xxx.pst is not an Outlook data file (pst).”

Following your further advice, when I right-click on the .pst file to display file properties, it correctly reports the filename, that it is a .pst file, its size, creation date etc. It is not read-only or hidden.

Clicking the “Advanced” button in this box brings up a second dialogue box headed “Advanced Attributes”, with four tick-boxes; File is ready for archiving, Allow this file to have contents indexed…. , Compress contents to save disk space, and Encrypt contents to secure data.

The only box ticked by default is the first “File is ready for archiving”.

There is no Security Tab with an Edit Button.

Hope this helps, sorry if I’m being a numpty”

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I’ve decided to give up on this. Tried every which way to import the Outlook 2013 calendar, either as part of a complete mail/calendar .pst file, or as a selective-export calendar.pst file.

Seems the my latest 365 Outlook Classic installation simply does not recognise 2013 pst files as pst files.

If I ever have time to re-explore the problem, and am successful (doubt!), I promise to post the solution here.

TFATF

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WSAlsy wrote:

There is no Security Tab with an Edit Button.

Sorry to be so long in answering, I was traveling outside the continental US.

No Security tab tells a lot.
Was the flash drive/SSD you used to transfer the PST file to formatted in FAT (FAT 323/exFAT)?
The FAT formatting doesn’t support the security of NTFS. A file copied from NTFS to FAT will not have the Security tab. Without this tab Outlook will not recognize the file as an NTFS PST file.
Copy the file onto an NTFS formatted flash drive to transfer to the new system.

HTH, Dana:))

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