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ERROR: Cannot open your default e-mail folders - help needed

Aug 4, 2007 5:50AM PDT

Hi - was wondering if anyone has any knowledge about this error message when opening outlook 2007:

"Cannot open your default e-mail folders. File access is denied. You do not have the permission required to access the file C:\documents and settings\HP_Administrator\Local Settings\Application
> Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst."

This started happening after I turned off simple file sharing yesterday and then enabled sharing on several folders on my main system on my home network, including the one that has my outlook PST file. Since that change I'm getting the above error whenever I attempt to open outlook - obviously not good.

If anyone has any guidance, would greatly appreciate the input.

Thanks.

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Links, comment.
Aug 4, 2007 6:04AM PDT
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permissions
Aug 4, 2007 8:16AM PDT

I don't know what you mean by ACL - please elaborate.

All permissions are checked - full control, read and write - this is the permissions setting on all folders/files in question, and yet I'm still getting that error message when attempting to start Outlook.

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Ouch. How many posts about this one?
Aug 4, 2007 8:18AM PDT

I think I stumbled over 3 on this issue.

Beside permissions we need ownership. Don't LOOK, take it.

Bob

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I have ownership too
Aug 4, 2007 11:17AM PDT

Thanks for the reply.

I also have ownership of all files in question here.

Welcomed any other ideas as I'm still experiencing this problem.

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To show me...
Aug 4, 2007 12:25PM PDT

Run CACLS on the file in question. But too many times I see people look but not do the needed steps. The output of CACLS on the file may or may not help me check this out.

This is why I never look at the permissions/ownership (remember that one thing is not the other) but go ahead and do the work.

Bob

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PST. file in a network folder
Sep 13, 2011 6:17AM PDT

I know this is a very old post but I'm posting this here in hopes that it might help someone else. I had a the same error message listed above and to fix the issue all I did was reboot the server.

My user had their .pst stored on a network folder and after rebooting the server everything worked great.

Hope that helps.

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solution
Sep 4, 2012 4:47AM PDT

Hi,

I had a same problem and tried everything the solution is very simple you should disable the read only flag. Because you do not have write access on *.pst

hope it helps

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zombie thread
Oct 14, 2013 11:18PM PDT

Thank you. Reading through this thread, I was beginning to think I wouldn't find a solution... until I came to your post. Your two second solution solved my problem, and my morning can move on!