Steve Smith wrote: > ... the mail and contact store is the .PST file. I think that the problem > is due to the windoze having being installed on a fresh drive now the > users / passwords don't match properly. They wont read properly on > another box either you can see the structure but not the content I have > tried an import that don't work either I have previously moved/copied Outlook pst files from one computer (or Windows installation) to another and opened them there successfully. So this doesn't seem to be the problem. But you're talking about passwords -- I never password-protected my pst files. Is that what you did? Gerhard -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist