How to Fix Outlook 2013 PST File Access Denied issue?
Outlook 2013 PST File Access Denied is the error which occurs while importing the PST file. Sometimes user backup their personal folder file in CD-ROM. Now when they try to restore back their file from that CD-ROM using Import-Export Wizard of the Outlook then this error appears up. The error appears sequentially one after another upon the user action. First of all the message which user see is mentioned below:
“Personal Folders:
Properties for this information service must be defined prior to use.”
After clicking OK for this message user receives another message mentioned below:
“Microsoft Outlook:
File access is denied. You do not have permission required to access the file <Drive>:\path_name.”
Once user clicks OK here then the Import dialog box is again displayed for browsing the PST file. Outlook 2013 PST file access denied error occurs due to direct import of PST file from CD-ROM. The PST file when burnt to the CD-ROM is pasted with by default read-only file attribute which can't be changed. To solve this issue, user should first copy the PST file to hard disk or any other media from CD-ROM. Then the read-only attribute of the PST should be removed by opening the the property of the file. Property of the file can be accessed by right-click on the file and navigating to property. It should be noted that PST has nothing to do with the version of Outlook, Exchange Server or OS. Password protected PST file may ask for the password for completing the import process.
The file access denied error can also occur due to the damaged PST file. For that user will have to use inbuilt repair utility which is known as ScanPST.exe tool. It is utility provided by Microsoft for Outlook 2013 PST File Repair. The tool is effective in repairing the file with low level of corruption and small in size. For severely corrupt and very large PST file, user will have to use third party automatic Outlook PST repair tool. Third party tool uses highly sophisticated algorithm to fix the damage of PST. It provides features like selective recovery, raw recovery, splitting of PST, recovery from password protected corrupt PST, etc. It comes in both the trial and full version so users can check this tool using the trial version. So, get Outlook 2013 PST File Repair done now.
“Personal Folders:
Properties for this information service must be defined prior to use.”
After clicking OK for this message user receives another message mentioned below:
“Microsoft Outlook:
File access is denied. You do not have permission required to access the file <Drive>:\path_name.”
Once user clicks OK here then the Import dialog box is again displayed for browsing the PST file. Outlook 2013 PST file access denied error occurs due to direct import of PST file from CD-ROM. The PST file when burnt to the CD-ROM is pasted with by default read-only file attribute which can't be changed. To solve this issue, user should first copy the PST file to hard disk or any other media from CD-ROM. Then the read-only attribute of the PST should be removed by opening the the property of the file. Property of the file can be accessed by right-click on the file and navigating to property. It should be noted that PST has nothing to do with the version of Outlook, Exchange Server or OS. Password protected PST file may ask for the password for completing the import process.
The file access denied error can also occur due to the damaged PST file. For that user will have to use inbuilt repair utility which is known as ScanPST.exe tool. It is utility provided by Microsoft for Outlook 2013 PST File Repair. The tool is effective in repairing the file with low level of corruption and small in size. For severely corrupt and very large PST file, user will have to use third party automatic Outlook PST repair tool. Third party tool uses highly sophisticated algorithm to fix the damage of PST. It provides features like selective recovery, raw recovery, splitting of PST, recovery from password protected corrupt PST, etc. It comes in both the trial and full version so users can check this tool using the trial version. So, get Outlook 2013 PST File Repair done now.