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PaoloFCantoni
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:45 am Post subject: Outlook 2000 NOT VSS compatible? |
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Do I understand correctly (from searching the forum) that Outlook 2000 is NOT VSS compatible and therefore is the reason I'm getting:
Creating Volume Shadow Copy for D: ... Done. Volume Shadow Copy is at \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy34
Copying file D:\Users\PaoloC\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\outlook.ost <to> E:\VV Backup\Users\PaoloC\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\outlook.ost (293.56MB) [Can not open "\\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy34\Users\PaoloC\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\outlook.ost". The system cannot find the file specified.] [ERROR].
If this is the case, are any later versions of outlook VSS compatible?
TIA,
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TGRMN Software Site Admin
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 6:09 am Post subject: |
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Windows 2000 is not VSS compatible, but Outlook 2000 should be if run over XP or 2003 or Vista. Are you getting that error message only for that file? thanks _________________ --
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PaoloFCantoni
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 6:27 am Post subject: |
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TGRMN Software wrote: | Windows 2000 is not VSS compatible, but Outlook 2000 should be if run over XP or 2003 or Vista. Are you getting that error message only for that file? thanks |
Yes only the OST file.
Thanx for the speedy response.
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TGRMN Software Site Admin
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:00 am Post subject: |
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Hi, what type of volume is d:\ ? NTFS or FAT32? Local Hard Disk?
Also how much free space on this volume?
thanks _________________ --
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PaoloFCantoni
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:22 am Post subject: |
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TGRMN Software wrote: | Hi, what type of volume is d:\ ? NTFS or FAT32? Local Hard Disk?
Also how much free space on this volume?
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NTFS (35Gb) (a Primary partition - FWIW) Local disk, 21Gb free. The OST file is about 300Mb
HTH,
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TGRMN Software Site Admin
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PaoloFCantoni
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:48 pm Post subject: |
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TGRMN Software wrote: | Strange... maybe due to file permissions? | I wasn't the owner - the Administrators Group was (of which I'm part). I took direct ownership - but still no go.
Also, the permissions were grayed out - so I couldn't change them. I'm not familiar enough with Vista to comment - but it seems strange.
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TGRMN Software Site Admin
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:07 am Post subject: |
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Hi, on Vista try running ViceVersa PRO using "Run as Administrator...."
- Locate the ViceVersa application icon or short cut and right click on it
- From the menu select the "Run As Administrator" option
does it work using this option?
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PaoloFCantoni
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:10 am Post subject: |
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TGRMN Software wrote: | Hi, on Vista try running ViceVersa PRO using "Run as Administrator...." | Already tried that... No go
Paolo |
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PaoloFCantoni
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:59 am Post subject: |
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Here's a work around...
The copy fails if the file extension is .ost, it works if not...
Go Figure
Any ideas why?
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PaoloFCantoni
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:48 am Post subject: |
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The plot thickens...
The .ost files are NOT copied (apparently) ONLY if they are in the ...\Outlook folder!
If I move the same file to another place it copies fine!
Sheesh!
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PaoloFCantoni
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:01 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for that guys!
What's interesting, is that the check still holds even if Outlook is NOT running and therefore NOT churning the file! A "hack and hope" job, if I ever saw one!
I can copy the .OST fine without shadow copy so I'll have a separate profile for that...
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