Monday 30 May 2016

How to Remove Password from Outlook PST file

Outlook PST file is the store house of MS Outlook application where it keeps the complete important data including Calendars, Mails, Tasks, and Contacts etc. Because of the Importance of data, mostly outlook users protects the PST file with the help of a suitable password. The protection is required but sometime it may place you in a critical situation if you have forgets the password of Outlook PST file. Here in this article we are going to discuss some easiest ways of removing the password from your Outlook PST file.
This can be done by using the pst19upgrade tool that is developed by Microsoft. The software was developed to upgrade the older version of PST file so that one can use it with the latest versions of outlook. Along with that this tool also removes the password from PST file and hence can be used to recovery PST password
Important Note: The pst19upgrade software will not work with the latest version of outlook PST file i.e. you cannot use this application with the Latest Outlook editions (Outlook 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007 or 2003). This tool only supports ANSI PST file that was created in the previous versions of Outlook 2003. To remove password from this application you have to go with a suitable PST password recovery application. Based on my personal experience I would love to suggest MailsDaddy PST Password Remover for this purpose. The application can Reset and Remove password from PST file.

How to Recover and Remove PST password using pst19upgrade tool

The pst19upgrade tool requires the support of scanpst.exe to remove password from PST file. The procedure of removing and recovering PST file password is explained here:
§  Close Microsoft Outlook. Create a backup copy of PST file that can be used if something wrong happens
§  Run scanpst.exe and Browse the PST file, and choose Repair option.
§  Open CMD and run the command:
C:\My Documents\pst19upg.exe” -x outlook.pst
outlook.pst is the name of your Outlook PST file. This command will create PST file copy with the same name.
§  Rename the original copy of PST file like old.pst
§  Again Run the command in CMD:
C:\My Documents\pst19upg.exe” -i outlook.pst
§  This will recover the password from PST file
§  Again run Scanpst.exe and repair the PST file
This process will remove password from PST file.


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