remove pst password – Password Recovery https://www.top-password.com/blog Provide useful password recovery tricks, guides and software Thu, 30 Jun 2016 09:01:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 Remove PST File Password with Freeware pst19upg https://www.top-password.com/blog/remove-pst-file-password-with-freeware-pst19upg/ Thu, 30 Jun 2016 08:51:42 +0000 http://www.top-password.com/blog/?p=7194 How to remove forgotten password from Outlook PST file? If you do not remember the password to your PST file, you lose access to mail messages in the file. In such situations, it is necessary to remove / unlock PST password.

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Many years ago, Microsoft released a free utility called pst19upg.exe which was originally designed to upgrade the PST format to version 19. One of the side effects is that it can strip out PST password. In this tutorial we’ll walk you the steps of removing PST file password using the freeware pst19upg.exe.

How to Remove PST File Password with Freeware pst19upg?

Before getting started, close your Outlook application and make a backup of your Outlook PST file in case the PST file gets damaged or corrupted. Assuming that you’re going to remove password for a PST file stored in the C:\backup directory. Follow these steps:

  1. Download these two utilities pst19upg.zip and scanpst.zip, save them to your local folder C:\backup and unzip. pst19upg.exe is the built-in tool available in Outlook 2003 or even older version, while you can access scanpst.exe from any Outlook version.

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  2. Run the scanpst.exe tool. Click Browse to select your PST file and click Start.

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  3. After the scan is complete, a dialog reports the errors found. Click on Repair button to repair the PST file.

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  4. When it’s done, the scanpst.exe utility will show a “Repair complete” message. Click OK.

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  5. Now open the Command Prompt by pressing Windows + R key combination and typing cmd. Type the following command and press Enter. This will convert your pst file to .psx format.
    C:\backup\pst19upg.exe -x C:\backup\outlook-copy.pst

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  6. When complete, type the following command and press Enter. This will create a password-free pst file from the psx file.
    C:\backup\pst19upg.exe -i C:\backup\outlook-copy.psx

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  7. Now you’ve successfully removed the PST password. Run the scanpst.exe file to repair the newly-created pst file. After that, copy this PST file to the original location and you can then open Outlook application without prompting you to enter PST password.

This pst19upg.exe tool will work only on MS Outlook 2003 and earlier versions and it can process ANSI formatted PST files only. If you need to remove the password of Unicode PST file, you have to use the third party software – Outlook Password Recovery, which supports all the Outlook versions.

]]> How to Remove Forgotten Outlook PST Password with Ease https://www.top-password.com/blog/how-to-remove-forgotten-outlook-pst-password-with-ease/ Wed, 03 Jul 2013 03:56:25 +0000 http://www.top-password.com/blog/?p=2672 Have you ever thought of facing a situation in which you’ve lost or forgotten your Outlook PST password? In this case, you’ll lose access to anything inside Outlook application, including important data, emails, contact, etc. But don’t worry as solution to this nightmare problem is already available.

Outlook Password Recovery is a simple PST password removal program which enables you to recover / remove forgotten passwords for PST files created in Microsoft Outlook 2013/2010/2007/2003/XP. Quickly unlock your password protected PST file in just a few simple steps!

How to Remove Forgotten Outlook PST Password with Ease?

  1. Download and install Outlook Password Recovery program on your computer.

  2. Run Outlook Password Recovery, then click the Unlock PST File button.
  3. The File Open dialog will appear. Choose your password-protected Outlook .pst file, then click Open.
  4. The program will instantly decrypt the PST file and then provide you with 3 passwords. All the passwords could be used to access your Outlook PST file, that is due to the weak encryption algorithm used by Outlook application.

After recovering your forgotten PST password, you can then remove the password from Outlook application if you are tired of entering it. It’s also a good idea to save the PST password to your password list so you don’t need to enter the password again and again.

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