How to open a Enterprise Vault Archive in Outlook 2007

[ak2766]

Hi there.

I've been given my PST file by the admin in a file that has the extension .VaultedandScrambledPSTFile and Outlook will not open the file.  Is there a method that I can use (without bothering the exchange administrator) to extract my PST file from this archive file?

Cheers,

ak.

[AndrewB]

have you tried renaming it to filename.PST ?

[ak2766]

Hi Andrew.

Yes, I have tried renaming it to .pst but Outlook complains that it's not a PST file.  I now believe that our exchange admin may have used a third party tool to scramble the .pst file after archiving and renamed it using an arbitrary extention; it must be in an attempt to keep the file secure but to me it seems odd being that I can still access the archived content via AE!

In any case, I'll raise it up with him and see where that get's me.

Cheers,

ak.

PS:  I see you've attempted to help someone with a similar dilemma not too long ago [0], but not sure whether they were able to get it sorted or not!  It did not come up in my search before I posted - most likely cause I was not using the extension during my search - :(!

[0] - https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/help-unable-open-vaultedandscrambledpst-file-using-outlook-2007#comment-10812011

[AndrewB]

you're probably right. best to reach back out to your exchange admin to find out what he did with the file before giving it to you.

[TonySterling · Accepted solution]

So it sounds like you work at the same company as Tarcher from this post: https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/help-unable-open-vaultedandscrambledpst-file-using-outlook-2007

You guys definetly need to work with the Exchange\EV admin to see what is going on.

[ak2766]

Hi all.

It appears that Tarcher and I work for the same company.  We've identified that the exchange admin group has an in-house tool built for the purpose of securing the PST files to avoid information getting to the wrong hands in the 'unlikely' case of a server breach.

This ticket can be closed off!

Cheers,
ak.