i guess so,

thanks anyways
"Brian Tillman" wrote in message
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Steve Katz wrote:

I exported the messages from Outlook Express to Outlook, then
exported to a .pst. Reformatted the laptop, now Outlook gives me a
error when I try to import the pst. The error is "the file is not a
personal folders file.". Anybody that can help I appreciate it.

You're probably out of luck. Whatever method you used to copy that PST
damaged it in such a way as to render it unusable. First, you should
never export to a PST. There's no need. Second you should never copy a
PST that Outlook can see while Outlook is still open. There may be a
commercial tool you can buy that may be able to repair that PST or recover
some of the data, but I don't hold out a lot of hope.
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Brian Tillman