Never that I've seen. The "incompatible with current version" message is
only generated by trying to open UNICODE PST files in Outlook 2002 or
earlier. The read only tag or a corrupt PST generates "not recognized or not
a PST file."

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"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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Doesn't trying to open a .pst file that has the read-only flag set on it put
up the same warning?

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"Russ Valentine [MVP Outlook]" wrote in message
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There is no such thing as a PST file that is incompatible with Outlook
2003.
The only action that throws that error message is trying to open an
Outlook
2003 PST file in an older version of Outlook.
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Russ Valentine
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"Jonas M. Rogne" wrote in message
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No, it's pretty accurate. I actually reinstalled Office 2003 to make
sure.
The help-about sais it's "Outlook(r) 2003 v.11.5207.5207
I've noticed that the pst-file works on my father's computer
(v11.5608.5606)

I've come to the conclusion that this version of outlook must be somewhat
"bad" (with no way of fixing it except getting another version)... I'll
export it to another format from another computer to solve the problem.
Thanks anyway.

"Russ Valentine [MVP Outlook]" wrote
You post is inaccurate. You are not running Outlook 2003 at home, are
you?
You are running an older version and PST files from Outlook 2003 are not
compatible with older versions.
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