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