Microsoft KB Archive/195961

= OL2000: ErrMsg " .pst could not be accessed" =

Article ID: 195961

Article Last Modified on 10/9/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q195961





SYMPTOMS
When attempting to start Microsoft Outlook, you may receive the following error message:

Cannot start the reminder services. Unable to show reminders. The file .pst could not be accessed because another workstation has modified it. Close then restart all mail enabled applications.



CAUSE
Either a corrupted service in the profile or too many services in the profile may cause this problem.



RESOLUTION
Create a new profile and add the services one at a time, testing between each.

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Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB195961

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