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Posted by Frank in Housto on May 30, 2007, 6:56 pm
Please log in for more thread options Ed,
Solution for getting WDS to index archived PST files:
1) download and install trial version of dtSearch
2) Use their mapitool.exe to convert your PST to .msg format
-- make sure to specify an output directory that is not in a hidden tree or
otherwise you will not be able to naviate to it and add it to the WDS index
list
-- command line something like this:
C:\program files\dtSearch\bin\mapitool.exe -xm c:\path\to\save\directory
myarchive.pst
-- Result will be a tree of directories matching the hierarchy inside the
PST file wiht each message being a separate file.
3) Go into WDS indexer setup and add your save directory or one of its
parents to your index list
"Frank in Houston" wrote:
> Ed,
>
> I think that you must have the PST open in outlook in order for WDS to see it.
> You can control this from Settings>Control Panel>Mail>Data Files...
>
> I am struggling with the same and I am going to try and convert to another
> format like .msg to see what happens.
>
> -Frank
>
> "Ed." wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone.
> > I'm starting to be pretty desperate, crawling the web for days without
> > finding any answer, so I'm trying to ask my question here.
> >
> > My configuration is: Windows XP Pro (SP2 + all updates), Office 2007
> > Professional Plus and (just installed) the latest version of WDS. My Outlook
> > works with my Exchange mailbox, and I'm also maintaining PST file for
> > archiving old items (the PST was created in my old Outlook XP, and
> > transferred to the new machine).
> >
> > The problem is that, no matter what I try to do, I can't make WDS find
> > Outlook items stored in the PST! It readily finds all the items with the
> > specific search words in the Exchange mailbox, but doesn't even show any
> > result from the PST (which does, of course, have relevant items).
> > I've tried to uncheck and then re-check the "Personal Folders" option in the
> > Search Options dialog, tried to rebuild the index - nothing helped!
> > So as for now, I'm pretty desperate and starting to think about going back
> > to Google Desktop Search I was using before...
> > This forum is really my last resort... So any help will be highly
appreciated!
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
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