How do I open my Outlook 2003 .pst file in Outlook 2002

[hni2002]

How do I open my Outlook 2003 .pst file in Outlook 2002? I used the trial version of office 2003 from the MS site, but want to go back to what I own as I don't want to spend 400 bucks at this time. What can I do, so as not to lose this file and data.

[chilifrei64]

Have you tried

File -> open -> Outlook data file

???

[ziegel]

Outlook 2003 uses two kind of pst-formats:

ANSI-coded (used until Outlook XP, file size limited to 2 GB)

and

Unicode (introduced in Outlook 2k3)

Unicode PST's can't be read in earlier Outlook versions

Your only possibility is to create an old-style pst in Outlook 2003:

Go to File > Data File Management > Add...

Then Select "Office Outlook 97-2002 Personal Folders File"

After you've created this file, move every item from your - probably - Unicode pst to this one. The one you just created should open in earlier versions without any problems)