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5talents

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Jan 8, 2009, 11:10:00 PM1/8/09
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Today my wife's hotmail account got hacked. All that's left on her computer
is a large outlook.nst file (1 GB) and some small .pst files (28MB). She can
no longer access her hotmail account. It seems to me that her old e-mails and
contacts are in the outlook.nst file, but we cannot open it. Can anyone tell
me what is stored in the .nst file and how we can read it?

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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Jan 8, 2009, 11:19:52 PM1/8/09
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Make a copy of the file before you try this.

Rename the file to outlook.pst and then try to open it in Outlook using
File->Open->Outlook Data File.

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How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


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5talents

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Jan 9, 2009, 7:01:01 AM1/9/09
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Milly,
I tried that. Outlook said "not a .pst file". After searching online, I
found one instance of someone else having a similar problem (in early 2008).
They renamed the file to .ost and then paid $200 to convert it to a .pst
file. I tried a demo version of some software to do this - the e-mail comes
through but the contacts don't.

We are running the latest version of "Outlook Connector". Is there anyone on
that team that can tell me what is in the .nst file? Apparently, it is
undocumented.

Regards,
5talents

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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Jan 9, 2009, 5:27:31 PM1/9/09
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An .ost file is for Exchange offline folders, not for any data used by a
non-Exchange server user.

Interesting...

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5talents

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Jan 11, 2009, 11:56:00 AM1/11/09
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Milly,
Do you have any idea what is in a .nst file? It somehow synchronizes Outlook
and Hotmail. E-mail is definitely stored in the file (as I said we renamed it
to .ost and used a 3rd party recovery program to read parts of it). Anyone
from the Outlook Connector team read these discussions?

anacharcis

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Dec 16, 2009, 5:06:25 PM12/16/09
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Hi 5talents,
I have the same problem... Have you found a solution to it?

wiese...@gmail.com

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Aug 7, 2019, 7:18:04 AM8/7/19
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You can change or rename xxx.nsf file as xxx.ost file then try OST Recovery software to easily open with Outlook.

https://www.arysontechnologies.com/ost-recovery.html

Roger Watson

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Jan 12, 2022, 7:20:38 AM1/12/22
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If you are looking for the best OST Repair tool, I would recommend you to have a free trial tool with OST Repair tool. It will help you to know about its features and workability.

Visit at : https://www.osttopstapp.com/ost-recovery.html
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