Privacy is the key attribute whether for any email account whether at a personal or professional account. We can never expect how information on your email can be misused. Therefore, it is recommended for users to protect their data and the files as well. Outlook users can set up a password for their data files and the only way to open them is by entering the password. If an unauthorized user tries to access your emails, the person will have to know the correct password to unlock the file. So, this is good and protects the contents of your mailbox. But what will happen when you forget the password for the file and aren’t able to remember it. In that scenario, Outlook Password Recovery is the only option.
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When you Forget the Password
It can happen with anyone when you forget the password and aren’t able to access the file. As there is no option in MS Outlook to retrieve the Password as of yet, you can’t recover it from there. So, you won’t be able to access the file in Outlook. You will start getting the prompt of Incorrect Password.
Well, you have to employ a strategy that will allow you to access the password-protected file without entering the password. There are two approaches to this process, you can either use the manual strategy or you can use the automatic method. Both are good, but in the manual method, you have to do a lot of working to get the job done.
But the automatic method allows the users to access the contents without any hassle. So, the choice is yours, choose which one suits your needs. We are going to list both of the methods here and let you decide which is suitable.
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Manual Method for Accessing Password Protected File
There are two manual methods for accessing password-protected PST files.
There is this PST19upg.exe is a free utility that comes with Outlook 2003 or lower versions. This utility can unlock the password of a PST file by upgrading it to a new version. This utility will allow you to reset the password of the PST file without any issue. But it is limited to outlook 2003 or lower versions.
To reset the password of the PST with the manual method in Outlook 2007 or above versions this won’t work on earlier versions of Outlook; you have to keep that in mind. And one more thing, you have to know the password to reset it.
- Open Outlook and then select Tools from the menu to Account Settings.
- Click on the Settings button in the Data File Tab and choose the PST file you want to remove the password.
- In the new prompt, click on the Change password button, then enter the old password and new password for the file.
This way you can change the password for your PST file in Outlook 2007 or higher versions. But that is not the professional way to do it as you have to enter your earlier password. So, let’s look at the professional way to change the password for the protected PST file.
Access PST file in a Professional Way
If you are finding it hard to access the contents of the password-protected file using the above listed manual methods, then you use the Outlook Password Recovery tool to remove the password.
Yes, there are tools available that will help you with the Outlook Password Recovery process. With the Shoviv Outlook Password Recovery tool, you will be able to unlock the PST without any hassle. And the best part is that the tool is very easy to use. You will feel right at home as the interface is quite like Outlook.
Shoviv Outlook Password Recovery offers a demo version as well, but there is a limitation with it. You can only use the files of up to 200 MB in the Demo version. If you need the full version of the tool, go ahead and purchase it. The full version of the tool doesn’t have any limitation, you can use any file to recover the password.
Here is what you need to do to use the tool:
- First, you need to go to Shoviv website, download and install the tool
- Now, open it and click on the Browse button to select the PST file and then click on the Recover Password button.
- It will show the correct password to access the file in the password fields.
After that, you will be able to use that password in Outlook to access the contents of the file.
So, this is how you can access the password-protected PST file without breaking a sweat.
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