From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

If you can open it in a newer version, you could in any case export to a
tab-delimiter (or some such) file and import back to the "old"
version, even if the pst file itself is not compatible. Lots of work, yes,
but doable if all else fails.


Antti Kurenniemi

"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:433d6391$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> OK, based on that (32 bit vs 64 bit), would that over 2gig limit file be
> openable with Office 2003?  Would I then be able to compact it/clean it
> up, and then when it's properly "shrunk" in size, re-open it
in Office XP,
> or does Office 2003 make a change to the file during it's
> opening/compacting that's not backward compatible?
>
> (Thinking out loud, in finding a machine with Office XP installed, and
> using that to repair the particular PST file).
>
> --
>
> Glenn M.

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