Often users prefer to open the OST files in various Outlook profiles other than the one which was originally configured to create the OST. In such type of cases, whenever a user tries to open the OST file in different Outlook profile, the client refuses to open the OST file. What could be the reason for such kind of behavior as shown by Outlook? Let us explore the reasons behind it and possible solution in order to address this kind of problems.
Towards the first step in figuring out the reasons responsible for the inability of Outlook to open the OST files is first understanding how OST files are configured and synchronized
Getting Underneath the Creation of OST Files
Whenever Outlook is launched, it requires to read out its profile in order to decide on the messaging services or transports which it has to use. This profile is also known as MAPI.OST files are known as the snapshots of the mailbox data present on Exchange server and are created when the Exchange server mailbox are configured with Outlook in enabled cache exchange mode. These OST files allow users to work in offline conditions and update data to the server as soon as the connection is re-established.
During the creation of OST file, the unique ID of Exchange server mailbox creates a cookie which is in encrypted form. This cookie is stored by the MAPI profile. Now the unique ID of Mailbox can be approached only when it is connected to exchange server. So, generally a connection is required to be set up which will create a cookie and store that cookie in the MAPI profile whenever a user makes an approach to work in an Offline connection mode. Later, when the server connection is again established, the MAPI profile is read out in order to assess whether the cookie is there or not. If the cookie is not present, it means that this is not the Outlook profile that was used to create that OST file. So, it will deny in granting access for loading up the OST file .Further it will provide a warning for connecting to the Exchange server in order to re-create the cookie before you access the Outlook offline folders. Read More Info Visit: http://www.ost-to-pst.com/
Solution That Well Addresses Your Problem
Deleting the server mailbox and again creating it won’t really solve the problem. However, you can try with one suitable way out that is to convert the OST file into PST file. This will help you in accessing the content of OST files. As PST files are not tied to any MAPI profile.so, you can access it in any of the Outlook profile. Now, the question comes how to convert OST file into suitable PST file format. For OST File to convert in PST Format, we can depend on third-party solutions like OST to PST Recovery tool which provides a reliable way out for efficiently converting the corrupted, damaged OST files into PST file format.