OL97: How to Password Protect a Personal Folder (.PST)

ID: Q177547

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Outlook 97

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Outlook, it is possible to prevent others from accessing your mail, contacts, and calendars, by assigning a password to your personal folders.

MORE INFORMATION

To add a password to your personal folders, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and click Control Panel.

2. In the Control Panel, double-click the Mail and Fax icon.

3. On the Services tab, click to select Personal Folders and click

   Properties.

4. In the Personal Folders dialog box, click Change Password.

5. Type your new password and verify it by typing it a second time.

6. Make sure that the "Save this password in your password list" check box

   is cleared (not checked). The prevents the password from being cached.
   You will need to type it each time you run Outlook.

7. After you have entered the password successfully, click OK three times.

The next time you start Outlook, you will be prompted to type a password before viewing the contents of the personal folder.

REFERENCES

For more information about user profiles, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID:  Q162203
   TITLE     :  OL97: User Profiles and Information Services

Additional query words:

Keywords          : Gnlsec 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: February 12, 1999