I have a similar problem to what is described below--I did check the Task
Manager and, on the Processes tab, it does NOT show outlook.exe. I had
closed down the computer and rebooted and the first action was to try to copy
Outlook 2003 mail (outlook.pst size shown as 214,384 k). I am using Windows
XP Home Edition.

Do you know what else could be causing the problem? I would like to be able
to back up my email file--is there another way to back it up?
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Please do not spam


"resonator80" wrote:

I am using Office 2003 on Windows XP.

Periodically I copy oulook.ps to an external hard drive as a backup.

When I try to do it now, I get the message "Cannot copy outlook: The
process cannot access the file because another process has locked a
portion of the file."

I have rebooted, but that doesn't fix the problem.

By the way, the outlook.ps is large, slightly over 4 GB.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Bill Edelstein
Baltimore