Lock your Outlook data information to prevent unnecessary interruption. Now you can set and reset password in Outlook PST. But the most important thing is once you forget password then Microsoft won’t be able to recover it. Microsoft provides free Tool to recover forgotten password for ANSI users but Unicode users have to purchase a third party tool to recover forgotten password.
We suggest you to use Outlook recovery software (http://www.outlook-recovery.msoutlooktools.com/) to get forgotten password back. The software has utility to fix deleted and password protected Outlook emails .
2. Password in Outlook PST is set to protect
Outlook Details. Its helps to avoid
unplanned disruption by other Persons who
share your computer . When password is
used, a password prompt is pop up when
Outlook starts.
3. Some Important Points to be Remember
Outlook Password is not able to provide
security against deliberate malicious
attempted to access information
You can create password-protected
Windows user account for improved way to
confine access to your data
If you are running Outlook through
Microsoft Exchange then you unable to set
password for your Outlook data .
You can set password for entire Outlook
PST file but you can't set password for
individual folder within PST
6. Steps 2:
Click on "Data Files " option.
Then click the PST for which you want to set the password
Click on setting to open the Personal Folders dialog box
8. Steps 4 : Set New Password , the
password can be 15
character long case
sensitive. In verify
password tab, type new
password again
Don't select the save
this password in your
password list check box
Click on OK button again
Click on Ok Button
9. Note :
It is difficult that you remember your password. If you
forget your password, Microsoft cannot retrieve it.
Therefore, always store passwords at secure place .
13. Step 2 :
Click on "Data Files " option.
Then click the PST for which you want to set the password
Click on setting to open the Personal Folders dialog box
17. You can recover forgotten Password from MS Outlook
PST .If you have set a password and accidently forget
it then you can remove it by using Free Microsoft Tool
named pst19upg.exe from Microsoft. But Free tool
works for ANSI Format only . Unicode users has to
purchase Outlook Recovery Software
(http://www.outlook-recovery.msoutlooktools.com/) .
18. For more information visit :
http://www.msoutlooktools.com/category/security/backup/