PstPassword v1.16 - Recover lost password of Outlook PST file.

Download PstPassword in zip file (pstpassword.zip)

Description

PstPassword is a small utility that recover lost password of Outlook .PST (Personal Folders) file.

System Requirements

This utility can recover the PST passwords of Outlook 97, Outlook 2000, Outlook XP, Outlook 2003, and Outlook 2007. You don't have to install MS-Outlook in order to use this utility. You only need the original PST file that you locked with a password.

Known Problems

False Alert Problems: Some Antivirus programs detect PstPassword utility as infected with Trojan/Virus. Click here to read more about false alerts in Antivirus programs

Password Encryption in PST File

The password encryption in the PST file is very weak, and for each password-protected PST file, there are many passwords that can open it.
PstPassword provides 3 different passwords for each password-protected PST file. It's possible that one of them will be the origianl password that you typed, and it's also possible that none of these passwords will be identical to the original one. However, all 3 passwords provided by PstPassword will open the PST file without problems.
For more interesting facts about the PST password encryption, click here.

Using PstPassword

PstPassword doesn't require any installation process or additional dll files. In order to start using it, just run the executable file, PstPassword.exe
After you run PstPassword, the main window displays the list of all PST files of the current logged on user (Under Documents and Settings\User Name\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook). For each password-protected PST file, PstPassword provide 3 alternative passwords that will open the PST file. If the PST is not protected by a password, the 3 password columns remain empty, and the CRC value column is 0x00000000.
If you want to recover a password of PST file that doesn't appear in the default list, you can press F7 and select the desired PST file, or simply drag the PST file from Explorer window into the main window of PstPassword.
If from some reason PstPassword fails to read a PST file, an error message is displayed under the error column, and the item is painted with pink color.

Command-Line Options

/stext <Filename>	Save the list of PST passwords into a regular text file.
/stab <Filename>	Save the list of PST passwords into a tab-delimited text file.
/scomma <Filename>	Save the list of PST passwords into a comma-delimited text file.
/stabular <Filename>	Save the list of PST passwords into a tabular text file.
/shtml <Filename>	Save the list of PST passwords into HTML file (Horizontal).
/sverhtml <Filename>	Save the list of PST passwords into HTML file (Vertical).
/sxml <Filename>	Save the list of PST passwords to XML file.
/pstpath <Folder>	Specify the folder that contains the PST files. If you don't specify this parameter, the default Outlook path is used.
/pstfiles <PST File 1> <PST File 2>...	Specify one or more pst files to load.

Examples:
PstPassword.exe /stab "c:\temp\pass.txt"
PstPassword.exe /stab "c:\temp\pass.txt" /pstpath "c:\temp\pst-files"
PstPassword.exe /scomma "c:\temp\pass.txt" /pstfiles "c:\temp\pst-files\pst1.pst" "c:\temp\pst-files\pst2.pst" "c:\temp\pst-files\pst3.pst"

Translating PstPassword To Another Language

PstPassword allows you to easily translate all menus, dialog-boxes, and other strings to other languages.
In order to do that, follow the instructions below:

1. Run PstPassword with /savelangfile parameter:
   PstPassword.exe /savelangfile
   A file named PstPassword_lng.ini will be created in the folder of PstPassword utility.
2. Open the created language file in Notepad or in any other text editor.
3. Translate all menus, dialog-boxes, and string entries to the desired language.
4. After you finish the translation, Run PstPassword, and all translated strings will be loaded from the language file.
   If you want to run PstPassword without the translation, simply rename the language file, or move it to another folder.