How to Add a Password to a PST File

Microsoft Outlook is an email and organization tool that allows users to manage their contacts, email messages, tasks and calendars in one place. A user's information that pertains to these operations is kept in a PST file on his system. If you want your PST file to be restricted in terms of who can view the data, you can protect it with a password.

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  Launch your Outlook application.

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  Click "Go" in the main menu bar. Scroll down and click "Folder List."

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  Right click on the "Personal Folders" file and choose "Properties For Personal Folders" if your account is a POP3. If your account is HTTP, right click the "account name" folder and then click "Properties For (account name)."

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  Click the "General" tab and then click "Advanced."

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  Choose "Change Password." Type in your new password and type it again in the appropriate fields. Click the "OK" button on the three pages that are up. Restart Outlook.