Version History

Issues Fixed

OST2 Issues:

• Conversion would get stuck after PST file reaches maximum allowed size. A new error will be shown when such situation occurs;
• Application would close unexpectedly when converting specific file;
• Files would fail to convert if application files are stored on a network drive;
• Application was working incorrectly when architecture of the program would not match the system architecture;
• Additional message has been added that is displayed if Outlook is installed, but no Outlook profile is setup when starting the application;
• Other minor or cosmetic bug fixes.

Functional Updates

"Recovery Mode" of conversion for both orphaned and connected OST files. When using this mode in addition to usual conversion OST2 does the following:

• Un-hides items that are hidden in each folder of original file when saving them to destination;
• Recovers items from "Deleted Items" folder to a folder named "Recovered_Data" in destination data storage;
• Gets "First Name", "Last Name" and "E-mail Address" information from each Calendar item if they are present and creates corresponding Contacts in the "Recovered_Data"/Contacts;

Issues Fixed

OST2 Issues:

• Conversion would get stuck on 5% of progress and would not finish; Several cases are known when this could happen and they are now handled differently, corresponding error message is shown.
• Items, converted from OST to PST file, were empty (Outlook 2003 only);
• Filters would not work when transferring items from orphaned .PST file to new .PST file;
• “No files connected to Outlook were found" message would be shown when "Scan Outlook..." button is clicked (only for “Fall Creators Update” Outlook 2016 x64);
• PST file would not get created after conversion, error icon and "Conversion completed successfully" status is shown (only for “Fall Creators Update” Outlook 2016 x64);
• OST2 would remove the prefix “\\?” in Outlook data files path, which would make conversion not to work;
• Duplicates of default folders would be created in destination when converting orphaned IMAP “This computer only” folders;
• User could deactivate OST2 if he made 2 orders and one of them is more than 2 weeks old;

Functional Updates

• The improved Wizard - user can choose what is best for him and start Conversion, Migration or Transfer, follow simple Wizard and check the status of Conversion or Transfer in the last Step. Together with this, second goal was to seamlessly integrate OST PST Viewer and Safe PST Backup so that after conversion user has an option to either open file he just received or setup backup scenario (they still would have to download and install those tools).

Issues Fixed

OST2 Issues:

• After activating OST2 you do not need to restart the tool for activation to take affect
• Sometimes Contacts/Calendars/Notes were placed into wrong folder ("Drafts") in converted PST file, depending on orphaned OST file Outlook version

Functional Updates

• The conversion process is now performed 30%-50% faster than before; Speed improvement varies depending on the items to be converted size and type;

Issues Fixed

OST2 Issues:

• When converting, in case there was an item in the orphaned OST file over 5 MB in size, OST2 crashed;
• Several other minor / cosmetic issues fixed;