Version History

New Feature:

• Increase maximum file size allowed by Microsoft Outlook. In case you are converting a huge file (50GB or larger), conversion would fail. By increasing the maximum file size, you can avoid failing conversions!

Functional Changes:

• Updated the error message in case product cannot be started;
• Added a hyperlink to Outlook Toolbox website in case conversion process fails;

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;

Functional Updates

• The Free Edition now converts the orphaned OST files as well, but only 5 items per folder.

Issues Fixed

OST2 Issues:

• During the conversion, the status progress bar would disappear if you close and open the OST2 again;
• Some minor user interface issues have been fixed.

Functional Updates

• Improved support of the latest OST file formats. Some additional improvements have been made to support the latest OST file format of Outlook 2016.
• German, French, Italian and Spanish languages are added.

Issues Fixed

OST2 Issues:

• OST files could not be converted when Microsoft Outlook is installed, but not configured on the system (no Outlook profile created).
• In some cases non-default OST file connected to Outlook could not be converted.
• In some cases none or only one OST file was found during scanning, when multiple OST files were connected to current Outlook profile.
• Application was always started with Windows start regardless of the setting in config file. Now by default application is not started automatically with Windows.>
• In some cases file shown in the “OST file to convert” was not the one that was set in config file.
• Next and last conversion time was not shown until the application is restarted.
• Email notification to “AdminEmail” set up in config file was not sent when conversion failed
• Parameter “Stop” to stop the current conversion process from command line was not working.
• In some cases parameter “Start” to start the conversion process from command line was not working.
• DestinationFolderCheckInterval” parameter settings were not applied after conversion failure when destination folder was not available.

Functional Updates

• Support of latest Microsoft Outlook 2016 and Windows 10. The product has been improved and fully tested with latest Microsoft Outlook 2016 and Windows 10.

The support of Outlook 2013 compressed OST files has been added. Additional improvements have been made to improve the support of OST files, created using Exchange ActiveSync compatible services (such as Outlook.com)on Outlook 2013.

• Enterprise edition needed to be restarted after activation.
• In some cases it was not possible to open the “Open File” dialog if Outlook profile is corrupt.

Functional Updates

• Conversion of unlinked (standalone) OST files support. Now any OST file that is not linked to current Outlook profile can be converted to PST file (Enterprise edition only).

Issues Fixed

• “SyncInterval” parameter in configuration file was not supported correctly.
• “SkipNonLocalOSTs” parameter in configuration file was not supported correctly.
• If several OST files were converted, and some conversions were not successful, the successful conversion status was still shown. Now a warning message appears in that case informing about the failed files.
• Several issues fixed related to the command line parameters.