Search PST files
Outlook stores archives and mailbox exports in PST files – often over years, spread across drives and backups. Lookeen reads these files directly and searches them together with your mailbox.
How it works
Read directly
Lookeen indexes PST and OST files itself. Outlook doesn’t need to be open – which is faster and more reliable.
At the workplace
Lookeen Desktop searches every PST file opened in Outlook. In the settings, you see which file each folder comes from.
Centrally on the server
Lookeen Server indexes single PST files or whole folders of them, each on its own schedule – down to “once” for closed archives.
Good to know
- Attachments included: files inside PST archives are searched by content too.
- Old mailboxes: exports of former employees stay searchable without opening them in Outlook.
- Damaged files: if Lookeen can’t read a file, Microsoft’s scanpst tool usually helps.
Frequently asked questions
What is a PST file?
Personal Storage Table – the file format Outlook uses to store email, appointments, contacts and tasks locally, for archives and exports for example. OST files are the local copy of an Exchange mailbox.
Can Lookeen search PST files on network drives?
Yes. Lookeen Server indexes PST storage on network drives centrally; Lookeen Desktop searches the files opened in Outlook.
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