Outlook Data Files PST Usage is Disabled on this Computer

Summary: Microsoft outlook is one of the most used email clients nowadays. There is a huge amount of the audience who use it for corporate and personal email services. The data of the users get saved onto two file formats: one is PST and another one is OST. But, this email client is also full of issues which creates inconvenience to the user experience. One of these blunders is ‘Outlook Data Files(.pst) Usage is Disabled on this Computer’. So, let’s try to fix this issue up.

What is the Error “Outlook Data Files(.pst) Usage is Disabled on this Computer”?

This error message can be easily seen on the Outlook version 2016, 2013 and 2010. The error comes in the scenario and prevents the user from adding PST files or adding a new data PST file. So, there is nothing to worry about and this error can be easily resolved by disabling “Prevent User from Adding New Data to Existing PST File” option.

How to Fix Outlook data files (.pst) Usage is Disabled Issue?

To resolve this issue, you can disable the “Prevent User from Adding New Data to Existing PST File” option in the settings. For doing so follow the below method:

1. Install the Office Administrative Template as per the Outlook version from the MS Download Center.
2. Now, open “Policy Management Support” and select the GPO that will be requested Custom settings. right-click on Default Domain Policy and select ‘Edit’.
3. Open the Outlook settings and go to Outlook Options. Select “Other” and click on Auto-Archive. Now, you have to Enable the Disable data file then Disable the Auto-Archive Settings.
4. Now, launch the Outlook application and navigate to the PST settings.
5. Disable the “Prevent User from Adding New Data to Existing PST File or Prevent using sharing Exclusive PST’s”.
6. Run gpupdate to instantly apply the GPO and log in.

Now, try to import or export the Outlook PST and you’ll not get the ‘Outlook Data Files(.pst) Usage is Disabled on this Computer’ error.

Automated Solution:

If the manual approach is tricky or not working for you then I’ll advise you to go for the automated solution. Aryson Outlook PST Repair Utility can easily remove this blunder for you and it gets the job done in no time. To remove the error you need to recover the PST file and replace the recovered file with the previous file. Follow the below method to recover the PST file using the tool:

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1. Download the tool and launch it.
2. Add the PST file by clicking on the Open button.
3. Select the recovery mode and click on OK.
4. Soon the tool will generate a preview of all the recovered data.
5. Now, click on the Save button and then provide the saving location by clicking on the browse button.
6. Soon all the restored data will get saved on the described location.
7. Copy the recovered file and replace it with the original file and you are good to go.

The utility can help you to remove this error in no time and you can easily enable the PST usage again.

Conclusion:

In this article, I have described two ways to remove the error “Outlook Data Files(.pst) Usage is Disabled on this Computer”. One is a manual approach and the other is an automated solution like PST File Repair. You can go for any of them. So, by disabling the “Prevent User from Adding New Data to Existing PST File” option, you can fix this issue. I hope it helped you out.

About The Author:

Rohan Wiese

Rohan Wiese is a Technical Writer at Aryson Technologies. He is an expert Email Forensic, Cloud Computing, and a passionate nerd with over 10 years of experience in technical content writing. He writes about Cloud Migration, Database Recovery, Email Backup, Windows, Mac, and Tech.

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