PST restore fails with error “Error reading source file. Restore failed due to outlook not installed on this machine. MAPI Initialization failed.”

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Description

Error Message

“Error reading source file. Restore failed due to outlook not installed on this machine. MAPI Initialization failed.”

Cause

The Microsoft Outlook client is not installed on target computer.

Resolution

To restore a PST file that was backed up using the "Enable message level incremental backups of Outlook PST files" option the appropriate 32-bit or 64-bit Outlook client version has to be installed on the computer where you want to restore the PST files.

This means that if a redirected restore of the PST file is being done to the DLO Admin Server the Outlook client has to be installed on the server.
 

Issue/Introduction

PST restore fails with error “Error reading source file. Restore failed due to outlook not installed on this machine. MAPI Initialization failed.”