I am trying to extract some data from a .pst file using win32com.client as described in the answer of Read PST files from win32 or pypff. However, when I run the code I receive the following error:
File '<'COMObject GetNamespace'>', line 2, in AddStore pywintypes.com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (4096, 'Microsoft Outlook', 'The Outlook data file (.pst) failed to load for this session.', None, 0, -2147467259), None)
The code I used is:
import win32com.client
def find_pst_folder(OutlookObj, pst_filepath) :
for Store in OutlookObj.Stores :
if Store.IsDataFileStore and Store.FilePath == pst_filepath :
return Store.GetRootFolder()
return None
def enumerate_folders(FolderObj) :
for ChildFolder in FolderObj.Folders :
enumerate_folders(ChildFolder)
iterate_messages(FolderObj)
def iterate_messages(FolderObj) :
for item in FolderObj.Items :
print("***************************************")
print(item.SenderName)
print(item.SenderEmailAddress)
print(item.SentOn)
print(item.To)
print(item.CC)
print(item.BCC)
print(item.Subject)
count_attachments = item.Attachments.Count
if count_attachments > 0 :
for att in range(count_attachments) :
print(item.Attachments.Item(att + 1).Filename)
Outlook = win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application").GetNamespace("MAPI")
pst = r"C:\Users\djmey\Desktop\PSTChecker\MyINBOX.pst"
Outlook.AddStore(pst)
PSTFolderObj = find_pst_folder(Outlook,pst)
try :
enumerate_folders(PSTFolderObj)
except Exception as exc :
print(exc)
finally :
Outlook.RemoveStore(PSTFolderObj)
If anyone has any clue what is causing this or has a good idea of where I should be looking, please let me know.
