Category: "Windows"

Outlook read only PST files

April 7th, 2026

I've run into a scenario where Outlook PST files are being placed in a read only mode.  This is not ideal for managing email and keeping it for historical purposes.  

In the following keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\PST
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\PST
Setting the PSTDisableGrow to 0 will allow writing and setting it to 1 will disable writing.  

Unfortunately, these registry entries require admin to modify.

Use a policy to control PST files in Outlook
If I am not an administrator but I want to read the registry, what is easiest way to do it?

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I had this issue for many months.  It appears that a driver for CSR Harmony Bluetooth is the culprit.  The simple fix is:

Navigate to C:\Program Files\CSR\CSR Harmony Wireless Software Stack

and rename

BLEtokenCredentialProvider.dll 

to

BLEtokenCredentialProvider.dll.bad