File "kind" changed

The other day on my mac I moved my home directory from one HD to another (to separate my data from my system and apps). I stupidly forgot that this would affect my Outlook. After a bit of searching I discovered that the best way to get my outlook back was to copy across the old database file into its new location and rebuild it. I did this and it didn't work and overwrote the old database file with a new one.

However all was not lost as I back up my files and so I restored my backup from the previous day. When I create a new database file it has a little icon and when I open it in info it tells me that it's kind is a Microsoft Outlook Database. But the restored file I have downloaded simply says the kind is "file" and there is no icon.

When in open Outlook and try and rebuild this database it fails. Can anyone suggest what I need to do to return this file back to a database file? Is this a common problem with backups?

Thanks

 

I don't know anything about Outlook on Mac OS; all I know that it does not use a PST file as on Windows.

If you cannot find anyone to help you here, try at http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac