Importing Archive File into Outlook 2013

We got a couple of new PCs for some users and one of them had an Archive folder in Outlook 2010. I still have the archive.pst file from the old PC and I'm trying to import it into Outlook 2013 but it's not working. It seems pretty straight forward but
after I choose the archive.pst file, it doesn't actually add anything. Am I missing a step?

Hi,
Please do the following steps to copy your archive.pst file to Outlook 2013 and open it:
1. Open Outlook 2010 in your old PC.
2. Click File > Open > Open Outlook Date File.
3. Copy the location of the Archive file from the opening windows(example: C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Outlook Files).
4. Close Outlook 2010, and paste the copied location in Windows Explorer and Enter it.
5. Copy the Archive file. (To double check the file is copied completely, we can paste it in the local old machine and open it to have a test.)
6. Paste the copied Archive file in new PC.
7. Open Outlook 2013 in new PC.
8. Click File > Open&Export > Open Outlook Data File, expand the location of your pasted Archive file and open it.
Then check whether there are any messages in the opened archive folder.
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