Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Fixing PST Files In Outlook

If you are a regular user of MS Outlook then you probably know quite a lot about PST files. Outlook saves all the relevant information like emails, calendars, journals, notes and contacts, in a PST file on the system’s hard disk. PST is the abbreviation for Personal Storage Table, which is a file extension used by Microsoft for products like MS Office Outlook. All the information is gathered from the Microsoft exchange mailboxes. Even though the PST file is stored on the system, it can be delivered to the server. By default, you will find these PST files of Outlook in the location specified by C: \Documents and Settings\USER\Local Settings\Application Data\MicrosoftOutlook . Here, USER is actually your Windows Login screen name. For your current mailbox, the default name of the file is outlook.pst, and archive.pst represents the archive file.

One of the prevalent issues MS outlook users have to face with PST files is their tendency to get damaged or corrupted. Once that happens, users are denied access to their MS Outlook accounts. Users will find they cannot start Outlook whatsoever.

You can either employ Outlook’s inbuilt tools to fix the corruptions, or you can also download some third party software that is capable of fixing Outlook PST file corruption.
MS Outlook typically tries fixing corruption on its own. If your Outlook program is trying to fix the PST files, a window will appear on-screen, informing about the repair process. Typically minor corruptions caused by file size extending limit or other issues can be repaired easily. If this automatic repair fails to fix the PST file then the user must see through the process and remove the corruption in the PST file.

  • Find the Inbox Repair tool. The name of the file or executable program is Scanpst.exe. If you chose to run the executable program, be careful not to have MS Outlook running simultaneously. 
  • A window will appear where you must type in the name of the PST file that is filled with corruptions. Browse to the PST file’s location and select it. 
  • Click Start to initiate the scan and repair process, if an error message appears make sure that you have Scanpst.exe in the file location mentioned. If not, find and run CNFNOT32.EXE, so that Scanpst.exe is installed. 
  • The Scanpst.exe program scans for errors and fixes any it finds. 

In case you still cannot start Outlook, then contact our support site for Outlook.

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