Outlook Scanpst EXE
The best solution to fall back on when scanpst tool fails.
If you so choose to receive your emails in your local machine, they are stored locally in a file called PST. Archiving email items also create PST files in the local machine that contains precious data. These PST files are sometimes susceptible to corruption making all those messaging data stored within inaccessible to the users requiring repair. Microsoft offers a specialized tool for this purpose called scanpst.exe. This is a vendor-supplied tool that takes care of corrupt Personal Storage Files.
How to use scanpst.exe?
The first thing that you should look for is when to use this software? This inbox repair tool is like a first-aid kit for MS Outlook. Many a times while attempting to use the software, users encounter error messages such as “Cannot start Microsoft Outlook”, “Cannot Open the Outlook window”, “The set of folders cannot be opened.” etc. This utility can come to your rescue while facing these errors. There are others instances as well, when scanpst has been proved effective, for example, when Outllook crashed on opening, Send/receive option does work etc.
Now that, you have understood when to use scanpst.exe; the next logical question is where to find it? Answer is different for different versions of the Outlook and also depends on whether you are using 32 bit or 64 bit system. You can refer to any reliable site to get this information; just keep ready some information like what version of the Outlook you are using and you get to know the location instantly.
Launch the utility and browse the corrupt PST file. Next, click on the Start button; this will start the analysis process. Depending on the size of the PST file it may take some time. Once the analysis is complete, some additional information about your PST file such as number of folders and items within it will be displayed. Here you will also get this option to create a back up of the PST file before starting the repair process; you should select the option unless you already have a backup for the same.
Cannot repair PST file using Scanpst.exe
If all goes successfully, the scanpst.exe utility will show a message “Repair Complete” and you should be able to use this PST file. If the repaired process failed you can opt for a professional third-party tool or choose to restore it from backup. But before going for any of these check whether the PST is now accessible using Outlook. If so, simply copy the data to anew PST without going for anything further. However, when the scanpst fails and you don’t have any backup, the only option that you are left with is third-party software to perform corrupt PST repair.
Professional PST repair Tools
This third-party PST repair tool has been designed to tackle even severest of the PST corruption that could not be repaired by scanpst.exe utility. It performs impeccable recovery of corrupt PST files extracting all elemental data from the folder.
