Fix the. OST or. Pst file in microsft Outlook

Fix the. OST or. Pst file in microsft Outlook
If your computer has Microsoft Outlook data in memory, you are using a personal folder file (. Pst) or an offline folder file (. Ost ). To prevent data loss, you need to know how to fix these files.

If your. Pst file is damaged, a tool in outlook may be able to fix the fault, instead of switching to the backup copy. This tool is the inbox repair tool. It is installed on the hard disk when you install outlook.

If your. ost file is damaged, a tool in outlook may be able to fix the fault. This is an OST integrated tool that can scan and repair. ost files. If the tool cannot completely solve the problem, you can disable the. ost file and create a new. ost file.

Fix the personal folder file (. Pst)
If you receive the following message when opening the. Pst file of outlook, you may need to use the inbox Repair Tool:

The folder cannot be expanded. You cannot open a folder set. An error may be detected in the drive: \ Documents ents and Settings \ User \ Local Settings \ Application Data \ Microsoft \ Outlook. Pst file. Exit all email enabled applicationsProgramAnd then use the inbox Repair Tool.

Note that the file path specified by this information may vary depending on the operating system used by the computer.

To fix the. Pst File

On the Start Menu, click Run ".

In the open box, enter

Drive: \ Program Files \ common files \ System \ mapi \ localeid \ scanpst.exe

Localeid is the lcid used for Microsoft Office installation. For example, the lcid of English (U.S.) is 1033. For a list of lcids, see Microsoft Office help.

To fix the PST folder in Windows 2000 and Windows XP, do the following:

On the Start Menu, click Run ".

In the open box, enter

C: \ Program Files \ common files \ System \ mapi \ 2052 \ scanpst.exe

However, for Windows, you can check that the directory behind mapi is not. Then, you can find the scanpst.exe program and start the program to repair it.

To fix the OST folder in Windows 2000 and Windows XP, do the following:

On the Start Menu, click Run ".

In the open box, enter

C: \ Program Files \ common files \ System \ mapi \ 2052 \ scanost. exe

However, for Windows 2000 in English, the directory after mapi may not be 2052, but others. after entering the directory at the next level, you can find the scanost. exe program and start the program to repair the relevant operations.

If you cannot find this program on your computer, click here to download the program package we have already installed, and then directly execute scanpst.exe and scanost. EXE in the directory to repair the file.

Click OK ".

In the "Enter the file name to be scanned" box, enter the path and file name given in the preceding error message.

Note that you may not be able to find the file using the Browse button because it is in a hidden folder.

To change the option for recording errors during scanning, click options ". If you select "replace log" or "APPEND to log", the record file is saved in the same directory as the. Pst file.

Click Start ".

After the file scan is complete, select the "back up files to be scanned before repair" check box.

Click repair ".

If the file is successfully repaired, you will see the "fixed" information. If the inbox Repair Tool cannot repair the file, you need to use the file backup.

Use the backup file as the new Master File

Start outlook.

On the File menu, click data file management ".

Select the damaged. Pst file and click Delete ".

Click "add", select "person folder file (. Pst)", click "OK", and then select the. Pst file for which you want to create a new main file.

 

Click OK ".

Do not rely entirely on the inbox Repair Tool to fix faults. Creating a regular. Pst file system is an important measure to prevent data loss. There are several ways to back up a file, including copying it to another location, backing up all the files on your computer, or using the personal folder backup utility, which can be obtained from the Office online tools site.

Fix offline folder files (. Ost)
If you encounter the following situations, you may need to scan and repair your. ost file:

A large number of conflicting items are encountered.

When you are offline, you cannot open a specific outlook project.

An unexpected synchronization error message is received, as shown in the synchronization record in the "delete items" folder ).

The following message is received:

The folder cannot be expanded. You cannot open a folder set. An error may be detected in the drive: \ Documents ents and Settings \ User \ Local Settings \ Application Data \ Microsoft \ Outlook. ost file. Exit all email-enabled applications and use the inbox Repair Tool.

Note that the file path specified by this information may vary depending on the operating system used by the computer.

In addition, you may be able to open the folder in. ost, but there is always a synchronization error message. This can happen when a single email is corrupted and synchronous processing cannot be corrected. You can use the OST integration tool to repair damaged emails or remove these emails, so that synchronization can be successful.

Important if the OST integration tool cannot open the. ost file, you may need to first run scanpst.exe (see the first step above ).

To scan and repair. ost files

Disable Outlook.

On the Start Menu, click Run ".

In the open box, enter

Drive: \ Program Files \ common files \ System \ mapi \ localeid \ scanost.exe

Localeid is the region settings identifier (lcid) used to install Microsoft Office ). For example, the lcid of English (U.S.) is 1033. For a list of lcids, see Microsoft Office help.

Click OK ".

Click scan all folders or select the folder to scan ". If you click scan all folders, the scan may take several minutes.

Select the "repair error" check box.

Click Start scan ".

The Operation Details executed during scanning and repair are saved as emails in the outlook "deleted emails" folder with the topic "OST integrity check ".

If the offline folder file cannot be repaired, you can disable it and create a new file.

Disable the. ost file and create a new file

On the Tools menu, click "email account", click "view or change existing email account", and then click "Next ".

In the list, click Microsoft Exchange server, and then click Change ".

Click "other settings ".

Click the "advanced" tab, and then click "offline folder configuration ".

Click "Disable offline function ".

In the file box, enter the path to the new. ost file. The default file name is outlook. OST. If the file name already exists, the system prompts you to enter a new file name.