Outlook Error and its Solution

MS Outlook is an amazing email management application used my number of users for send/receive mails and storing information like mails, journals, contacts, tasks, notes, calendars etc that’s why it is often called as Personal information manager. Apart from this it allow user to work off line, there is no need to be connected with server every time in order to access your mails.

Outlook uses PST (Personal Information Manager) format for storing information. PST file have two parts
  • File Header
  • Data File
File header contains vital information like signature, compatibility and files size and if this part get corrupt or damaged MS Outlook won’t be able to recognize that PST.

Different error message that you may encountered:



1) Outlook.pst is not a personal folders file








2) Outlook.pst cannot be accessed – 0×80040116

Whenever the index file got damaged, you will encounter problem in accessing Outlook, slow performance or an error message- Outlook.pst cannot be accessed – 0×80040116.







3) The set of folders cannot be opened. Errors have been detected in the file Outlook.pst

The error message appears due to crossed 2 GB PST size issue in Outlook 2003 and previous version









4) Errors have been detected in the file <file-path>. Quit all mail-enabled applications, and then use the Inbox Repair Tool.








 Different Ways to prevent Outlook from these Errors

  • Don’t share PST files over shared network
  • Don’t shutdown system while Outlook is running
  • If your PST is saved in ANSI format, split it before it reaches its maximum limit 2 GB
  • While Outlook is running do not take backup of PST files

Effective Solution for Outlook Errors



To resolve above errors you need to fix Outlook file header corruption with the help of the scanpst.exe or Inbox repair tool that is inbuilt feature in Outlook to scan and repair corrupt PST. But even after that you are not able to repair it. Then try out third party tool – Outlook Recovery software for quick and save PST recovery process.

PST files may get corrupted due to many reasons, such as abrupt system shut down, virus, sudden power cut, and many other hardware and software reasons. Some of the above errors mainly arises due to PST oversize. Oversize issue is mainly encountered in Outlook 2003 or previous version. If PST files exceed file size limit to 2 GB then you may face these error messages on your screen.

Easy way to remove this error is to acquire Outlook recovery tool by SysTools. 




It allows you to recover Outlook emails, contacts, notes, tasks from corrupt or damaged PST files within few clicks only with meta data remain intact. You can even easily recover password protected PST files with this intuitive application. To get satisfactory results try out FREE demo trial of the tool. Also you can grab this tool in just $49. Fore More Info visithttp://www.pstrecovery.net/  

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