How to resolve error ‘messages cannot be imported from the mapi client vista’?

Windows Vista system comprises of Windows mail as an email client with the help of which all tasks associated with email management & other personal data & information management could be taken over with much ease & efficiency. In other words, it is could be assumed as the substitute of outlook express. With the help of the application, mails could be imported to & from different account in quite simple way. Also, it is possible to access data of other account, after the information has been imported.

In a particular instance as such there is the need of accessing outlook PST through Windows mail and user tries importing data but the process fail giving ‘messages cannot be imported from the mapi client vista' & this is most likely to be the result of corrupt outlook PST. To recover outlook data file after such an instance has taken place, effective third-party repair tool is required to be used.

The problem could be better understood with the help of an example, in which windows mail is being used on Windows Vista system. Thereafter when importing mails & other items from personal folder file, mapi error is received and this leads to abrupt termination of the process been taken over.

The error message one is likely to receive at that point of time is –

“ Messages cannot be imported from the MAPI client. MAPI is not installed on this computer or an error occurred while initializing it .”

This results in failure of the attempt to import PST mails.

What cause mapi client error in outlook?

The causes responsible for generation of above error messages –

• Outlook is not installed improperly
• Outlook PST files damage
• Other temporary issues with damaged or corrupt outlook data file

All these issue results in failure of the process to import data to Outlook PST, since the files are not in their usual working state.

How to fix ‘messages cannot be imported from the mapi client'?

To get rid of this very error, one is required to check whether outlook is properly installed or not. If issues are found in the context outlook application has to be installed once again. In cases outlook configuration is not done properly, the mapi error may be received. This needs to be corrected, along with that one must ensure that necessary outlook updates are installed or not. In cases of non availability of the same, process could not be completed successfully as the necessary support & help files aren't available.

However, if the error ‘messages cannot be imported from the mapi client' keeps occurring after this, the reason might be that the PST file is corrupt & would keep on creating problem with accessing. Outlook 2007 PST recovery in such cases is required to be done with the help of programs equipped in the same. The application with its thorough scanning & analyzing ability would make it possible to fix PST in all cases, no matter howsoever corrupt or damaged. Also, the application supports Outlook 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002 etc.