Fix MS Outlook 2007 Startup Issue in Windows Vista!

PST which stands for ‘Personal Storage Table’ is a file which is associated with the MS Outlook application of Windows. This file acts as a storehouse for this application as it stores all the Outlook applications which includes emails, calendar entries, journals tasks and other related items. Till the PST file is working fine you will not experience any issue related to the Outlook account, but once it develop errors, major issues related to it will appear and interrupt the user to perform the regular tasks in Outlook like Outlook might experience startup problems and so on. Is such situation you need a perfect solution to resolve the PST issue and that’s why Inbox Repair Tool of Outlook is a good option, but in case this inbuilt tool failed to repair the PST issue then to ensure the integrity of the PST data third party PST Repair Vista software need to be used.

Let’s consider a situation where when you launch MS Outlook 2007 application in Windows Vista system to send some important mails or messages, you received an error message which says –

"xxx.pst file could not be opened. The file may not be compatible with this version of Outlook or it may be corrupted."

After the error message the Outlook application terminates.

Cause

These are some conditions which will restrict the user to launch MS Outlook application in this situation –

• The PST file of Outlook is located some where in an encrypted folder.
• You might have made the backup status and configuration programs to backup the entire PST file.
• You might have used or restored the backup that has been done before.

Solution

To fix the issue caused due to the above mentioned situation, you need to follow the below mentioned steps –

• To begin with use the inbuilt Inbox Repair Tool to repair and recover the data from the damaged or corrupt PST file.
• After that, close Outlook 2007, click ‘Start’ > ‘Control Panel’ > User Accounts > Mail > Data Files > Personal Folders > Settings.
• From there note the text in the file name box and click ‘OK’ and ‘Close’.
• After that go to ‘Start’ > ‘Search’ and type the following – “%ProgramFiles%MicrosoftOffice/Office12” and then press ‘Enter’
• Now, type the path and file name of the PST file and enter the name of the file which you want to scan.
• Then click ‘Start’ and when the Scanpst.exe completes the process click ‘OK’.

If the problem still persists there after, then you should better grab third-party PST Repair Vista software and try to repair and recover the corrupt or damaged PST file. This will surely resolve the issue and make the PST file accessible.