Repair Outlook PST

How to set the startup folder in Outlook

admin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 04:25:53 +0000

Microsoft developed Outlook to provide computer users an easy way to share information, views, ideas, images, etc. through email. With every new release of MS Outlook, Microsoft adds some new features in the new version. In addition, the user interface is improved to simplify sending and receiving emails, scheduling calendar, creating notes, etc. With the continuous improvement in the graphical user interface of MS Outlook, interface of Outlook 2007 has been improved a lot. Using MS Outlook 2007 is much simpler than the previous versions of MS Outlook.

Everyone can easily use Outlook 2007. Even a novice computer user can easily send or receive emails using Outlook 2007. When you launch Outlook 2007, by default the Inbox folder is selected to let you view your emails. In case, you do not want the software to take you to the Inbox when you launch it, Outlook provides you the feature to easily configure the folder that you want to open at the time of software launch. For example, you want that when you launch the software the “Sent Items” folder should be selected then you need to configure the software to do the same. Execute the following steps to set the default folder that should be displayed when you start MS Outlook 2007:

Start MS Outlook 2007.
Select Tools > Option. The “Options” dialog box appears.
Select the Other tab.
Click the Advanced Options button. The “Advanced Options” dialog box appears.
Click the Browse button and select the folder that you want the Outlook to display on software start up.
Click the OK button.
Click the OK button.
Click the Apply button.
Click the OK button.
Restart MS Outlook.

Now, you see the folder that you have selected on the software startup.

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Making Outlook a default program

admin — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:00:44 +0000

When you are using multiple email programs on the same, sometimes there comes the need to have a default email program every time you need to send email, for contacts and calendars. Now you can ensure that MS Office Outlook is used when you send e-mail messages from any non-mail program.

When MS Outlook is not your default e-mail program, then you might come across following situations:

If you try to send a spreadsheet to a mail recipient from Microsoft Office Excel that is on a computer that has Office Outlook and Outlook Express installed, Office Outlook might not be used to send the e-mail message.
If you click a link on a Web page that is intended to open a new message window, your computer might not open the Outlook new e-mail message window, or it might use a mail program other than Outlook.
When you send a file from a program by pointing to Send To on the File menu, and then clicking Mail Recipient, the email program that is set as your default mail client is used to send the file.

But not to worry you can make Outlook your default email program and for that you need to perform the following steps:

On the Tools menu in Office Outlook, click Options, and then click the Other tab.
Under General, select the Make Outlook the default program for E-mail, Contacts, and Calendar check box.

You can take help of Kernel for PST software to Repair Outlook PST in case of corruption in Outlook .PST file.

Fix MS Outlook error- “Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook…”

admin — Mon, 03 May 2010 05:32:25 +0000

Microsoft Outlook PST might just lose emails as a result of file compression. Additionally, pst files are limited to a particular file size value and results in file corruption if the file exceeds the size. Often, email scanning done by antivirus software result in pst to become inaccessible and unreadable. Such events in the absence of backup make it imperative to Repair Outlook PST.

Such events when backup copies of the corrupt pst files are not available, you are forced to use a repair Outlook pst software. For example when you try launching Microsoft Outlook 2007, you might encounter error message mentioned below:

“Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window.”

After the occurrence of this error message, you find it difficult to start MS Outlook as well as opening your default profile. After reinstallation of application, you still come across the issue. Some possible reason for the issue persistence is:

Outlook navigation pane is problematic
Outlook profile is damaged
Outlook PST is corrupt

Fix these issues with the help of solutions given below:

Reset navigation pane- In order to reset the navigation pane, go to Start > Run and type ‘Outlook.exe/resetnavpane’. Restart Outlook and see if the problem is resolved.
If the above mentioned solution doesn’t works, delete the corrupt Outlook profile and create a new one with the previous account settings. Now attach the old Outlook data file (PST) to this newly create profile
If MS Outlook still doesn’t works and the error message pops up again then possibly the pst file is damaged. You need to repair the corrupt Outlook pst first by using Outlook Inbox Repair Tool (Scanpst.exe). The file is located at this location- :\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12

In case this tool fails to repair Outlook pst, then we suggest you to use a third party Outlook repair utility. Owing to its advanced and safe techniques, it can repair Outlook pst easily, so that no instance of corruption may halt your work.

Understanding the PST File

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:27:46 +0000

Personal Storage Table (PST) is an Outlook’s storage file where emails, notes, contacts, and other related items are stored. When you start Outlook then it establish communication with your mailbox on Exchange Server and downloads your emails, notes, saved emails (drafts), contacts, etc. into your Outlook profile. If any problem occurs in the PST file then Outlook cannot access your emails and related items into your Outlook profile. Problem in PST file leads to data loss that is everything stored in PST file gets lost. You loss all of your emails, notes, contacts, attachments, embedded images, hyperlinks, etc. Can you imagine losing such an important data? Nobody does that. So, the question is how will you get the lost data back.

Answer for the question is repairing of the PST file, which has been damaged due to logical or physical reasons. Despite the reason of the file’s damage, we just need to know that how to repair the PST file. One can repair the damaged PST file using Kernel for Outlook – Repair Outlook PST software. To use the software, you need to execute the following steps:

Download and install the software.
Browse the location of damaged PST file. If you do not know the location of PST file then execute the following steps:

Select the Account Settings option in the Tools menu.
Select the Data Files tab.
Copy the location of PST file.

Paste the copied location in the Browse for PST dialog box of Kernel for Outlook.
Start the scanning process.

After the software completes the scanning process, you will be provided with the Repair PST file that you can import into your Outlook profile.

Resolve the PST file did not close properly error message

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:04:00 +0000

Improperly exiting MS Outlook may damage the PST file where Outlook saves your email messages, notes, contacts, to-do-lists, etc. Once the PST file is damaged, you may come across severe data loss depending on the email messages, attachments, notes, contacts, etc. saved in the damaged PST file. After the PST file has been damaged due to abrupt closing of MS Outlook, you may receive the following error message when you start MS Outlook next time:

“A data file did not close properly the last time it was used and is being checked for problems. Performance might be affected while the check is in progress.”

When you enable the software to perform the required checks, the software displays following message:

“Data file check complete.”

Even when the check has been completed, there is no relief for you because the file has already been damaged. Now, you have to repair the file using any third-party Repair Outlook PST tool.

Kernel for Outlook is a third-party tool, which enables you to Repair Outlook PST file in just few easy steps. Follow the below given steps to repair the damaged PST file:

Download Kernel for Outlook – Repair Outlook PST software.
Install the software.
Browse the damaged PST file for repairing. If you do not know the location of PST file, execute the following steps:

Start Outlook.
Select Tools > Options.
Select the Mail Setup tab.
Click the Data Files button. The software displays location of all PST files.
Note the location.

Allow the software to scan the file.

After the software completes the scanning, you are provided with a repaired PST file.