PST (Personal Storage Table) is the file that stores all Outlook email messages, contacts, appointments, tasks, journals etc. locally. The file can get corrupt due to various reasons including application errors, network errors, virus infection and more. A corrupt PST requires PST Repair Software to fix the issue. However while the file is corrupt, it shows various symptoms like email message inaccessibility, sending and receiving issues, slow Outlook performance and more frequently PST corruption error messages. In such cases, Outlook fails to read the file. One such error message that is encountered when PST file gets corrupt is:
“Client Error: 0×80040600”
This error is generally seen on systems with DesktopStandard Profile Maker Professional or DesktopStandard PolicyMaker Standard Edition installed. When user tries to place the corrupt PST file in replace or update mode, the attempt may fail with the above error message. Hence a solution is required to make Outlook work normally.
• DesktopStandard PolicyMaker is a tool to add functionality to GPO (Group Policy Objects) in terms of intuitiveness. It is installed on administrator’s workstation as the set of group policy extensions.
• DesktopStandard Profile Maker is a Group Policy Object editor that can do script integration.
Solution
In order to correct PST corruption, we can use Microsoft Outlook’s inbuilt PST Recovery utility that is known as scanpst.exe (Inbox Repair Tool). The tool is located at:
%PROGRAMFILES%\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\1033
But the tool can only repair when the corruption results due to application errors, hard drive errors like issues related with disk internal. But if the file is corrupt due to external reasons like virus infection or network errors, it may fail to repair PST. In such cases, PST Repair Software can work to repair and restore the damaged PST.
PST Repair utilities are meant to scan and extract data from damaged PST files in almost all cases of logical corruption. The applications are safe and non-destructive due to read-only design. These applications come with easy to use and largely graphical user interface. Thus, these user friendly applications can easily be used and implemented without any technical knowledge.
Stellar Phoenix Outlook PST Repair is the best PST Repair utility with powerful feature set and read-only nature. The user can choose restoration location or software uses the default one. It supports Outlook 2007, 2003, 2002 (XP) and 2000. It is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and NT4.
