Occurrence of the error message in any of the application is the common scenario which often occurs and the user goes for the resolution. This usually happens due to some malfunction in some system files or due to some corruptions. The e-mail client MS Outlook is also not untouched with it. This application serve many of the e-mail related needs and thus is widely accepted by the users.
But this may happen that after the successful closing of the account, the next day when you start MS Outlook, you may receive error message like:
“Unable to display the folder,[<file path>]Outlook.pst could not be accessed, access denied.”
Root of the Problem
These are the PST files which Store all the data of the Outlook account. This includes your e-mails, calendar data, tasks, notes etc. as the error message specifies, this error message generates when there is some corruption error in the Outlook.pst file. The corruption reason may vary from the virus attack to some system file malfunctioning but either of the case require PST repair.
Way Out
There is an inbuilt utility in Outlook called Scanpst.exe which is there to repair the corrupted PST. So you may try out repairing the damaged PST using this tool. This you can carry out after logging off your account.
If the problem still persists then you can have Scandisk.exe run on the hard disk to ensure hard disk integrity. You can also try out moving the damaged PST to some other location and then try to access it.
If this does solve your problem, then the damaged PST has been declared beyond repair by Microsoft and the reinstallation of Outlook has been suggested. But actually this is possible through the software help which is particularly called PST repair software. If you have performed reinstallation of Outlook then also you may need this utility as that can corrupt more PST files.
So the entire repair Outlook PST tasks are under control of this software. These PST recovery software run the suitable algorithms to scan the corrupted file and to have a reliable PST repair. Depending upon the file version of Outlook you are running, you can choose the required software. But better choose the one which supports almost all of the file versions.
Stellar Phoenix Outlook PST Repair Software is the most advanced and in demand PST repair software. Various achievements in repairing PST are the major cause of the popularity of this PST repair utility. This software is compatible with Outlook 98, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2007.
This PST repair can repair all the e-mails and other of the Outlook objects. This is also able to repair the password protected files. The data repaired can be saved in the PST file on any of the disks visible by the host operating system. The user interface of this PST repair software is interactive and easy to use.
You can have its free demo version from the company’s website and can check the usability and the user interface.