Problem with microsoft outlook?

December 28th, 2009 | by admin |

I can’t open outlook I get an error message where it tells me to run the inbox repair tool, when I run the inbox repair tool it gets so far and then freezes. Please help

1. The repair can take hours if you have a lot of e-mails – have you given it enough time.

2. Go to the backup that you have created somewhere (e.g. on a DVD) and recover the outlook.pst file and put it into C:\Documents and Settings\yourname\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook.

3. What – no backup! Well if all else fails, look for a file called outlook.pst in C:\Documents and Settings\yourname\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook and rename it. Then restart outlook and it will create a new mailbox for you (everything will be lost from your old mailbox). You can then go into file / import / import from another program or file / then choose the filename that you renamed your old outlook.pst to and see if you can re-import any part(s) of the old outlook (If you want it anyway).

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  2. By Peter G on Dec 29, 2009 | Reply

    1. The repair can take hours if you have a lot of e-mails – have you given it enough time.

    2. Go to the backup that you have created somewhere (e.g. on a DVD) and recover the outlook.pst file and put it into C:\Documents and Settings\yourname\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook.

    3. What – no backup! Well if all else fails, look for a file called outlook.pst in C:\Documents and Settings\yourname\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook and rename it. Then restart outlook and it will create a new mailbox for you (everything will be lost from your old mailbox). You can then go into file / import / import from another program or file / then choose the filename that you renamed your old outlook.pst to and see if you can re-import any part(s) of the old outlook (If you want it anyway).

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