What Should You Know About Scanpst.exe
When you do install the OS “Microsoft Windows”, your system will also get a file called ’scanpst.exe’. When being installed, this file has the settings ‘hidden ’so it will not be remove accidentally. Once in a while, you knows why, the user database from Outlook (made by Microsoft), the .pst files, will have some internal problems to them. Microsoft Inbox Repair Tool is the main software used to repair (and to analyze) any problems related with Outlook. This Repair Tool will use scanpst when running.The following site pst file repair has all the infos needed about repairing PST file.
Most of the time, damages done to those files (PST and OST) will result in more damages to folders and data normally used by Outlook. When you want to recover files, folders, or diagnose and repair problems with the Inbox Repair Tool (or scanpst.exe), you should first run it. Since scanpst.exe was installed with the attribute ‘hidden’, we have to make it (and the related folders) visible for Windows, so it will be able to run it.You will find here corrupt pst file more infos about repairing damaged pst file while this website pst file recover has infos about recovering corrupt pst file.
Depending what version of Windows you are using, you can use the Find (or Search) tool to locate this file (scanpst.exe.), you can also find it manually. This file is usually found on C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOFFICE12 . Take into account that the drive (c:) vary from one configuration to the other.
First find the file (scanpst.exe) then simply double click it and it will run automatically. Once Scanpst.exe has started, it is required to click on Browse in order to locate the PST file. So after using the Browse option (in scanpst) to find the pst file, click on the Start one: the program will then diagnose and report any problems found along the way. Once done, simply click “OK” to end the whole process.
Once the program were used to find and fix problems within all the PST or OST files, you can use Outlook as usually. The ‘Lost and Found’ folder will now contain recovered folders found in the default folder location. Scanpst.exe have not been able to fix any files (or folders) that eventually you are finding in this “Lost and Found” section.
If you cannot recover some data using scanpst, then you should try Stellar Outlook PST Repair. This is an advanced PST data recovery software.