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Scanpst.exe Not Responding: What to do?

Posted On : Sep-02-2011 | seen (420) times | Article Word Count : 378 |

If scanpst.exe fails to respond due to which you are unable to repair corrupt PST files then use third-party Outlook PST Repair Software. With the help of this effective software you can easily repair and restore damaged PST files.
MS Outlook is one of the popular and widely used email-client application which enables you to store and access your emails easily. It also store your personal informations like contacts, appointments, tasks, notes, reminders etc. All these informations get stored in .pst files which acts as personal storage table files in Outlook. These files are very much prone to corruption and easily gets damaged due to which you receive various error messages while access. Most of the times it happens that PST files becomes inaccessible. In order to resolve such problems, Microsoft has provided inbuilt repair utility which is commonly known as Scanpst.exe or Inbox Repair Tool. It is effective repair utility which repair your corrupt PST files and resolves common errors of Outlook.

Whenever you come across error messages like "PST access denied" or "Outlook.pst could not be opened
" you start executing Inbox Repair tool to repair the damage and fix the errors so that you can easily access the PST files. But at times it happens that scanpst.exe stops responding and tool fails to repair the corrupt PST files. Often users come across below error message while executing scanpst tool.

"scanpst.exe not responding"

As a result of above error message the PST files remain unrepaired and you are unable to access the stored informations. Usually, Inbox Repair Tool fails to respond in below mentioned conditions:

Faulty installation of Scanpst.exe file
Malfunctioning of application
Over-sized PST files
Severely corrupt PST files
Virus infection

In all above conditions Scanpst.exe fails to respond and unable to repair the corrupt PST files. Sometimes the error also appears when you start the scanning process before closing all Outlook programs due to which the inbuilt utility stops working. So, at first close all programs before you run Inbox Repair Tool. If the tool fails to repair the corruption due to large sized PST files or severely corrupted files then you need to use third-party PST Repair Software in order to repair the damaged PST files. Since, the inbuilt repair utility has certain limitations so it doesn't repair extremely corrupted files. In such situations third-party PST Repair Software will help you to repair and restore your corrupt PST files and its stored objects.

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Madona Albert is experienced article writer who has written numerous articles on various subjects. She has also won numerous awards and medals for her superb articles.Through this article you come to know how you can easily repair corrupt PST files when inbuilt Scanpst.exe fails to respond.

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