Are you using Microsoft Outlook to send/receive emails or messages in your business?
Facing problem with your Personal Folders File data (.pst)?
Generally, many people prefer Outlook application to send/receive emails or messages in business. But many times, Outlook user faces some error in their system while importing and restoring a corrupted or damaged Outlook PST File.
Error Message: PST is not a Personal Folder File
The above-given Outlook error irritates users and not enables them to access Outlook PST File data. When “PST is not a Personal Folder File” error occurs in the Outlook, it means data is corrupted and then there is no way to access data via using Microsoft outlook.
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Now, what is the possible solution or method to overcome these troubleshoots?
Reasons for Occurrence of Error in PST-
When the user receives an error, the first question comes in the user’s mind that what is the exact reason behind such errors?
The reasons for this error are:
- Network link problems and power failure
- Corruption in mailbox data files
- Misconfigured system files
- Invalid username or password
- Software Related Issues
- Computer Virus Attacks
- Wrong Shutdown Procedure
Let’s discuss the methods that can help a user to troublesome Not a Personal Folders File in Outlook
To resolve this error, there are two ways as discussed below:
Method 1:
Users can use the Inbox Repair Tool (scanpst.exe) to repair the corrupted or damaged Outlook PST files. This Tool is the inbuilt feature and free of cost in the MS Outlook. It easily scans corrupted or damaged PST files and recovers it. Some few steps to repair the damaged PST file by using scanpst.exe utility.
- Open scanpst.exe utility
- Write the file name or path name
- Initiate the strategy
- Now, you can restart your MS Outlook
Limitation: Scanpst.exe utility is only able to handle little bugs of PST file.
Method 2:
Scanpst.exe is not the best and effective solution to repair and recover all outlook errors. It repairs only little bugs of the PST file. To fix all outlook errors, there is a third party tool namely, Outlook PST File Repair Tool. This tool restores all Outlook mailbox items such as email, calendar, contacts, tasks, notes as well as journal, etc. from corrupt Outlook PST file. Importantly thing is that this software also has the ability to restore deleted emails. This software provides an option to export PST file data into PST, EML, MBOX, MSG and HTML file formats conveniently.
Prominent features of this tool:
- This tool Supports recovery of Encrypted & Password Protected Outlook PST Files.
- It repairs Non-English and right to left characters.
- It Capable of recovering email attachments & embedded attachments.
- This software provides the preview of recovered data and a free demo version.
Conclusion:
In the above blog, there are two methods explained to resolve to occur error (Outlook PST is not a Personal Folder File). In the first method, we discussed on Inbox Repair Tool (Scanpst.exe) but this method has some limitations. To overcome the limitations of scanpst utility, used the third party tool. Outlook PST Recovery Tool is the best and smart software to repair outlook error.
