I dont know if this is the right forum to ask questions but i am really in trouble as my outlook is not working. I am using windows 7 operating system with outlook 2007 version. I get all my mails on outlook as one of my friend has synchronized outllok with my gmail account. From last week it was running slow and used to get stuck inbetween. I dont know what has happen to it now when i click to open my outlook it say outlook.pst unable to open 0X80040600. I have my mails and contacts saved on them. Please help me.
When Outlook gives that error it means PST file of Outlook might have got corrupted. Outlook uses PST file to store its data. When PST files gets corrupted it gives error messages or it does not open. There are many reasons for corruption of PST file such as virus attack, improper termination of Outlook and many other reasons. The only way to repair Outlook on Windows 7 system is by using inbox repair tool (Scanpst.exe). Scanpst.exe is a free tool provided by microsoft in order to repair corrupted PST file. Scanpst only repairs PST file with minor corruption.
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outlook.pst unable to open 0X80040600 error mainly occurs due to PST file corruption issues. To fix this, you can try inbox repair tool which is freely provided by Outlook application to repair corrupt PST files and to resolve up corruption problems entrely. To know how to use this tool, you can go through this link that will definitely help you to repair and recover the repaired items. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287497
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