scanpst.exe does not recognize the corrupt file as a .pst so it will not run. Is there anything else I can try
Try running a repair of office or Outlook if that is all you have. Add/Remove and click on Office, it should give you the option to repair. Then run Scanpst again. if no success, check out site for more Outlook help: http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/outlookdoesntstart.htm Was the pst and upgrade from an earlier version or is it true blue 2007? May be a 2GB issue, check out this post: http://social.answers.microsoft.com...s/thread/da693cd1-beac-4743-b8d4-83cb6acdc09e and if all that fails go to slipstick for other options at: http://www.slipstick.com/problems/scanpst.asp
There are some ways around this but need to make sure Outlook Profile your using is not corrupted also. The outlook folder is on your C: drive unless you moved it? mail.pst what is the size of this file? Copy the file to another location other than C: rename it to mail2010.pst You can then add to your profile as Archive.pst Would need to remove the current mail.pst from your profile. This way will force Outlook to use a old pst as your archive and create a new PST so you can open outlook and still have access to the old pst. This another method. See I don't store PST or PAB on the same system for reasons like this. If C: get damage or attacked by pest you loose all your PST/PAB history. Can you tell me how your PST got to this point? Did something happen prior to this issue on your system?
