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ScanPST and ScanOST

My outlook suddenly gave me the stern warning that I need to shutdown and scan my message boxes with ScanPST. I have a corrupted mailbox file, or files. It didn’t tell me which/where the mailbox file is and where the scanpst.exe or scanost.exe is located.

So to help me and others remember how to locate these files:

“C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12″ is where ScanPst.exe and ScanOst.exe located. I think these two programs are merely links to some other core utilities. You can launch either one and it can scan both types of mailbox files (*.ost or *.pst).

“C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook” is where all your mailbox files are located.

Wouldn’t it be great if Outlook simply launches this tool or provide this functionality as a right-click on the mailbox itself? We should ask Bill that question.

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One Response to “ScanPST and ScanOST”

  1. zlatan24 says:
    July 11, 2008 at 9:42 am

    I heard about not bad application-ost pst, it know how convert all information from Microsoft Exchange (files with the .ost extension) into files of the Microsoft Outlook mail client (.pst files) – OstToPst procedure, easily move your messages, contacts, notes, meetings, reminders, tasks and all other information, convert OST PST file when the user account has been deleted from the Microsoft Exchange server.

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