Every one of us uses Anti-Virus software in our system. The anti-virus software prevents from getting the file corrupted or damaged due to virus attack. But do you know that the same anti-virus can corrupt your PST file if you are using MS Outlook 2007.
This might sound weird to you but that is the truth. The chances are there that the anti-virus software you are using might corrupt the PST files; which in turn prevents you from opening the file. It happens so because of the incompatibility between the anti-virus software and Outlook 2007.
So, when you are denied access to the PST file, an error message is displayed on the computer screen:
‘ The Anti-Virus software has blocked the desired PST file which you are trying to open ‘.
After receiving this message, many people start the Anti-Virus to remove the virus from that specified PST file, but again you get one of the following error messages:
- PST file is damaged
- Anti-virus software is incompatible with Outlook 2007
- Anti-virus software cannot remove the virus from the PST file
To get rid of this dilemma and to access the data to that PST file, go through the following methods mentioned below:
- Update the anti-virus from the internet that you are using at present
- Delete the particular PST file as quickly as possible and restore the file through PST backup.
- Use Inbox Repair Tool to repair the damaged PST file. You can locate this tool in Outlook 2007 through: <disk drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 12 . To repair the damaged PST file using Inbox repair Tool, open the folder named box and type scanpst.exe . Specify the PST file path and click on the Start button. The file will be repaired and you can access to it without any kind of error.
Still the PST file is not repaired, then the last resort is to go for Outlook 2007 Repair. The Outlook 2007 Repair Tool is 3rd party utility software that repairs the damaged and corrupted PST files through sophisticated algorithm. Once the damaged PST file is repaired, you can get access to it from the destination folder. For those who are using Outlook 2007 on Windows Vista OS, then you can use Outlook PST Repair Vista. This PST Repair Vista is basically designed for the Vista OS and does a 100% repair of the damaged PST files without corrupting the good PST files on Outlook 2007.