Complete steps to fix Outlook PST error “.pst is not a personal folder file”File Repair Tool Blog

MS Outlook is one of the best example of Microsoft’s technology, it become very popular among the users and now a large numbers of peoples are using Outlook for emailing purpose. It is personal information manager that able to manage all our personal information and emailing data. But sometimes this powerful email option starts displaying errors because of some internal/external factors. Due to error either it stops performing completely or does start working unusually.

One of the common error messages that might appear is given below with solution:

“.pst is not a personal folder file”

This error is related to the Outlook PST File i.e. .pst file. This is one of the important file which is responsible for maintaining all the Outlook data, so it is important to take care of this file. If.pst file gets damaged due to any internal or external factor then it could lead to loss of your Outlook data. If you are getting “.pst is not a personal folder file” error message from your Outlook email service then it is sure that Outlook PST file gets damaged, don’t worry because the solution of this error has been found. Apply the below given solution to get rid of PST file Error.

Steps to Repair “.pst is not a personal folder file”:

If you really want to fix this annoying problem then you need to repair the corrupt PST file, you can also apply some free inbuilt utilities. Use Microsoft Inbox repair tool (Scanpst.exe) inbuilt tool, this tool makes you able to scans and repairs the damaged PST file.

At first you need to find the location of Scanpst.exe on your computer system.

According to the different version of MS Outlook, the predefined location or path of scanpst.exe is given below:

In MS Outlook 2013 :

C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice15

In MS Outlook 2010 :

C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice14

In MS Outlook 2007 :

C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice12

After finding the scanpst.exe now you have to spot the location of damaged .pst file on your computer in order to scan and repair it.

Below default location of PST file is given:

C:UsersusernameAppDataLocalMicrosoftOutlook.

For Windows XP based PC:

C:Documents and Settings%username%Local SettingsApplication DataMicrosoftOutlook

At the end, execute the Scanpst.exe and scan the damaged Outlook .pst file. This inbuilt tool may display you some error that it has originate in the damaged PST file. But, sometime this repair tool gets unable to find any error and so that you cannot fix your damaged PST file through this tool. It happens when PST file gets damaged very badly, so you can repair PST file through inbuilt repair tool only when the corruption is small. This inbuilt utility also gets fail to fix damaged PST file if the file size is greater than 2 GB.

If you are unable to repair the PST error even after applying the scanpst.exe tool then it is confirm that PST file gets corrupted very deeply and you must have to repair it with the help of a professionally designed PST Repair tool. This type of tool is very efficient and specially designed to deal with any large types of corruption. This tool is very simple to apply, simply download, install and run this application. It will make your PST file error free and so you can use it without getting any error.

Steps to Repair Damaged Items in MS Outlook

Step 1: You need to download, install and run outlook PST repair tool. Then click on ‘select outlook file’ to choose the PST file where you want to work or you may find the specific PST file also.

Step 2: Press “start” to begin scanning, once you have selected the PST file.

Step 3: After completion of scanning, all recovered mailbox folders and other data appear on the left side of the window. You can select the files of your choice from those.

Step 4: After selecting items of your choice you can press “save recovered file” to recover the files on your PC.

Step 5: When your files are saved, a dialogue box appears that confirms that files are saved and also shows the “recovered file size” and “destination path”.