Outlook 2007 problem

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Please start a new thread with a more accurate and complete description of
your problem, including what you mean by "trail small business version." I'm
not sure this is the same issue at all from what little you've told us so
far.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I too am having this same problem, however my file is not as large. I am
using the trail small business version ( not Vista) and can not get into
my
email. I ran the inbox repair tool because I couldn't erase any of the
messages in my delete folder. Now I can't open outlook. I ran the repair
twice. I don't know how to start Outlook using a different pst file.
Please
help.

I'm not sure that "Microsoft" and "wisdom" belong in the same sentence.
But
to be fair, it is nearly impossible to anticipate every problem an end
user
might get into and develop a custom error message for just their problem.
As
I said, few end users manage to approach that limit, and those that do
have
used Outlook long enough to have discovered that that limitation exists
in
time to avoid it. For years we had requested that Outlook have a warning
appear whenever a PST file approached 1.5G (the actual limit when
problems
start to occur), but apparently the amount of code that would permit that
feature was prohibitive.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message

You are absolutely correct that having a too large pst file caused the
original problem. BUT there was no indication that indeed was the
problem.
All that happened was Outlook would not start and the message "run the
scanpst" was indicated to be the answer. Now, why couldn't Microsoft
in
their infinte wisdom cook up an error message like, "hey, fool, you
have
too
much junque in your mailbox, delete a whole bunch and we won't blow up
your
mailbox!"?

I'm now on my 4th repair of my pst file ... it is well below the 2 gig
mark
when it's done. Let's home when I go to File - Open - Data File that
something is there ....

di

:

The Inbox Repair Tool did not cause the problem. Having a PST file
that
exceeds 2G is what caused the problem. Actually very few users ever
approach
a file of that size with normal use of Outlook.
It is not the Outlook version that matters here, it is the format of
the
PST
file. This file had been created in an earlier version of Outlook
(ANSI
format), so it still has the 2G limit no matter which version of
Outlook
you
use to open it. Only UNICODE PST files can support a size above 2G.

 

[alan]

obviously,your file is corrupted,you can try a popular Outlook recovery tool called Advanced Outlook Repair to repair your PST file. It is a powerful tool to recover messages, folders and other objects from corrupt or damaged Microsoft Outlook PST files.

Detailed information about Advanced Outlook Repair can be found at http://www.datanumen.com/aor/

And you can also download a free demo version at http://www.datanumen.com/aor/aor.exe

Alan

 

[Gordon]

obviously,your file is corrupted,

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