Outlook stopped working '*\.pst is not a personal folders file' ?

[Mark Hull]

Outlook 2007 in Office Standard (UK bought Nov 06) has worked fine since
installed but just stopped working with the repeated error message
Cannot open the Outlook Window. The set of folders cannot be opened. The
file C:\Users\Mark\Appdata\local\MS\Outlook\Outlook.pst is not a personal
folders file.

What's changed? This file must have been a personal folders file a week ago,
it is where it says it is, and its 224Mb, though whether the suffix is .pst I
cannot tell.

I'm running this in Vista Home Premium on an HP Pavilion. Help please -
having to rely on my iPhone for emails

 

[Oliver Vukovics [Public Shareware]]

Hi Mark,

did you try "scanpst.exe":

"How to use the Inbox Repair Tools to recover e-mail messages in Outlook
2002, Outlook 2003, and Outlook 2007"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287497/en-us