access damaged .pst file

[Guest]

I had a system crash while Outlook 2007 was running. Now when I try to start
Outlook, I get the message that it cannot access my .pst file, and exits. I
tried to use SCANPST to check the file for errors, but it cannot access the
file either, telling me to close Outlook before using, as the file is already
open. There is an additional file in the same folder called ~filename.pst.tmp
as well. How can I repair so I can access my .pst file and use Outlook again?

 

[Brian Tillman]

I had a system crash while Outlook 2007 was running. Now when I try
to start Outlook, I get the message that it cannot access my .pst
file, and exits. I tried to use SCANPST to check the file for errors,
but it cannot access the file either, telling me to close Outlook
before using, as the file is already open. There is an additional
file in the same folder called ~filename.pst.tmp as well. How can I
repair so I can access my .pst file and use Outlook again?

Use Task Manager top make sure Outlook is not running. I suspect it still
is.