closing corrupted Outlook 2003 PST

[Tim Sturgill]

I'm running Outlook 2003. I had two PST files closed and all of a sudden
appear in Outlook. Now I'm unable to close these files. I ran
scanpst.exe to recover what I thought were corrupted PSTs and the their
names changed to "Recovered Personal Folders" with no content. Still
cannot close these PSTs. I ran "Detect and Repair" no luck. The next
time I launched there were now 4 "Recovered Personal Folders" (instead
of 2). I try to close the PST and I get "The operation failed. An object
could not be found." message. Any suggestions on what to do? I not
concerned about the content--that is backup'd.

TIA

\t

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Create a new profile and point it to your backed up .pst file.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Tim Sturgill asked:

| I'm running Outlook 2003. I had two PST files closed and all of a
| sudden appear in Outlook. Now I'm unable to close these files. I ran
| scanpst.exe to recover what I thought were corrupted PSTs and the
| their names changed to "Recovered Personal Folders" with no content.
| Still cannot close these PSTs. I ran "Detect and Repair" no luck. The
| next time I launched there were now 4 "Recovered Personal Folders"
| (instead of 2). I try to close the PST and I get "The operation
| failed. An object could not be found." message. Any suggestions on
| what to do? I not concerned about the content--that is backup'd.
|
| TIA
|
| \t

 

[Tim Sturgill]

I'm running Outlook 2003. I had two PST files closed and all of a sudden
appear in Outlook. Now I'm unable to close these files. I ran
scanpst.exe to recover what I thought were corrupted PSTs and the their
names changed to "Recovered Personal Folders" with no content. Still
cannot close these PSTs. I ran "Detect and Repair" no luck. The next
time I launched there were now 4 "Recovered Personal Folders" (instead
of 2). I try to close the PST and I get "The operation failed. An object
could not be found." message. Any suggestions on what to do? I not
concerned about the content--that is backup'd.

TIA

\t

I should add, there is no Exchange involved.

 

[Tim Sturgill]

Thanks that was the trick!