scanpst.exe

[MHoffmeier]

is there a better version than the one microsoft provides?

I keep having to run scan pst to view my contacts, sometimes it finds an
error and corects it, sometimes it finds nothing. Oddly, when it finds
nothing, I can view my contacts. My other outlook folders, such as inbox,
are never afffected. This contacts thing is driving me nuts. Might there
be one contact that has a problem? Is there anyway to tell which one?

 

[Brian Tillman]

is there a better version than the one microsoft provides?

There are commercial tools that purport to fix PSTs.

I keep having to run scan pst to view my contacts, sometimes it
finds an error and corects it, sometimes it finds nothing. Oddly,
when it finds nothing, I can view my contacts. My other outlook
folders, such as inbox, are never afffected. This contacts thing is
driving me nuts. Might there be one contact that has a problem? Is
there anyway to tell which one?

If you have to keep running SCANPST on your PST then you may have something
interfering with Outlook's normal operation. Check for add-ins and disable
any you find temporarily to see if that affects the problem. See also
http://www.slipstick.com/problems/close.htm