[mso] How to get out of an Outlook(2007) jam

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A new Outlook (file)


How to get out of an Outlook jam

Security Strategies Alert Newsletter
<http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/sec/index.html>   By M. E. Kabay,
Network World, 01/15/08

One of my colleagues called me recently when he was having trouble receiving
e-mail. He uses Microsoft Outlook 2007, as I do. I asked whether he had
checked the file integrity of his e-mail repositories using the appropriate
diagnostic tool; he had never heard of it. I hope that the specific
information below will help readers who have had similar problems with their
Outlook e-mail client.
Outlook uses two kinds of data files for storing configuration parameters
and e-mail: OST and PST files. Sometimes these files become corrupted; for
example, if the client or the operating system crashes, certain pointers
within the files may not be updated correctly. Although the damaged files
may still be usable by the client software, the risk of unusual behavior or
of further crashes increases.
One of the problems that I have encountered is that Outlook refuses to
terminate its process when I close the client. The process holds its files
open, preventing them from being backed up. If I terminate the process using
the Windows XP Pro task manager, Outlook often reports that the PST file I
use was not properly closed and goes through a brief (but not thorough)
diagnostic and corrective routine upon reopening the file.
SCANPST.EXE is a diagnostic tool that comes with all Outlook installations.
It handles both PST and OST files. <snip>
See link above for full article.



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