PST Recovery Tool for Microsoft Outook

Microsoft Outlook is made up of a number of application files that include library and DLL (Dynamic Link Library) files. On such file is Outllib.dll. It is a significant component of Microsoft Outlook and is managed by the Windows Registry. When this file goes missing or gets damaged, Outlook may not start and you can not access data from your PST file. This behavior cause critical data loss situations and you need PST Recovery to sort out the problem.

When this file gets damaged or does now function properly, you might come across the below error message:

“OUTLOOK caused an invalid page fault in module OUTLLIB.DLL at <memory address>”

When you see the application log of Microsoft Outlook, you might find the following entries in it:

“Faulting application outlook.exe, version 11.0.6353.0, stamp 408f2937,
faulting module outllib.dll,
version 11.0.6359.0, stamp 40c8adfd,
debug? 0, fault address 0×00074db7.”

After this error message, Microsoft Outlook does not open and you can not access data from it. This behavior may lead to PST file corruption and eventually cause data loss. At this point, you need to find out the cause of this issue and carry out Outlook PST Recovery by sorting it out.

Root of the issue

As stated in above error message and the Event Log, this problem occurs due to corruption to either Outllib.dll or Outlook.exe file. Corruption might occur because of virus infection, application malfunction, improper system shut down and other such reasons.

Solution

There is a number of techniques or methods that you could use as troubleshooting methods to fix this issue. These procedures are as discussed below:

1. If your MS Outlook application is installed in IMO (Internet Mail Only) mode, then Outlook would not function properly until you have complete and proper installation of Microsoft Outlook Express. Thus, you need to ensure that your MS Outlook Express is working appropriately.

2. Incompatible or Invalid extension information could also cause such situations. Thus, you should try replacing the Extend.dat file. If you manage to start Outlook properly, uncheck the suspected add-ins.

3. Try restarting Microsoft Outlook in Safe Mode.

4. Create new Outlook profile and PST file. If you are using Outlook in IMO mode, then you will have to created IMO profile.

5. Reinstall Microsoft Outlook or complete MS Office Suite. Here you should remove application and rename Outllib.dll file and reinstall MS Outlook.

After you carry out above solutions, you would find out that the related error messages has stopped occurring, but at the same time you may also discover that the PST file has got damaged and it become completely unusable. The issue may occur during reinstallation of MS Outlook or the damaged file affect Outlook library files.

Corruption to the PST file needs Recover PST to be handled. This is best possible using third party applications, known as PST Recovery Software. The applications use advanced and powerful scanning mechanisms to carry out thorough scan of the damaged PST file and retrieve all of the damaged or inaccessible data from it.

PST Recovery Tool is capable of recovering all of the PST file objects including emails, notes, tasks, contacts, calendar entries, attachments and so forth. The software are completely safe and easy to use.

PST Recovery Software is the most excellent solution for all your PST corruption issues. It recovers and repair damaged PST file Microsoft Outlook 2007, 2003, 2002 and 2000. The application is compatible with Microsoft Windows Vista, 2003, XP, 2000 and NT4 (SP6).

The PST Archiving feature allows you to divide your email messages between two or more PSTs, each manageable and accessible through Outlook. An archive PST is prone to similar reasons, due to which a default PST can get corrupt. To repair the damaged archive PST, you should use the Outlook built-in Inbox Repair Tool. If this fails, you should opt restoring from a good backup or using a PST Recovery application.

For instance, consider a practical situation, described below:

1. You archive the Outlook PST file and store the resultant file on a network drive

2. You transfer the archive.pst on your computer

3. When you try to open this archive.pst file in MS Outlook as File | Open | Outlook Data File , it fails to open and displays the following error message:

“The file drive_letter:\archive.pst is not a personal folders file.”

Cause

The above behavior indicates that Outlook is unable to read the archive.pst file because it is corrupt. The file doesn’t have valid personal storage folder structure.

Outlook PST is not supported over any network link. The PSTs are designed for local message store. The network links use network-access-driven methods, which is contrary to file-access-driven methods used by PST. When the network traffic is not apt, chances are that the file may catch errors. For this reason, an archive.pst can get corrupt if saved on a network drive.

Solution

Outlook Inbox Repair Tool (Scanpst.exe) is a utility that you can use in this case to repair your damaged archive.pst. It is highly recommended that you backup the damaged PST first as running the tool can bring irrecoverable damages to the file. To run the tool, follow these steps:

1. Quit from the application

2. Scanpst.exe is a hidden file. So, make sure that the ‘Show hidden files and folders’ setting is enabled in the folder options.

3. Click Start | Search or Find and type ‘Scanpst.exe’ in the Search box.

4. Double-click to open the file and browse to the location of your damaged archive.pst

5. Click ‘Start’, which starts the recovery process

6. Try to open the file in question again. The corruption problem should not exist.

If Scanpst.exe cannot repair the file, you should restore it from backup. When no valid PST backup is available, you need to use a Microsoft Outlook Recovery tool. These are powerful PST Repair Tool that can repair a corrupted PST, irrespective of file size, nature of corruption (should be logical though), and extent of damage.

Stellar Phoenix Outlook PST Repair is a safe and advanced tool that repairs a corrupted PST created with Outlook 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000. The comprehensive PST Recovery Software is designed to run powerful scanning algorithms. The software can recover all emails, notes, contacts, journal, calendar etc.

Backup is the best solution to prevent data loss and file corruption like situations. Whenever you come across data loss situations, due to any reason, you can easily restore data from backup and get your system working again. In Microsoft Windows Vista, you can use Backup Status and Configuration utility to create backup of your valuable data. This is an automated tool, using which you can schedule your backup at desired time. But, this utility may prove troublesome for Microsoft Outlook. When you restore a PST file from backup, the file can not be opened and accessed. This behavior renders all your critical data of PST file inaccessible and cause data loss. In such serious circumstances, you need PST Recovery to resolve the issue.

In a practical scenario, when you attempt to open your Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 PST file, you might come across below error message:

“<FileName>.pst file could not be opened. The file may not be compatible with this version of Outlook or it may be corrupted.”

This error message indicates PST corruption. To retrieve data in these situations, you need to carry out PST File Recovery by fixing it.

Grounds of the issue

You might come across this problem when all of the below given conditions are true:

1. You have created backup of the Outlook PST file using Backup Status and Configuration utility on Microsoft Windows Vista computer.
2. You have recently restored the Outlook PST file from backup with the help of Backup Status and Configuration tool in Windows Vista.
3. The Outlook PST file is stored in an encrypted folder on your Vista hard drive.
4. The file is severely corrupted and Microsoft Office Outlook could not recognize it.

How to fix this problem?

1. In order to resolve this problem, use Scanpst.exe (Inbox Repair Tool) to repair and restore damaged PST file. To do so, go through underwritten steps:
2. Exit MS Outlook and Click Start button and then select Control Panel.
3. Click User Accounts or User Accounts and Family Safetyand then click Mail.
4. Click Data Files, select Personal Folders and click Settings.
5. Note the name in Filename box.
6. Click OK button and then click Close button two times.
7. Click Start button, type %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office12\ in Start Search box and press Enter key.
8. Double-click Scanpst.exe.
9. Type file name and path in Enter the name of the file you want to scan box.
10. Click Start and when Scanpst.exe finishes, click OK button.

This method works in most of the cases, but it also has some limitations. It can not scan large PST files and could not repair PST file, which is damaged due to external reasons. In such critical situations, PST Repair applications come for your rescue.

The PST Recovery software are effective and advanced third-party applications, which work in most of the cases of PST file corruption and retrieve all inaccessible emails, notes, contacts, tasks and other objects. The PST Repair software are pretty safe and easy to use.

Stellar Phoenix Outlook PST Repair is the most effective and reliable PST Recovery Tool for all your PST corruption problems. It works well with Microsoft Outlook 2007, 2003, 2002 and 2000. The software is compatible with Microsoft Windows Vista, 2003, XP, 2000 and NT4 (SP6).