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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Fix corrupt pst file in Outlook. Inbox repair tool, scanpst.exe

Upon starting Outlook I get the message that errors have been detected and that I need to run the Inbox Repair tool.

Where can I find that?
 
The Inbox Repair Tool can be started with scanpst.exe. The location is different for almost every version of Outlook and even if you have it installed on a 32-bit version of Windows or 64-bit version of Windows.

Find default locations for scanpst.exe below.

Outlook 2013

32-bit WindowsC:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15
64-bit WindowsC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15
64-bit OutlookC:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15
Click-to-RunC:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15

Outlook 2010

32-bit WindowsC:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14
64-bit WindowsC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14
64-bit OutlookC:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14

Outlook 2007

32-bit WindowsC:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12
64-bit WindowsC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12

Outlook 2003

32-bit WindowsC:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\
64-bit WindowsC:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\

Outlook 2002/XP

C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MAPI\\scanpst.exe

Outlook 2000

C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MAPI\\NT\scanpst.exe

Outlook 97 / Outlook 98

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Windows Messaging\scanpst.exe

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