Thursday, October 15, 2009

PST Access Denied when Opening Outlook

An Outlook PST file can get corrupt due to several issues. To fix such corruption problems, Microsoft provides a built-in tool called Scan pst that help repairing them. The tool analyzes the corrupted PST file directory structure and items headers. It can recover all mail folders items if works. It find issues with the damaged file and corrects what it can. But if the corruption is severe, odds are that the tool might not work to repair. You should then apply your last backup to restore the file contents. Sometimes, backup also fails. To deal with such situations and to recover data, third-party tools are available. Such tools are competent to restore PST file using powerful scanning algorithms.

For example, you might come across the below error when trying to launch Microsoft Outlook:

“Unable to display the folder,[path]Outlook.pst could not be accessed, access denied.”

Trying to restart the application doesn't help as you receive the same error as above.

Cause

This error occurs if Outlook.pst is infected from errors and is corrupted.

Solution

The prime solution to solve this issue is to run Scanpst tool. To use the tool, you need to follow the below sequence of steps:

1) Quit Microsoft Outlook.
2) Click Start and point to Search or Find option (as per the Windows version installed).
3) You should then locate the tool by typing scanpst.exe in 'Search for files and folders' named box.
4) Open the tool and specify the PST file path you want to repair. If the exact location is unknown, you can click Browse to locate it.
5) Click Start to begin the repair process.
6) Exit the tool when it finishes.

At times, Scan pst doesn't help to solve the issue. In such cases, you should try other repair methods such as running chkdsk, changing PST location, and recreating the Outlook profile. If the problem continues, switch to more reliable solutions to repair the damaged PST file. The third-party PST repair tools can repair and restore damaged PST file even if Inbox Repair Tools fails to do so.

Stellar Phoenix Outlook PST Repair is an unmatched repair solution to repair and restore corrupted Outlook PST file. It is a safe repair product that works even when Scanpst cannot repair. The tool is compatible with Outlook 2007, 2003, 2002 and 2000. It restores all file contents including emails, notes, journals, appointments, contacts and others.

How to Solve 0x800C013E Error in Outlook Express?

Each Outlook Express email folder that you see listed in Local Folders is stored with .dbx file extension on the hard disk, for example, Sent Items.dbx etc. All these folders are then collectively stored in Store Folder. Sometimes, DBX files might get damaged or corrupted for reasons like unexpected shutdown, antivirus scanning and others. If a suitable backup is available, you should restore from it or rename the damaged folders. The corrupted OE folders can be repaired using commercial Email Recovery solutions that are exclusively built to repair such OE folders.

To exemplify, consider you use Outlook Express as your email client to send and receive email messages. You might receive the similar error when trying to send an email message:

“Unknown error has occurred. protocol smtp, port 0, secure (SSL) NO, error number 0x800c013e
Account:'mail.yourdomain.com',
Server:'mail.yourdomain.com', Protocol POP3, Port:110, Secure (SSL): No,
Error Number 0x800C013E.”

You cannot send the message after you receive this error. Trying to reproduce the behavior with different sized emails doesn't help also.

The error can also appear when you try to access your email account or Inbox.

Cause

Error 0x800C013E can occur in these cases:

1) An antivirus application is scanning and interrupting with the way OE deals with email messages.
2) Mail server port number or email account issues.
3) Sent Items.dbx and/or Inbox.dbx is damaged.

Solution


You can solve the existing issue by using these measures:

1) Disable and uninstall the antivirus application scanning the OE mail folders.
2) Check for the correct port number as Tool | Accounts | Account Properties | Advanced.
3) Try to recreate your email account and see if this helps.
4) Locate and rename the corrupted OE mail folders (Inbox.dbx and/or Sent Items.dbx). Restart Outlook Express and new empty folders will be created.

Outlook Express doesn't provide any built-in utility to repair the damaged DBX files. So, to repair them and extract data from, you are recommended to use DBX Recovery solutions. These utilities serve as perfect Email Recovery products incorporating advanced scanning algorithms to diagnose and repair damaged OE files.

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Unable to Authenticate to HTTP Server with Error 0x800CCC32

Outlook Express is allowed to be used with POP3,(Post Office Protocol version 3) HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) or IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) e-mail servers. These email servers send and receive email messages to the client computer when receiving correct authentication credentials. The further discussion describes a scenario when you cannot authenticate to an HTTP-based mail server. One of the typical reasons for this behavior is .dbx file(s) corruption. Since these files contain all user information and email messages, you need to apply a suitable backup to restore them or repair them by using an effective third-party Outlook Express Recovery application.

For example, consider you use Outlook Express as your e-mail client. You try to log on to an HTTP-based mail server, but the authentication fails with the below error on screen:

“Server: Server_Name, Protocol: HTTPMail, Server Response: 'Invalid login.', Port 0, Secure(SSL): No,Error Number: 0x800CCC32”

After you receive this error, you fail to receive or send any email message further.

Cause


The Error 0x800CCC32 might be the outcome of any of below possible reasons:

1) Server authentication can fail if either the username or password is incorrect.
2) The HTTP Server is using digest authentication and you are trying to log on from an Internet Explorer 7 or 8 installed computer system.
3) Folders.dbx, Inbox.dbx and/or Sent Items.dbx is corrupted or damaged.

Solution


You should try following these suggestions to solve server authentication issue:

1) Make sure you are trying to log on with correct username and password.
2) If you are using Windows Vista installed computer, it is recommended to use Windows Live Mail instead. For earlier versions Windows systems, installing corresponding -ENU.exe package file is required.
3) Locate the damaged .dbx file(s) and rename them. Try to reproduce the above behavior with correct username and password. Upon successful start of OE, it will recreate the renamed .dbx files.

You can repair the damaged .dbx files using OE Mail Recovery applications. Incorporated with powerful, yet safe, scanning algorithms, these Outlook Express Recovery software prove to be valid applications competent to repair OE files completely.

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Time Out Error Communicating with Server in Outlook Express

Outlook Express DBX files store emails of corresponding folders. The files can get damaged due to several reasons counting unexpected shutdown, virus infection, network errors and others. Since OE doesn't provide any DBX file repair utility, you need to apply and use a suitable backup or a third-party DBX Repair Tool if backup fails.

For instance, the below error might occur when starting Outlook Express:

“A time-out occurred while communicating with the server 0x800ccc19”

This error doesn't allow you to download or send any email message.

Cause

Among other reasons, prominent reasons for this error to occur are:

1) Antivirus software scanning OE mail folders.
2) SMTP or POP3 Mail Server or services issues.
3) Inbox.dbx and/or Sent Items.dbx is damaged.

Solution

To resolve the existing problem, try following these steps:

1) Configure the antivirus software to exclude the scanning of OE mail folders.
2) Make sure that your mail server is working ok.
3) Use 'telnet name_of_mail_server 25 (for SMTP) /110 (for POP3)' to check the availability of services. If it is working correctly, you will get a message with code 220 in case of SMTP server and a prompt asking you to enter username and password in case of POP3 server.
4) If applying the above steps doesn't solve the issue, your OE DBX file(s) might be damaged. Try these steps to solve:

From Windows Start menu, click Search and then 'All Files or Folder'
Type Inbox.dbx in the Named box and choose your primary hard disk partition in the Look In box
Click Find Now
After the folder is found, right-click it and choose to delete it or rename it
Repeat the above steps for Sent Items.dbx
Restart Outlook Express, it will automatically recreate the renamed or deleted folders but with no data

5) The above step starts the application to work but doesn't repair the damaged DBX files. To repair them, you need a powerful DBX Repair utility to effectively scan and restore the files' data. DBX Repair Tool proves to be highly-comptent utility to OE file corruption while providing interactive user interface.

Stellar Phoenix Outlook Express Recovery is an advanced tool to repair damaged DBX files created with Outlook Express 5 and 6. It is a powerful DBX Repair utility that preserves the original formatting and content of the recovered contents. The tool is also capable to restore *.eml messages that can be directly viewed in Outlook Express.

How to Solve Exception C0000006h in Outlook Express when Opening a Folder?

When a Outlook Express DBX file corrupts, you might usually experience that the applications starts behaving sluggishly. These symtoms are more noticeable when you start Outlook Express, switch between the folders, mark an email message or open a folder. Such performance concerns can be resolved by simply compacting the folders as this removes minor corruption, if any. However, if a specific folder is suffering from extensive corruption, you might observe several difficulties and error messages when trying to open it. To restore data of such a damaged folder, you need to use your backup or scan it using a powerful DBX Recovery Tool to repair it.

For an instance, consider that you start Outlook Express and tries to open a folder. You fail to do so and the application crashes with the following error message:

“Msimn caused an exception C0000006h in module Directdb.dll. The message could not be sent. There is not enough Disk space”

Further, when you restart the application, it starts as expected but you receive the same error message, as above when trying to open it.

Cause

The Outlook Express folder you are trying to open is corrupted or damaged.

Solution


To resolve the issue discussed above, you should try following suggestions:

1) Try to compact all of your Outlook Express folders. To do so, click 'Work Offline' in 'File' menu and click 'Outlook Express' in the Folder list. Next, click the Folder list. Click 'File' menu, point to 'Folder' and click 'Compact All Folders'.
2) Delete or rename the damaged DBX file that is associated with the folder. If this is the main folder, like Inbox.dbx or SentItems.dbx, Outlook Express will recreate it when you will restart the application.
3) Restore data if you have a valid backup available
4) Alternatively, you can use a third-party DBX Recovery software to repair and restore the damaged DBX files. A DBX Recovery Tool is written specifically to repair a damaged DBX file without harming any contents. Such tools provide graphically rich user interface and are embedded with high-scanning algorithms to effectively repair the OE files.

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'The application was unable to open the Outlook Express message store.' Outlook Express Error

Outlook Express folders might get damaged due to several reasons. If the corruption is mild, you can repair by compacting them. But the compaction process is itself observed to cause .dbx file corruption. Windows prior to Windows XP SP2 include background compaction process for OE folders if the the application remains idle for few minutes. But the process might corrupt the folders, particularly when the system is limited of RAM resources or the processor is slow. Thus, if you find your OE folders behaving abruptly or unable to be opened due to corruption, this might be due to these compaction errors. However, background compaction has been removed in Windows XP SP2 and later versions. Such damaged folders are required to be renamed, deleted, restored from backup or scanned using a powerful Mail Recovery tool for Outlook Express.

For an instance, consider that you are working with an antivirus application and an error message pops up asking you to compact the OE folders. You click 'No' to the error message, but the error comes up repeatedly. You update your antivirus tool and restart your computer. After this, you find that few of your emails are missing from your folders.

Cause

One or more Outlook Express folders are corrupted. This might occur due to interruption while compaction process.

Solution


You can follow any of the following measures to resolve the above behavior:

Delete the damaged OE folders and restore the lost emails from backup
Rename the damaged folders. Close OE and navigate the files named as *.dbx in Windows Explorer, while making sure that hidden files and folders are visible. Right-click the damaged file and rename it with extension .old. Restart Outlook Express. It will recreate the missing folder.
Use an efficient third-party tool that could Recover Outlook Express by repairing all damaged .dbx files. These are special Mail Recovery tools incorporated with advanced scanning algorithms that carefully examines a damaged .dbx file and repair them intact. Since such tools provide you interactive user interface, you can use them quite easily with no prior technical understanding.

Stellar Phoenix Outlook Express Recovery is a superior application to repair and restore damaged .dbx files in all cases. The application Recover Outlook Express for all files created with OE 5 and 6. It is non-destructive tool with impressive features and interface. It is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and NT.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Compacting Outlook Express Folders Erased Messages

Outlook Express folders might get damaged due to several reasons. If the corruption is mild, you can repair by compacting them. But the compaction process is itself observed to cause .dbx file corruption. Windows prior to Windows XP SP2 include background compaction process for OE folders if the the application remains idle for few
minutes. But the process might corrupt the folders, particularly when the system is limited of RAM resources or the processor is slow. Thus, if you find your aOE folders behaving abruptly or unable to be opened due to corruption, this might be due to these compaction errors. However, background compaction has been removed in Windows XP SP2 and later versions. Such damaged folders are required to be renamed, deleted, restored from backup or scanned using a powerful Mail Recovery tool for Outlook Express.

For an instance, consider that you are working with an antivirus application and an error message pops up asking you to compact the OE folders. You click 'No' to the error message, but the error comes up repeatedly. You update your antivirus tool and restart your computer. After this, you find that few of your emails are missing from your folders.

Cause

One or more Outlook Express folders are corrupted. This might occur due to interruption while compaction process.

Solution

You can follow any of the following measures to resolve the above behavior:


  • Delete the damaged OE folders and restore the lost emails from backup

  • Rename the damaged folders. Close OE and navigate the files named as *.dbx in Windows Explorer, while making sure that hidden files and folders are visible. Right-click the damaged file and rename it with extension .old. Restart Outlook Express. It will recreate the missing folder.

  • Use an efficient third-party tool that could Recover Outlook Express by repairing all damaged .dbx files. These are special Mail Recovery tools incorporated with advanced scanning algorithms that carefully examines a damaged .dbx file and repair them intact. Since such tools provide you interactive user interface, you can use them quite easily with no prior technical understanding.

Stellar Phoenix Outlook Express Recovery is a superior application to repair and restore damaged .dbx files in all cases. The application Recover Outlook Express for all files created with OE 5 and 6. It is non-destructive tool with impressive features and interface. It is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and NT.

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