How to find and run scanpst.exe in vista
July 14, 2009
This article will help you find ScanPST.exe location in Vista home edition, the purpose of scanpst.exe is to resolve errors on .pst files such as in MS outlook backup file ie outlook.pst
The reason I was looking for the file was because when I ran ms outlook my computer started to use maximum of 100% CPU, which slowed down my computer to the max.
If your MS outlook .PST file is corrupted in Vista, run ScanPST.exe. According to some articles the scanpst.exe file resides in Common Files directory. In my personal experience I found if you have Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise, you will find the file in the following location:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12
Another location you will find ScanPST.exe is in \common files\system\msmapi\1033
Once you have found the file double click and run the file, it will prompt you to browse and look for your corrupted, my .pst file was situated in c:\users\”you profile name”\appdata\local\microsoft\outlook\outlook.pst.
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I found the article to be quite useful but my issues was not solved … And finally after doing a lot of research i manage to to find how to repair PST… All i do was go to the
scanpst.exe location In Windows XP you can find it under:
C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
In Windows Vista you can find it under:
C:\Users\…\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook
Double click on the file and your issues was resolved.
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