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Fix ‘PST not a personal folder file’ error in Outlook
PST files are the major component of MS Outlook that is used to store personal documents of users like mails, contacts, appointments, notes, tasks, calendars etc. But when the PST files get corrupt due to reasons such as unexpected power failure, virus infection etc. direct you to many errors including PST not a personal folder file and related ones when you try to access the data within the Outlook files.
After getting the error, when you click on OK button, the application closes abnormally leading to inaccessibility of the PST files. In this situation, outlook recommends to use Scanpst, an inbuilt inbox repair tool in order to resolve almost all the PST corruption issues. But before using this tool, you need to locate it as it is hidden one. Enable the option of 'Show hidden files and folders'by going to Start-> Search-> right click the Control folders. Type ‘Run as administrator’ and then click on Folder options-> View tab and click on ‘Show hidden files and folders’or access from its default location.After locating, go through the following steps:
- Go to start-> search and type Scanpst .exe
- In case if the tool is found, double click on to open it
- Then after, browse the file that you want to repair
- Then click on the start button to begin up the scanning process after which the corruption issues may be resolved.
Though, these steps prove to be useful only when the corruption exists in file header and the corrupted file is less than 2GB in size. So, in case the tool does not work to resolve your problem, then you can make use of Stellar Phoenix Outlook PST Repair software that is competent enough to overcome all the limitations of Scanpst tool i.e. it can repair files more than 2GB and can also work in almost all corruption issues. This software will fix the PST corrupted file and also completely resolve the PST file is not a personal folders file error arising due to PST file corruption.
