Repairing Outlook PST corrupted due to incompatibility with WinFax

Is your MS Outlook 2002 crashing repeatedly? And is this problem continuously happening when you exit Outlook or try to send or receive an email? If yes, then it could be a case of PST (Personal Storage Table) file corruption, which could happen due to virus infections, abrupt system shutdowns, repeated Outlook crashes, incompatibility with third-party applications, etc. In such situations, you should use appropriate methods to fix the problem. However, if you were unable to perform Outlook PST repair then you should use a third-party Outlook PST recovery software to fix the issue.

Consider a scenario wherein you are using MS Outlook 2002 on your system. When you quit Outlook, it displays an error message while exiting:

“Microsoft Outlook has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

If you were in the middle of something, the information you were working on might be lost.

Please tell Microsoft about this problem.

We have created an error report that you can send to help us improve Microsoft Outlook. We will treat this report as confidential and anonymous.

To see what data this error report contains, click here.”

When you click the 'here' link to see the details of the error message, the following event is logged in the error log:

“AppName AppVer ModName ModVer offset

Outlook.exe 10.0.2627.1 Msmapi32.dll 10.0.2625.0 0001e85d”

Cause:

There could be the following reasons for such behavior of MS Outlook 2002:

· You are using WinFax PRO 10.0 from Symantec Corporation for fax management. This version of WinFax PRO is incompatible with MS Outlook 2002.

· The PST file that you are using is corrupt or damaged.

Resolution:

To recover from this situation, you should perform either of the following methods:

· Upgrade to WinFax PRO verion: You should contact Symantec Corporation to find the procedure to shift to another version of WinFax PRO, which is compatible with MS Outlook 2002.

· Use Inbox Repair tool: You can use Inbox Repair (Scanpst.exe) tool to repair the corrupted PST file. This tool is used to repair the PST file by rebuilding the indexes.

However, there may be chances that you may still get the same error message while exiting Outlook. In such cases, you should repair PST file using third-party PST repair software. Such PST repair tools are read-only in nature with rich user interface that enables you to repair Outlook PST file.

Stellar Phoenix Outlook Pst Recovery Software

Stellar Phoenix Outlook PST Repair is an Outlook repair software that can repair PST files created in MS Outlook 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000 and recover various Outlook objects such as emails (with attachments), tasks, journals, calendar items, contacts, etc. This Outlook repair utility restores the formatting of the RTF and HTML messages. . This reliable PST repair tool is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, Server 2003, XP, and 2000.