Fighting off Outlook crash due to corruption in PST file

Outlook crash can lead to many consequences. To name a few are- inability to access the outlook file/folders and failed send/receive action that put things to halt. When such annoying condition pops up without any notification, a smooth going workflow gets completely disturbed. No matter how vigilant you are corruption to Outlook is inevitable at certain point of time. Some of the conditions are just unavoidable and you are bound to get corruption in your Outlook file you are using. However, you need not to worry as every problem has a solution and so has the Outlook corruption. This article will help you get solution in case of corruption in Outlook.

When unexpected crash hits Outlook, an error message pops up to alert you about the fault occurred in the email client and the crash error-signature information is similar to the following details:
AppName: Outlook.exe
AppVer: 14.0.4760.1000
ModName: Kernelbase.dll
ModVer: 6.1.7600.16385
Offset: 0003194b

Cause

You receive this error message when the problem occurs in the form of corruption in your Outlook data file (.pst file). Corruption might hit the Outlook you are using in various ways. There are many conditions, which lead to unexpected outlook crash like sudden power cut, virus contamination, human fault etc.

Solution

You can resolve this problem by using Microsoft Outlook Inbox Repair Tool, which is meant to repair your Outlook data file. Follow below given steps to use Inbox Repair Tool:

1. Close Outlook if open.

2. Browse to the following folder:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14

3. Double-click Scanpst.exe.

4. In the Microsoft Outlook Inbox Repair Tool dialog box, click Browse.

5. Locate and select your Outlook data file (.pst), then click Open.
On a Windows 7 or Windows Vista client, the default location for Outlook data files in Outlook 2010 is:
(.pst file)
C:\Users\username\My Documents\Outlook Files
If you are using Windows XP client, the default location for Outlook data files (.pst file) in Outlook 2010 is:
C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\Outlook Files

6. In the Microsoft Outlook Inbox Repair Tool dialog box, click Start.

7. After your file has been scanned, please review the information reported in the Microsoft Outlook Inbox Repair Tool dialog box.

Note: Important: Please keep the Make backup of scanned file before repairing checkbox enabled so the Microsoft Outlook Inbox Repair Tool backs up your Outlook data file before performing a repair operation.

8. Click Repair.

9. After the repair operation is completed, click OK.

Ms Outlook Inbox Repair Tool is inbuilt tool provided by the MS Outlook to repair corrupt Outlook file. However, this cannot be a complete solution this trouble. Inbox Repair Tool many times proves ineffective in many intense complications. To combat such situation, using third party Outlook Inbox Repair Tool is an apt solution. One such tool is Recoveryfix for PST, which has been designed keeping all the complexities that may arise while using Outlook. Recoveryfix for PST is a prudent Outlook Inbox Repair Tool to recover all the data from inaccessible PST file. It assures complete recovery of data and keeps the recovered data intact. Hence it is a preferred means of PST data recovery.