Inbox Repair Tool to Repair Corrupt PST files

Inbox Repair Tool

Inbox Repair Tool is a free inbuilt utility of Microsoft Outlook, which is used to repair and restore damaged or corrupted Outlook PST file. When you run the tool, it performs a detail scan of your PST file and reports any error it found. The scanpst.exe (Inbox repair tool) utility also advises you to create a backup copy of the file which is necessary to prevent further damage. Scanpst.exe utility recover folders and items from a corrupted .pst file or .ost file in Microsoft Outlook 2002, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007,2010, 2013, and Outlook 2016.


Inbox repair tool is specifically designed to scan and repair the inconsistencies found in PST or OST file of Microsoft Outlook. PST file stores all your critical data like emails, notes, contacts, calendar entries, tasks and personal folders. The tool extensively scan the PST file and creates a log report which you can be viewed by clicking the Details button. Inbox Repair Tools automatically gets installed during setup of Microsoft Outlook.

Like other application, the PST file may also get damaged and you may receive error messages while trying to access the PST file. Such errors indicate that your .pst file is corrupted. Some of the most common error messages are as given below:

•     Internal errors were found in this file. They must be repaired for this file to work correctly.
•     Outlook.pst can not be accessed - 0x80040116.
•     OL2000: Unable to Use Your Personal Folder File if it exceeds the 2 GB Size Limit.
•     Archive.pst is not a personal file folder.
•     This is not a valid PST file.
•     Run-time Error '713': Class not registered. You need the following file to be installed on your machine - MSSTDFMT.DLL
•     Unable to expand the folder. The set of folders could not be opened.

 To repair corrupt .pst file locate the scanpst.exe utility and run file to repair and recover items.

Locate Inbox repair tool

Find out the utility, by using “Find or Search” feature of Windows and type scanpst.exe in the file name box or manually locate the file as mentioned below:

The Inbox repair tool file is typically located in one of the following folders:

•     C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Mapi\1033\
•     C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\1033

In Microsoft Outlook 2007 file is typically located in the following folder:

•     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12

In Microsoft Outlook 2010 file is typically located in the following folder:

•     C\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14

In Microsoft Outlook 2013 file is typically located in the following folder:

64-bit Outlook;   C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\

In Microsoft Outlook 2016 file is typically located in the following folder:

64-bit Outlook;   C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\

Run the Inbox Repair Tool 

To recover your critical PST file data, you must run scanpst.exe file (Inbox repair tool) file by following below mentioned steps:

•     Quit Outlook
•     Locate the scanpst.exe file (Note: scanpst.exe is hidden file and to view it “show hidden files and folders” option must be enable )
•     Find scanpst.exe file and run it.
•     Locate the .pst files on your system (Note: Take backup of .pst file before to run the utility)
•     Click the “Start” button.
•     The inbox repait tool scans the PST file and report any errors if found.

Limitations of Inbox Repair Tool

Microsoft Outlook offers the Inbox Repair Tool to resolve most of the problems associated with corrupted PST file. But, it is not always capable of handling PST file corruption. Inbox Repair Tool can not help you in following situations:

•     Inbox repair tool repair process might not work If you are using Outlook 2002 or earlier versions and your PST file has exceeded its 2 GB size limitation.
•     One other situation is when you can not take backup of PST file before running Inbox repair tool. Backup of PST file is highly recomended to recover additional items and to keep original PST file intact for further recovery options. You may lose your critical data when you are unale to backup PST file.
• It simply removes the damaged part of an pst file. Thus, you may lose your important data

What to do when scanpst.exe tool does not work ?

In cases of failure of scanpst, you may be unable to access Outlook PST file components. To avoid critical data loss situations, you should use advanced third party PST repair tool like Outlook PST Repair. This tool efficiently repairs corrupt PST file in all situations and from all versions of MS Outlook including Outlook 2016.

It is an advanced Outlook repair software which repairs PST files created with MS Outlook 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002 (XP), and 2000. Providing PST file recovery feature using advanced scanning algorithms, this PST repair tool recovers most of the file objects including emails, contacts, notes, tasks, calendar entries etc in most secure way possible. The software ensures to keep original PST file intact and provides 100% preview of all recoverable items.