Microsoft Outlook is one of the most popular email clients that save the mailbox data in two file formats as .OST file and .PST file format. The OST file is an offline data file that synchronized with the MS Exchange server database to assists the users to view mailbox data in offline mode.
As we know that the synchronization process is the most important step to update the MS Outlook in offline mode but sometimes the synchronization process interrupts due to many reasons then the OST file becomes corrupted and unable to open mailbox data in Outlook. Due to this issue, some error occurs in OST file like-
- OST Error code 0000000E
- Error 8004011D-526-80040115-0
- OST Internal Error (00000003)
- Outlook error message/c5e20916-9359-43fc-9bd9
- Service-Specific error 0 (0x0)
- Error code 0x8004103b (unknown error” error code 0x8004103b)
Now, we are going to get a solution to resolve all those errors by two methods
- Manual Method (By Using ScanOST.EXE)
- Third-party software
Fix Error Message by using SCANOST.EXE –
All the errors those are given above occur while OST file synchronization procedure and make the Outlook OST file corrupt or damage but no need to worry about all errors. Microsoft provides a free inbuilt tool named SCANOST.EXE to solve these types of issues. Please follow all steps to find the SCANOST.EXE and fix all errors-
- Firstly, make sure the MS Outlook is closed & find the SCANOST.EXE tool in your PC
- For Outlook 2007 – C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12
- For Outlook 2010 – C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14
- For Outlook 2010 32-bit – C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14
- For Outlook 2013 – C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15
- For Outlook 2016 32-bit Windows – C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16
- 64-bit Windows C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16
- Now open the tool and browse the OST file to scan
- Then click on Start and the scanning process will start automatically
- To fix the Outlook Error 0000000E code error, please click on the Repair button.
- After completing the repairing process, the tool will generate the confirmation window.
But sometimes, the SCANOST.EXE tool doesn’t repair the offline OST file issues then the 2nd method (Third-Party Software) is suitable for the MS Outlook users.
How to solve the OST file errors with Third-Party software:
Nowadays if any user searches for a third-party solution to repair a corrupted OST file then he would get many solutions in search engine results. But there is no guarantee for 100% successful recovery of Outlook file.
As an expert, I am suggesting an advanced and strong solution to repair OST files with complete data named as MailsDaddy OST to PST Converter software. The tool is a reliable and the latest solution which makes your OST file recovery process easier and makes the conversion process of OST to PST smoothly.
Final Words: Here are both types of methods to resolve the OST file corruption issues, and the user can select any one of them. But as an expert, I am suggesting to with the first method even selection of the second method is easy and comfortable but it’s not free, the user has to pay for $49 (MailsDaddy OST to PST Converter).