When you open Outlook or when you open a personal folders (.pst) file, you may receive the following error message :: error 0x80040116. This issue may occur if the index of the .pst file is damaged.
To resolve this issue, you can use a third party Outlook repair tool. I have used Kernel for Outlook repair tool that works really amazing and very powerful. You can find it from www.msoutlookrepair.com Thanks
< Message edited by bibomaria -- 9.Sep.2010 2:18:24 AM >
Microsoft has clearly stated that this error is due to some corruption in Outlook.pst file and may not be repaired by built-in Inbox repair tool (scanpst.exe). For detail information, you may visit this kb article: support.microsoft.com/kb/32991.
This software provides easy, safe, and fast way to resolve this problem. You may also test the features of the product by downloading the demo version.
Yes, it is one of the most common PST file corruption problems. I was also experiencing this error 3 days ago and then found solution here: An unknown error occurred - 0x80040116
If above solution does not work for you, then you should use a PST repair application to analyze and fix the issues.
< Message edited by nelson -- 24.May2012 5:19:37 AM >
If you are getting error 0x80040116 then be sure that .pst file have become corrupt and due to this reason the available data also gets deleted. So in this situation this becomes important to repair pst file, in a proper manner without any loss of data.
To resolve this problem you can take help of third party PST Repair tools. I would suggest the one from Stellar. Stellar Phoenix Outlook PST Repair is one of the best tools available in the market. It supports all major versions of Outlook ad is quite easy to use.
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