Convert Outlook OST to PST file to fix issues related to missing or destroyed configuration settings of Outlook

It is not necessary for you to connect Outlook application with Exchange server to access Outlook mail-objects, such as mails, contacts, attachments, appointments, tasks, journals, and scheduled meetings. Outlook mail objects can be accessed easily without Exchange server, but you cannot send mails using Outlook alone. This is because of OST (Offline Storage File). Outlook application stores a copy of the mailbox on client system when Exchange server is unavailable. Data of OST file automatically gets converted to PST file when you connect Outlook application with Exchange server. But at times, synchronization remains incomplete. In such situations, OST to PST converter tool is the last option. It can convert ost file into a PST file and make overall data of Outlook accessible.

Here some error messages are discussed which appears when you try to make connection between MS-Outlook and Exchange server:

When you try to configure MS-Outlook automatically, below mentioned error message is displayed on the screen:

“The action cannot be completed. The connection to the Microsoft Exchange Server is unavailable. Your network adapter does not have a default gateway.”

When you try to configure MS-Outlook manually, an error message that seems exactly as given below appears:

“Your Microsoft Exchange Server is unavailable”

Suppose, you have an existing profile that was previously connected to MS-Exchange server and you have lost the default gateway. If you select the Check Name option to check the settings in Email Accounts, below error message pops up.

“Outlook cannot log on. Verify that you are connected to the network and are using the proper server and mailbox name. The connection to the Microsoft Exchange Server is unavailable. Your network adapter does not have a default gateway.”

Here is another error message that appears when you try to connect Outlook 2007 with MS-Exchange server 2003 using Remote Procedure Call (RPC) over HTTPS.

“Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window. The set of folders cannot be opened. The attempt to log on to Microsoft Exchange has failed.”

Cause:

All the above error messages occur when default gateway is not configured in Microsoft Outlook 2007.

Solution:

First of all, configure default gateway. Perform OST to PST conversion using a third party OST to PST converter tool. Nowadays, a large number of tools are available in the market. These tools convert OST PST and make the data of Outlook objects accessible. Download the software from Internet and select the tool according to your requirements. These tools are fast and easy to use.

Stellar Phoenix Convert OST PST is a comprehensive tool that can be used to convert OST to PST data. The tool allows you to restore data of OST as PST on any drive that can be detected by the host operating system. All sizes of OST file can be repaired easily. This application supports MS-Outlook 2010, 2003, 2007, 2002, and 2000.

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To Resolve "File *.ost is not an offline folder file." Error - Convert OST to PST

Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft Outlook applications collaboratively creates an e-communication environment. MS Exchange server stores mailboxes of all users in a single EDB file i.e. Exchange Database file. For each user's mailbox a separate profile is created that can be accessed through outlook with different credentials. On every users local system an exact replica of their mailbox is stored in .ost format, this OST file is the offline storage file that gets synchronized with the exchange server mailbox every time you get connect with the Mailbox Server. After proper synchronization the OST file automatically gets converted into PST file that is accessible with Outlook.

But some times the OST file gets corrupted due to reasons like improper synchronization, malicious virus attacks or various other reasons. This corrupted OST file can not be converted automatically into PST file when it get connected with the Exchange Server, and the ost file becomes inaccessible with all its content.

Consider a practical situation, when you try to start MS Outlook and you come across the following error message.

"Cannot open your default email folders. The file *.ost is not an offline folder file."

Two reasons that may be responsible for this error message are as follows.

1.OST file gets corrupt due to malicious virus attacks or some other file related issues and MS Outlook is not able to recognize the file.

2.When OST file becomes inaccessible i.e. user is unable to access the file with MS Outlook then the error might have occurred while pursuing synchronization.

In case, when it is confirmed that damage to ost file results in ost file inaccessibility then one can use ost repair tool and may recover the OST file. But if the OST file becomes unusable due to improper synchronization, then one should convert OST to PST file to recover the OST file.

OST to PST Conversion can be performed easily by using third party convert ost to pst tool. Such ost to pst conversion softwares are especially developed to convert the .ost to .pst file. Convert ost to pst tools are capable to convert all the contents of ost file like e mails, contacts, attachments, notes, journals etc. into .pst file, they can also convert the encrypted or password protected ost to pst file. Such tools supports all the latest versions of Windows like Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2003, and Outlook 2010. 2007, 2003, 2002.

Convert OST PST tool to resolve "object could not be found" Error

When you want to access data from the MS Exchange Server mailbox or update the OST file stored on your system, you have to synchronize the .ost file with Exchange Server. This synchronization of OST file with MS Exchange Server means you are imitating data between Exchange Server and Offline filder file i.e. .ost file. OST file is a copy of Exchange Server mailbox that is stored on the client system. When synchronization between Exchange Server and OST file takes place, .OST file gets automatically converted into .PST (Personal Storage Table) file and gets updated with all the changes as in Exchange Server and Exchange Server is updated with the changes in OST file.

But if somehow the synchronization process fails, the conversion of OST to PST can not be completed successfully, and due to this improper synchronization OST file can be corrupted and become inaccessible. BUt it is not so, thst you can never access your corrupt ost file, you can use ost to pst conversion utility to manually onvert ost to pst file.

What happens when you try to synchronize .OST file with the Exchange server in MS Outlook 2003, following error message may occur in Sync Issues directory of MS Outlook: "0×8004010F An object could not be found". When you attempt to send a mail after receiving the above error message, you get the following error message in MS Office Outlook 2003: "Task 'Microsoft Exchange Server' reported error (0×8004010F): 'Operation failed. Object could not be found.'" This behaviour resulting in the end of synchronization process and you cannot associate with the Exchange Server. Finally, it stops OST to PST conversion process.

Basic cause of Error

Below mentioned situations may be responsible for such errors:

Missing or incorrect address listing offline address book list
Missing address list in offline address book list
The OST on the local systems file is either corrupt or unusable.


To resolve this problem view Properties in Address lists setting of Exchange server manager, verify the Address list validity. If the list is not valid you can add the new list

But many of the times this method fails. In such situations one should use email conversion softwares that convert the corrupted .ost file into accessible .pst file. Such tools uses advance scanning techniques to efficiently convert OST to PST file. After converting the OST to PST file, the resulting PST file can be accessed with MS Outlook.

OST to PST Converter is an efficient and affordable tool to convert the OST file into PST file. It supports Windows 7, vista, XP, 2003 and MS Outlook 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002. As having Outlook resembling GUI, it is very easy to use and does not require any technical expertise.

Recover Corrupt OST file due to Data Storage Device failure : Convert OST to PST

Microsoft Outlook client uses Offline Storage Table i.e. OST file to store mails and data on the local system that can be accessed and modified in offline mode. This OST file gets synchronized with the Exchange server to reflect the changes in OST file and in the mail server. However this OST file gets corrupted due to various reasons,related to hardware, software or human mistakes.

In this post I will discuss the scenario of Corrupt OST file due to Data Storage Device Failure.

Suppose you work on a system and use it to access your mails in offline mode using OST file, but unfortunately the hard drive of the system have some bad sectors and your Outlook OST file is stored in these sectors. Then it may be possible that you can read a part of the OST file or might be possible that the data you are reading is incorrect or full of errors.

To avoid such a situation it is recommended to use reliable hardware devices that can reduce the chances of data corruption. But once your OST file gets corrupted it will no longer be accessible with MS Outlook and all the data contained in it will lost.

The only solution of such a problem where you have a corrupt OST file due to storage device failure is to convert the corrupted or inaccessible OST file to PST file. The OST to PST conversion tool converts the OST file into PST file to make it accessible with MS Outlook. Once you get your OST file converted into PST file you can access all the data like mails, contacts, journals, notes, calender entries etc. Using MS Outlook. For the OST to PST Conversion you should use a third party OST to PST converter.

Many question arises when you have to choose a third party convert OST to PST tool.

Is the software is efficient much to convert all the content in OST file into PST file?
Does it make any changes in the OST file content?
Does it supports the version of windows or MS Outlook you have?
Can it convert password protected or encrypted content of the OST file?
Can I use it easily or need some technical expertise?

Stellar Phoenix Mailbox Exchange Desktop is the answer of all such questions. It is an efficient and easy to use OST to PST converter developed by stellar Information Systems to recover all the data contained in an OST file by converting it into PST file. It does not make any changes in the OST file during OST to PST conversion. Supports windows 7, Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and Ms Outlook 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002, 2000. Need not to have any technical expertise to use it, easy to use as having Outlook resembling GUI.

Troubleshooting "Unable to Expand Error" in OST file

An OST (Offline Storage Table) file is a type of file that is used in Microsoft Outlook to store the online mail box files on local systems and synchronize it when internet connection resumes. Ost file is especially used in the organizations having very unreliable Internet connectivity. You can work on the OST file in offline mode and gets synchronized with mailbox exchange sever when the internet connection is available.

But still sometimes there may be some problems when the synchronization with the mail box exchange server takes place. Due to this problem, the OST file can be corrupted. In these cases, you have to repair the OST file using the Inbox Repair Tool. But, if the inbox repair tool can not resolve your problem then you should use a third-party OST to PST conversion software to convert OST file to its PST version.

Suppose when you try to synchronize an OST file in Outlook 2003, but the synchronization can not be achieved and the following message is displayed.

"Unable to expand the folder. The set of folders could not be opened. Errors could have been detected in the file abc.ost. Quit all mail-enabled applications, and then use the Inbox Repair Tool."

here, abc.ost is the offline folder (OST) file.

Cause: The basic cause of this error message is that the OST file has not been synchronized properlyand hence gets damaged or corrupted.And now outlook is unable to process this corrupted or damaged version of the OST file.

Resolution: To resolve this problem, you should use the Inbox Repair Tool utility that is in-built with MS outlook. But, before using the Inbox repair repair tool you should have a backup of the OST file so that the further damage can be avoided.

To repair the OST file, the following steps should be performed:

# Click Run on the Start menu.
# Type on the run prompt opened drive:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Mapi\LocaleID\scanpst.exe and press Enter.
# To change the options for logging errors during the scanning process, click Options. If you choose Replace log or Append to log, the log file is saved to the same directory in which the OST file is saved.
# Click Start.
# Select Make a backup of scanned file before repairing check box when the file scan is completed.
# Click Repair.

The above mentioned steps should repair the OST file. But, if the problem is not resolved by the inbox repair tool then you should use a third party OST-PST conversion software to convert OST file to its PST version.Such tools do not over right the original file during OST to PST conversion

OST to PST Converter is an OST to PST converter that efficiently convert OST file to its PST version. It is able to recover various Outlook objects like emails, contacts, tasks, etc. In addition, it preserves the formatting in the RTF and HTML messages. It is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, Server 2003, XP, and Server 2000. And is easy to use as having outlook resembling GUI.

How to Access all Data and Mails in an Unusable or Corrupted OST File

When you have an orphaned OST file which contains your data but is either corrupt or unusable due to various reasons, the problem here is how to access the data in it. This corrupted or inaccessible OST file is of no use. Suppose in a situation you have an OST file that gets unusable after user account and mailbox deleted from the previous server.

Moreover, you will see the following alert message when you try to export the data contained in OST file into PST file.

"Attempting to view permissions in Outlook: Some permission could not be displayed. Permission information for this folder could not be accessed."

This is really a drasting problem as all of your important mails and other data are in an unusable file. The major question is that how to open this OST file in MS Outlook.

But you need not to worry, technology has the answer of this question i.e. use an efficient, easy to use and affordable tool that converts all your important data contained in the corrupted OST file into its equivalent PST version which you can access in MS Outlook.

As their is no other way to access your data in corrupted OST file without converting it into PST file. First convert OST file in PST file and save it as a PST file then you can access all your data in MS Outlook

Hence for solving the above mentioned problem you only need to have an OST to PST conversion tool. To evaluate the performance and efficiency of the software you can download the free evaluation version and get familier with the functionality and performance of such conversion tools.