Resolve "An unexpected error prevented access to this file.” Error in Outlook

Inbox repair tool which is also known with the name of scanpst.exe is an inbuilt application that gets automatically downloaded with all versions of MS Outlook. A PST file is used for storing all data in Outlook is very susceptible to get corrupted. To repair corrupted outlook PST files MS Outlook provided inbox repair tool, though it is efficient application but in the case PST file is heavily damaged than it may not be sufficient alone to repair corrupted PST file. In this condition you may use third party application to repair corrupted PST file.

To run the application in the system in order to repair corrupted PST file, it first required to locate scanpst.exe location. Scanpst.exe location is different in different versions of Outlook. Take a practical example when you attempted to run inbox repair tool in Outlook 2007 to repair corrupted PST file, it fails to perform the task and reported following error messages:

"An unexpected error prevented access to this file. Use ScanDisk to check the disk for errors, and then try using the Inbox Repair tool again."

The error shows that scanpst.exe fails to be accessed. The reason behind this may be that there is some disk related problems or the PST files are heavily damaged.

You may follow these steps to resolve the error:

1. You may run chkdsk command to repair disk related problems and then run the utility again.
2. If the error again gets displayed, than you may recover PST data by opening the PST file, create a new file and then import all the data to it. But in the case if PST file cannot be opened than you may use third party application to repair corrupted PST file.

PST Repair Software is efficient software that has advanced algorithm that repairs corrupted PST files easily.