Take for an instance; you have a damaged Outlook PST file with significant data such as emails, attachments, contacts, calendar entries, tasks, journals, etc. In addition, you need the data on an urgent basis. What do you do in such a situation? The first thing that comes to your mind is using the free-of-cost Inbox Repair Tool (scanpst.exe) provided by Microsoft. Consequently, you download the tool and run it on the damaged PST file to repair the file. However, the tool prompts up with “Fatal Error: 80040900“. You try again, but continue to get the error while repairing the PST file. Every attempt that you make to repair the corrupt PST file, you receive the same error message repeatedly. In such a situation, all that you have to do is to fix “Fatal Error: 80040900” in MS Outlook. However, why the error while using Inbox Repair Tool that is devised to repair PST file? Well, this may happen due to the limitations of the tool.
Limitations of scanpst.exe
Other limitations are:
When Inbox Repair Tool returns the fatal error: 80040900 instead of repairing the PST file, it is better to look for an adequate solution. This solution can be the use of software that works automatically and is easy and safe to use. Prefer using software that does not require technical expertise and you get the task done quickly without much hassle. A prominent software with proven results along with good reviews and ratings is Stellar Repair for Outlook – Technician. The software repairs damage and related errors in large PST files
Know all about Technician version of Stellar Repair for Outlook
The recommendation is to use Stellar Repair for Outlook-Technician. The reason being, it not only surpasses the scanpst.exe limitations of not repairing large PST files (2 GB size or more) or exceedingly damaged PSTs, etc. but also provides various features and benefits.
Software Features
Main Feature – Along with PST file repair, it has provision for splitting and compacting PST file at the time of saving the repaired file.
Other features
All about Split PST and Compact PST features
The software facilitates to split/compact PST at the time of saving repaired PST. Saves all the mailbox data in a new PST file. The software provides both Split and Compact options to prevent corruption in PST files by reducing their size as large PST files are prone to corruption.
Split PST – The software can split PST file by Size, Date Range, and Email Id.
Compact PST – The software can compress PST file in four ways. These are:
Conclusion
With a simple and easy-to-use GUI matching the interface of MS Office 2019 and 2016, Stellar Repair for Outlook-Technician repairs large sized PST effectively, Consequently, if the PST file is severely corrupt and you are not able to fix it with the Outlook’s inbuilt Inbox Repair Tool, the advice is to use the advanced PST Repair software by Stellar software. In this way, you fix the fatal error 80040900 in MS Outlook while using scanpst.exe. The best part of using this software is that you need not to have technical expertise. With a few clicks, you can repair large PST file and prevent further corruption using the compact and split feature.
Eric Simson is an Email Platform Consultant and is associated with Stellar Data Recovery from last 6 years. He writes about the latest technology tips and provides custom solutions related to MS Outlook, MS Exchange Server, Office 365, and many other Email Clients & Servers.
I’m using MS Outlook older version 2000. Is this software compatible with this version?
Yes.
This software is compatible with Microsoft Outlook 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002 & 2000.
When I run the Scanpst program to fix Outlook fatal error. I have faced unexpected below error message:
“Scanpst.exe – entry point not found
The procedure entry point RCVR_Scan32@28 could not be located in the dynamic link library SCNPST32.dll”
How to resolve this error?
You can resolve this error by using 3 ways:
1. Repair MS Office Installation
2. Move the Outlook PST file to another computer
3. Use a PST File Repair Tool
Read below blog post for step by step procedure:
https://www.stellarinfo.com/blog/error-solved-scanpst-exe-entry-point-not-found/
My PST file header is corrupted. I have tried Scanpst.exe tool but it’s not working properly. Please suggest any other method.
Scanpst.exe doesn’t fix the header of the PST file. I would like to suggest you try third party Outlook PST Repair tool i.e. Stellar Repair for Outlook. Through this, you can successfully recover all PST mailbox data.
I have tried to fix ‘fatal error 80040900’ by Scanpst.exe in Outlook 2016. But it does not fix the directory structure. Is there any possibility to fix directory structure?
Today, I have faced the issue in MS Outlook 2014. When I tried to send mail it delivers perfectly but I have not received any mail. It shows an error message: “Error 0x80040900”. I have checked webmail settings it’s perfectly fine. To resolve this error I have used Inbox Repair Tool but still facing the issue.
I’m afraid for losing my crucial data saved in PST file.
Any help.
You can try alternative method Stellar Repair for Outlook tool. It will perform the repair of PST files flawlessly. In this tool, there is no size limitation of repairing PST file.
While using SCANPST.exe, I have faced “Fatal Error: 80040900” error code in MS Outlook. To fix this error, I have used Stellar PST Repair software it works perfectly for me.
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