How To Repair Corrupt Outlook Profile?

Updated on May 27, 2022

The corruption of your Outlook profile can make all of your Outlook data unavailable. We have offered manual troubleshooting to assist you to rebuild your Outlook profile on Windows 10/11 or earlier versions, but we recommend employing Remo Repair Outlook (PST) tool to safely fix broken Outlook profiles. Download the tool now!

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No doubt Outlook profile is crucial when you are using a Microsoft Outlook account. When you open Outlook for the first time, a new profile will be automatically created, and eventually, Outlook uses it whenever you open your Outlook account. Microsoft Outlook allows its users to have multiple Outlook profiles. So anyone using Outlook can have multiple profiles. For example, separate profiles for personal and Office work.

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Any damage or corruption to your Outlook profile can make all your emails, contacts, notes, reminders, events, and other Outlook items inaccessible.

Some of the Outlook error messages that indicate your Outlook profile is corrupt are File (Filename).pst cannot be accessed, Data Error (Cyclic redundancy check), An unknown error has occurred: 0x80040116 or Messaging interface has caused an unknown error, etc. Sometimes, it can also result in Outlook not responding.

In this article, you will find out how to fix a corrupt Outlook profile using different reliable methods. But before you move on to it, let’s find out a few common reasons for Outlook profile corruption or damage.

Why is my Outlook profile corrupt?

  • Interruptions: Abrupt system shut down or terminate the Outlook application while you are working on it.
  • Improper installation: Corrupt Outlook profile can be due to improper installation of the Outlook application. Improper installation can lead to Outlook crashes and result in Outlook profile corruption.
  • Failed Login Attempts: Invalid login attempts to your Outlook profile.
  • Issues while updating: Errors while upgrading or transferring the Outlook profile can cause corruption.
  • Oversized PST file: If the PST file is oversized it can make your Outlook profile inaccessible.
  • Corrupt PST file: If your PST file is corrupt or damaged, then your Outlook profile gets inaccessible.

In all the above situations, your Outlook profile can get corrupt and all your Outlook items including your Outlook emails, contacts, reminders, etc., become inaccessible.

How to Fix corrupt Outlook Profile?

For: Outlook 2021, 2019,2016,2013 and earlier versions

Find out the 3 most successful methods to repair Outlook profile corruption.

1. Repair Outlook Profile using Outlook application

In Outlook 2019, 2016, 2013, and 2010:

1. Open Microsoft Outlook tool and click on File tab.

2. Select Account Settings drop-down box and then, Account Settings option.

select account setting option to fix Outlook profile

3. In the Email tab, Select the corrupt Outlook profile which you want to fix and hit Repair button.

select corrupt Outlook profile and hit repair button

4. Confirm the login details if your Outlook profile is password protected and click Next.

confirm password to repair Outlook profile

5. After the completion of Outlook repair process, click Finish button.

This way you can repair your minor Outlook profile corruption in Outlook 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010.

In Outlook 2007:

Open Outlook application > Click on Tools > Select Account Settings > In the Email tab select Outlook account profile > Click Repair button > Now, follow the self-explanatory instructions to repair corrupt Outlook profile > Finally, restart Outlook 2007 to sync changes.

2. Repair Corrupt Outlook Profile using the scanpst.exe tool

  • Locate the Scanpst.exe tool using the below path in your respective Outlook versions.
  • In Outlook 2019: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\

    In Outlook 2016: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16

    In Outlook 2013: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15

    In Outlook 2010: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14

    In Outlook 2007: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12

  • Open Scanpst.exe tool and click on the Browse button to select corrupt Outlook Profile which you want to fix.
  • Click the Start button. And select Make a backup of scanned file before repairing option and click Repair option.

After the completion of the PST/ OST file repairing process, you can access your Outlook emails and other attributes. In case, if you are still unable to fix the corrupt Outlook profile, use Remo Outlook PST Repair tool which can easily fix corrupt Outlook profile created on any version of Outlook including Outlook 2019, 2016.

3. Fix corrupt or damaged Outlook profile using Remo Repair Outlook (PST) tool

Remo Repair Outlook PST works with powerful scanning algorithms to fix corrupt PST file with ease. This read-only mode tool safely creates a healthy PST file by extracting all your data from the corrupt Outlook profile. And easily recovers all your deleted or lost Outlook emails, contacts, calendars, reminders, attachments, notes, folder structure, rules, and many more.

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Steps To Fix Corrupt Outlook Profile using Remo Outlook Repair tool:

Step 1: Download and install Remo Repair Outlook (PST) tool on your computer and select the appropriate following option based on your need to fix corrupt Outlook profile.

  • Open Default PST File: This Outlook Repair software locates your corrupt Outlook profile from its default location.
  • Select PST File Manually: The software enables you to Manually locate the corrupt Outlook PST file which you want to fix.
  • Find All Your PST Files: If you have multiple Outlook PST files, you can make use of this option. This option will automatically locate the existing multiple Outlook profiles and choose one among them that you want to repair.

Step 2: After selecting the corrupt Outlook profile, click Next.

Step 3: Now, select the Smart Scan to fix your severe corrupt Outlook profile.

Step 4: Click the Browse button to select the location of your choice to save the repaired Outlook PST File and click the Repair option.

Once the Outlook profile repairing process completes, you can view your repaired PST file in the selected destination and can access all your Outlook data such as emails, contacts, reminders, attachments, etc. without any issue.

Watch this video to understand more on how to repair corrupt Outlook profile using Remo Outlook Repair tool

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