If you are facing Outlook PST corruption issues then you can take the help of Scanpst.exe tool. It is an inbuilt tool offered by Microsoft to resolve Outlook related problems. The utility is also known as Inbox repair tool. It is designed to solve the minor problems of Outlook such as minor PST corruption, file header corruption problem and others. But many a time, when PST corruption is quite high Scanpst.exe is broken and fails to perform the tasks.

When users try to open the corrupt PST file in Outlook, the error message pop ups to the display screen and abrupt the process. The error message pop ups in the following given manner:

“Cannot open Outlook. The set of folders cannot be opened”

The Outlook PST and Scanpst.exe is broken problem generally occurs because of the virus infection, oversized PST problem, Unexpectedly shut down of system while sending or receiving emails, header structures are damaged and others. In such cases you need to follow the below mentioned steps to sort out broken Scanpst.exe and Outlook problems:

• First of all Go to the command prompt
• Then Start>run>type CMS and say OK
• Then type the command chkdsk C: /f/r
• It is a primary drive you need to run check disk at the next system boot
• After that say “Y” to restart the system
• On system reboot, it will do scandisk and take couple of hours
• Once everything is completed, you can logged into Windows and try to open Outlook

With the help of these manual steps you will be able to resolve the Outlook and Scanpst.exe is broken problem. But if the problem still persist then in such cases you can opt third party PST repair tool to restore corrupt or damaged Outlook PST file. It is designed with highly sophisticated technique and rich use interface to make the procedure easier for users.