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Most of the computer users make use of outlook application to manage their emails or personal data because of its durability and efficiency. In outlook you can store your several personal files and data like emails, journals, contacts, appointments etc which exactly gets saved in PST (Personal Storage Table) folder. Outlook comes with an effective inbuilt scanpst.exe tool which is capable of repairing the corrupted and damaged PST files. Also this tool is very much effective in resolving the minor corruption issue of outlook. But sometimes it happens that this stable application shows several strange errors and thus fails to work smoothly. Scanpst.exe unable to locate component error commonly appears on your outlook screen and thus interrupts its normal functioning.
You can experience the aforesaid error message when you try to run scanpst.exe tool for repairing the corrupted PST files. Also in some situation this error appears at the time of accessing PST files. This error message appears on the screen with the below mentioned message:-
“SCANPST.EXE- Unable To Locate Component; This application has failed to start because OLMAPI32.dll was not found. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.”
Due to this error message, scanpst.exe tool fails to perform its tasks. At this moment scanpst.exe tool loses its capability to repair PST files and so these files remain corrupted and inaccessible. So it is very necessary to fix Scanpst.exe unable to locate component error in order to access your corrupted and damaged PST files smoothly.
Causes:-
This error message basically appears on the screen when OLMAPI32.dll file gets corrupted, missing or damage. OLMAPI32.dll is an important file in outlook which plays an important role in the smooth execution of outlook application and inbuilt scanpste.exe tool. However several other factors like virus infection, human errors, improper installation of outlook application, incompatible version of scanpst.exe tool etc are also responsible for the occurrence of Scanpst.exe unable to locate component error.
Resolution:-
Follow the below mentioned steps which can easily fix this annoying error and enables you to perform your tasks and operations in outlook application without any problems.
- Start your system in safe mode
- Properly install Microsoft outlook which also downloads the compatible version of OLMPI32.dll file
- And if the error persists then reinstall the complete package of MS Office
But sometimes it happens that outlook again shows the same error even after following the aforesaid steps. It may be possible only when there is severe corruption in outlook application. In this situation you are recommended to make use of genuine PST repair software. This utility amazingly resolves corruption problems in outlook and thus fixes all outlook errors and issues. Once Scanpst.exe unable to locate component error gets fixed then you can easily use scanpst.exe tool for the purpose of repairing corrupted PST files..
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