OST files could probably get corrupted due to several hardware and software reasons. One of the hardware reasons is the failure of the networking connection. Also, your OST files will probably get corrupted when the network connection is suddenly lost. In addition, the sudden shutdown of the Exchange Server could also be a reason for the OST file corruption. OST file is only a cache file for MS Outlook. It is not possible to open it like a PST file, which is a personal database for MS Outlook. You cannot directly open an OST file in MS Outlook 2016. You can only access the OST file in that particular Outlook application, in which it was originally created. If you can create an outlook profile with the same exact username and email then only the OST file will work otherwise it is locked down. However, if the OST is damaged or causing errors, then you can recreate the OST in your system. Manual way to open OST file in MS Outlook 2016 The OST file is an offline copy of the mailbox that is already maintained on the MS Exchange server. Therefore, an option is available to recreate the OST file and try to download a copy of all the items again. When we re-open the MS Outlook by the below-given process, a new OST file is created for that account. 1. First, close your MS Outlook application by Exit option 2. Go to the start menu, click on Control Panel and click twice on the mail option. 3. A mail setup dialog box will appear, then you have to choose your desired MS Outlook profile by showing the profile option. 4. Now press on Properties. 5. From the dialog box of mail setup select the email account. 6. After that, you have to choose the data file tab. 7. Select MS Exchange account and hit on the open file location. For an Exchange account, the explorer wizard will open on the desired location of all data items. Both Account Setting, as well as Mail Setup dialog, remains open in the file explorer window. 8. Close both dialog boxes Mail Setup & Account Settings. Then return to file explorer screen. 9. Under the file explorer window, choose the option of Exchange data file and click-right on it. After that, click the delete option. Conclusion This way you can re-create the OST file and recover all the data easily. However, Outlook may fail to recreate the OST file due to other issues, such as deleted mailbox profiles from the server or connectivity issues. In the absence of that; it is not going to be easy. In such scenario, you need to convert OST file into PST file format so that you can effortlessly open the PST file within MS Outlook. This will help you to fix the corruption issues of your OST file and access OST content. This tool does not require MS Outlook as well as your Exchange account to move the mailboxes present in the OST format to the PST. Thus, it is most sought after method to overcome any OST file issue or inaccessibility of the data file. |
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