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Using Classic Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
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one drive pst file cant be synced and cant be located 0x800401of error received is their an easy repair?
Using Classic Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
AI answer
Yes. The simplest supported repair path is:
.pst file out of OneDrive to a local folder that is not synced by OneDrive. Storing active Outlook .pst files in OneDrive can cause sync problems and corruption symptoms.
C:\Users\<username>\Documents\Outlook FilesScanpst.exe) against the .pst file:
Scanpst.exe..pst file and select Start.Scanpst.exe created a .bak file, try recovering additional items:
.bak in the same folder as the original .pst.*.bak.pst.For .ost files only: if the account is Exchange-based, the offline data file can be deleted and Outlook will recreate it the next time Outlook opens.
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