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Makoj
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 Outlook data file will not open
Mail servers, Outlook, outlook data file, Outlook error messages, Outlook Errors
When trying to open my outlook, error massage says 'data file was not closed properly'

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microsoft outlook
ASKED: October 7, 2010  10:48 AM
UPDATED: May 9, 2012  3:18 AM
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See if you can get Outlook to open in safe mode. Then do a detect and repair. Otherwise, create a new profile, try to import that one and copy over. There are also 3rd party utilities for fixing *.pst files. Hope this helps! -Schmidtw
Last Wiki Answer Submitted:  October 20, 2010  6:44 pm  by  Schmidtw   11,205 pts.
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If this is a POP3 account downloading to a .pst file then try running scanpst to repair.

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