Ways to Fix ‘Scanpst.exe – entry point not found…’ Error
Scanpst.exe is one of the most important and is a primary executable file which can to repair damaged or corrupted Outlook PST file. This tool when runs, it first of all examines and check for the PST item headers corruption, then work to detect damage in the directory structure and finally works to repair and recover PST files present in the Outlook. Since these PST file is mechanically installed with your Outlook application and has a great effect on the working of Inbox Repair Tool. If anyhow this installation is interrupt or damaged in between, this Inbox repair tool also fails to repair the corruption. In that case you need to use third party software that can help you in setting damage, solving PST file issues or is also effective to split PST file and hence provide complete solution to get fresh environment to work further on your MS Outlook.
Consider a scenario when Outlook PST file is corrupted and in order to repair it when an user try to run inbox repair tool, faces unexpected error saying that:
“Scanpst.exe – entry point not found
The procedure entry point RCVR_Scan32@28 could not be located in the dynamic link library SCNPST32.dll”
After getting such an error message you will find that your emails, contacts, attachments or other folder present in the present PST file are inaccessible and are unable to proceed further. The main reason behind such an error is the damaged or incomplete Outlook installation. However you should be panic this time. Still this files can be repair and recovered. Here are the ways to fix the error and to solve the problem:
(1) Try to repair or reinstall MS Outlook.
(2) Move the existing PST file to any other operating system that have the same version of MS Outlook installed, in order to re-access the damaged PST file.
If the problem persist, then use a third-party software that can be a sufficient solution to repair and recover corrupted PST file. Re-download Scan.exe on your system. And try to solve the problem. You can also use software is also work-ful to solve issues like file header problem and damage in the outlook and thus allows you to restore the file data to specified destination. This software also useful to split PST file into small segment, to give you error free platform on your Outlook .
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