How to Resolve Error 0x80040600 in Microsoft Outlook?

Last updated on October 18th, 2022 at 09:38 am

Most of the time, we are using Microsoft Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010, Outlook 2013, Outlook 2016, or Outlook 2019 to send or receive email and get the error code 0x80040600. If this error happens and it blocks all actions within Outlook that are related to the this folder and file. This can happen with every MS Outlook version. In this blog, we learn how to resolve error code 0x80040600. There are free tools to solve or fix this issue, such as ‘scanpst.exe.’

The steps that will allow you to get rid of the error from the error:

  1. Close MS Outlook to run the ‘scanpst.exe’ inbox repair tool.
  2. Click the search option on the Start menu, and search for SCANPST.EXE to find it.
  3. Double-click on SCANPST.EXE and then click Browse to find PST file that is corrupted.
  4. To start the recovery process, click the Scan button.
  5. A message will appear on the screen and ask Create Backup to continue clicking OK.
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