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You start the computer in safe mode and run an antivirus software.
3. The antivirus software finds virus in Outlook PST file. To get rid of virus, when you try to delete or repair the corrupted PST, it prompts one of the below error messages:
"Error occurred during file deleting:Error 0x80040119."
Or
"Error occurred during file deleting: The system can not find the file specified."
Alternatively, you might receive another errors suggesting that that an error has occurred while repair and there are no more files.
Cause:
Your Outlook PST is infected from viruses such as Win32/Bagle:AI, Netsky.k(at)mm, Win32/Mitglieder.CL etc. In most of such cases, Outlook PST is completely inaccessible and cannot be opened.
Solution
Following suggestions might help you to solve such problems:
1. Try using a more powerful and updated antivirus software to scan and fix the infected PST issues. These software usually delete the virus infected files, so make sure you have a complete backup of your data.
2. If you can open the infected PST, create a new Outlook profile which creates an empty PST automatically. Try to import data from your old PST to this new one.
3. To extract data from an inaccessible PST, you can take aid of third-party PST File Recovery Software. These utilities are exclusively built to be used in situations like virus infections. PST Recovery software use effective scanning procedures to repair a corrupted Outlook PST file. Moreover, because of their interactive and self-explaining user interface and design, you can use these applications with no hassle.
This PST Recovery Tool is an advanced recover utility for corrupted Outlook PST. The PST Recovery Software supports MS Outlook 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000. This recover PST tool uses high-end file repair algorithms while maintaining the originality of PST items. The tool is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2003, and 2000.
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