subject: Unknown Errors Occur When You Try to Read Data From Outlook Inbox [print this page] Unknown Errors Occur When You Try to Read Data From Outlook Inbox
Are you getting STOP or unknown errors while accessing data from the Outlook PST file? Are you unable to read emails from your Microsoft Outlook Inbox? Well, this behavior, in most cases, is caused by severe corruption to the Outlook PST file, which is repository of all your valuable data like emails, notes, tasks, contacts, journal, attachments, and appointments. When the file gets damaged, you can not access its contents and come across data loss situations. In such critical circumstances, a valid and absolute backup come for your rescue. In case backup is not updated or available, you have to repair PST file using alternative solutions to access data from it.
In a practical scenario, you may run across any of the below error messages if you are using MS Outlook 2007, 2003, or 2002 with Microsoft Windows Vista or Microsoft Windows XP, when you attempt to read mails in MS Outlook Inbox or click the Send/Receive button:
"An unknown error has occurred. 0X80040119"
Or
"An unknown error has occurred. 0X80040600"
If you try to remove any email from your Outlook account, you might come across the below error message:
"Messaging interface has caused an unknown error"
After this behavior, you can not use data of the PST file. The PST file becomes totally unusable and it becomes essential to repair Outlook PST file to retrieve data from it.
Root of the problem
You may come across this problem, if any of the below conditions are true:
The Outlook application has malfunctioned and PST file is corrupted.
The PST file is approaching 2 GB size limit.
The PST file is infected by viruses and Outlook is unable to read data from it.
Resolution
You can try out the below methods to fix this problem:
Analyze and repair damaged PST file using Inbox Repair Tool or Scanpst.exe utility.
If PST file is 2 GB in size, truncate PST file before applying the Inbox Repair Tool on the affected PST file.
Use third-party PST repair software to repair and restore the damaged Microsoft Outlook PST file.
The Outlook repair tools are powerful enough to systematically scanning entire PST file and extract all inaccessible data from it. They preserve absolute integrity of your significant data as of their read-only and non-destructive conduct.
Stellar Phoenix Outlook PST Repair is the most excellent solution to successfully restore damaged data from Outlook PST file. The software works well with Microsoft Outlook 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000. It restores all Outlook PST file items, including emails, notes, contacts, tasks, attachments, appointments, and journal.
