subject: Dealing With Ecf Error Message While Starting Outlook [print this page] Emails are best of communicating in a flawless and clear manner. There is no room for ambiguity in the communication done via emails. Communicating with e-mails is the general practice at work places and MS Outlook adheres to its persona. Outlook has many attractive supported features that enable the user for arranging their e-mails, managing the contacts and other related jobs under a single platform.
This article throws light in error occurring due to ECF file corruption at the time of Outlook startup. ECF is a file extension associated with Outlook Add-in and is responsible for providing extra features to the MS Outlook e-mail program. This file can be managed using Add-In Manager beneath Advanced Options within Outlook. But you may get the following error messages when you click over the icon of Ms Outlook:
Error in configuration file "C:Program FilesMicrosoft Office 97OfficeAddinsfilename.ecf"
Or
The extension configuration file "C:Program FilesMicrosoft Office 97OfficeAddinsfilename.ecf" could not be installed. There is an error in the syntax or format of the file.
Or
Unable to load filename.dll. You may be out of memory, out of system resources, or missing a .dll file.
After seeing above messages you will find that there is some kind of issue with some .ecf or .dll file. There is a possibility that .ecf or .dll file is missing or damaged in the Outlook. This may also happen that some incorrect information is lying there in the Extend.dat file. So for the correction of the problem, the first thing you need to analyze is what the main problem is for the occurrence of these error messages.
Based on this analysis, you can have the following way outs:
After this you will find that the add-in displayed in the error message will be listed on the right under the heading of DATA. Select that data key and press DELETE to get rid of the registry.
3. Refresh the Extend.dat file.
Its always said that you must not play with registries, as any inappropriate change could result in PST file corruption and youll have to face the drastic consequences. Here in this case also you may find some issues even after the safe procedure of the above mentioned remedies. This is the case when the damage of dll or ecf file also results into PST corruption.
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