Repair Outlook PST Error An Unknown Error Occurred - 0x80040116

An unknown error occurred - 0x80040116

Repair Outlook Error "0x80040116" - "Outlook.pst can not be accessed" error message when you start Outlook 2000 or open a personal folder file

The File/Data File Management option of Microsoft Office Outlook lets you organize Outlook e-mails and perform various settings of various .pst files. For performing the required changes in any of the PST files, it requires the file to be in perfect condition. In other words, it should be error-free. If you fail in your attempt to access the file settings of a particular PST file from File/Data File Management option, the reason can be corruption of PST file. In such circumstances, running different PST Recovery solutions often brings effective results in extracting e-mails.

Let's specify the given problem by following realistic illustration. Here we have considered the case of an Microsoft Outlook 2007 user who has an important PST file that contains critical e-mails, calendar items, contacts, and other items. When he/she tries to open the file, it would either not open or give errors. On trying to access the settings of this PST file, it behaves unexpectedly, while prompting the below error message on screen:

“An unknown error occurred, error code: 0x80040116”

Cause

The above depicted problem is most likely to occur because of the damage of Outlook PST and/or Outlook profile. It can be an upgrade related problem. When you upgrade, the process might in turn corrupt your PST mail profile and/or PST file on account of some incompatibility issues.

Solution

To begin with troubleshooting this problem, you should first recreate your mail profile. Once the new profile starts working perfectly and you can access the settings of a new PST file (Outlook creates a new PST file with each mail profile you create) and attach the existing PST file. If it works properly, corruption was related to profile and not with the PST file, which now has been resolved. But if Outlook behaves in the same manner as before, your original PST file is corrupted that you need to Recover PST file.

Try to repair the PST file using Outlook's built-in Inbox Repair Tool (Scanpst.exe). If this doesn't help, a third-party PST File Recovery utility is your answer. These software can scan your corrupted PST file and restore all file contents at a safe location.

PST Recovery Software is a high-end utility that can repair your corrupted PST file and create a new file to extract all e-mails, notes, calendar items, contacts, etc. To Recover PST file using this software, you need to perform just a few simple steps. The PST Recovery tool supports MS Outlook 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000.