How to fix “Scanpst.exe msmapi32.dll error”?
Outlook is very familiar application for its usage as email client and personal information manager. With the launch of its new version, its user also upgrades their application. In one such case suppose a user upgraded their Outlook application from 2007 to 2010. After that on someday user faces damaged PST issue which required the use of ScanPST.exe tool for its repair. When user launched the tool for fixing the damage the encountered another error which says:
“Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Mapi32.dll is corrupt or the wrong version. This could have been caused by installing other messaging software. Please reinstall Outlook.”
This error is the result of missing or damaged DLL file named msmapi32.dll. The problem can also occur due incorrect version of DLL file or accessing the file from wrong location. Damaged Inbox repair tool can also display such error.
“Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Mapi32.dll is corrupt or the wrong version. This could have been caused by installing other messaging software. Please reinstall Outlook.”
This error is the result of missing or damaged DLL file named msmapi32.dll. The problem can also occur due incorrect version of DLL file or accessing the file from wrong location. Damaged Inbox repair tool can also display such error.
The very first possible resolution for this problem could be the renaming of mapi32.dll file. The steps to do that are mentione below:
The problem can also lie within the inbuilt tool itself. It can be noticed if the tool fails again after renaming the DLL file. So if the Scanpst.exe msmapi32.dll error does not gets fixed through the renaming of the file then user must go for third party tool to repair their PST file. Third party automatic Outlook PST repair tool is alternative option of Inbox repair tool. It doesn't require such that particular DLL file to run on the system. Also it doesn't gets affected the upgradation of Outlook. With the use of highly sophisticated algorithm, the tool restores all the lost data of the PST file.
- Quit Outlook the goto Start -> Find -> Files or Folders.
- Write “mapi32.dll” in the “Named” box.
- Click on My Computer in the Look in box and click on Find Now.
- From the search list find the Mapi32.dll file, right-click -> rename.
- Rename it to Mapi32.old. For multiple dll file with the same name, rename all of them.
- Relaunch Outlook and then Inbox repair tool.
The problem can also lie within the inbuilt tool itself. It can be noticed if the tool fails again after renaming the DLL file. So if the Scanpst.exe msmapi32.dll error does not gets fixed through the renaming of the file then user must go for third party tool to repair their PST file. Third party automatic Outlook PST repair tool is alternative option of Inbox repair tool. It doesn't require such that particular DLL file to run on the system. Also it doesn't gets affected the upgradation of Outlook. With the use of highly sophisticated algorithm, the tool restores all the lost data of the PST file.