Fixed: Outlook 0x80040900 error during Send/Receive

How to troubleshoot 80040900 error in Microsoft Outlook?

Many errors pop up while accessing data or any feature in MS Outlook. Users might face these errors while using any manual utility to resolve the error solutions. In this blog, we are talking about the free utility provided by Microsoft, the Inbox Repair Tool to repair corrupt PST files.

Know about ScanPST.exe (Inbox Repair Tool)

ScanPST.exe is a repair tool provided by Outlook to repair corrupt PST files. The application is available freely. With this application, you just need to add your corrupt PST file and the application scans it and start the repair process.

The tool is very simple to use but it hold some limitations –

• Failed to repair corrupt PST more than 2GB in size.
• Unable to fix highly-corrupt PST file.
• No support to recover file directory structure and headers

What is error 80040900? How this errors relates to ScanPST.exe?

When the users run ScanPST.exe application to repair PST file, it show an error message “Fatal Error: 80040900”

This error generally occurs when users upload PST file of more than prescribed size i.e. 2 GB. Due to this error, users are unable to repair PST file of corrupt nature. Now, users may look for other solution to troubleshoot this error and to repair Outlook PST file.

How to fix the error 80040900?

To access data of corrupt PST when Inbox Repair Tool fails to recover the data, users have automated solutions. One of them is Softaken PST Recovery Toolwhich is capable to easily recover any large PST file of corrupt nature.

The software easily fix all errors from Outlook PST file. Also, it offers users to save the repaired file to multiple formats. With the strong algorithms to fix Outlook file errors, the software is very simple to use.

Steps of the software to recover PST file database –

Step 1.Install and start the software.

Step 2.Add PST file using the Browse button.

Step 3.Find preview of the file.

Step 4.Choose Recover PST and save into PST option

Step 5.Mention a location to save PST file after its recovery

Conclusion

Manual Inbox Repair Tool failure in case of recovery of large size PST file generates error that can be easily troubleshoot with automated software. It is the ultimate solution for users to come out of this fatal error. This software surely recover corrupted PST file in a few minutes without any hassles.