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Outlook is an important MS office application that is popular among regular email users. Outlook stores the file in PST (personal storage table) and OST file format. OST (offline folder) created by outlook at the time of performing outlook works with exchange mailbox offline. This file created implicitly so it may be possible that you are not familiar with this file. Outlook users often get some unexpected set of error tags while accessing or syncing OST file. The error message may looks as:
Unable to expand the folder. The set of folders could not be opened. Errors could have been detected in the file xxxx.ost. Quit all mail-enabled applications, and then use the Inbox Repair Tool.
This error message generally appears on the screen when outlook OST files get corrupted or damaged due to any reason. It is important to fix Unable to expand the folder error on Outlook for easy accessing of outlook contents and smooth outlook functioning. If you are also currently getting any such error on your windows system then follow the steps mentioned below to solve the error.
Solution:
If you are getting this error then solve it instantly. You can solve this error accordingly after finding out root cause of problem. If there is any hardware issue or outdated hardware on your system then get new one. Hard disk related errors are also major cause of this error. If there is any hard disk related issue then correct it. You may run Chkdsk/f common on command prompt to check hard disk related errors. If this error is appearing on screen after new program installation then problem may be related to that file. You should remove that file and reinstall the application. Then try to access PST files. If everything is okay then you may easily access these files.
- Close the application that you are using for OST file accessing
- Locate the OST file which is mentioned in the error message.
- Recover the data stored on that file and save them on outlook PST file
- Backup original OST file
- Rename of remove original OST file that is causing trouble
- Now fix error, for this verify your account settings Exchange server connection. If it is correct then restart outlook and perform any email operation on exchange mailbox. This operation will automatically create a new OST file and synchronize data with exchange mailbox.
Above steps will surely help to fix Unable to expand the folder error on Outlook. However, if it fails then it is quite possible that there is an error on mail profile. You need to remove your current mail profile and then create a new one in order to correct the trouble. Now, it is pretty sure that you will not receive the error tag any more while accessing your outlook files. However, if any kind of data loss or PST file corruption happen with your outlook then use third party PST repair tool to repair and recover lost PST contents.
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