Q – I am using Outlook for a long time. Yesterday morning, when I opened my Outlook, I found my PST file missing at that moment. I don’t know what happens but I got the following error – ‘The file xxxx.pst cannot be found.’ How to locate missing PST files. If anyone knows the solution to resolve this error. Please share their suggestions here.

Aurorette

The error “the file xxx.pst cannot be found” appears when your PST file is missing. The error appears when PST is on a network server that is not available at the moment.

Yasmine

Another reason for this error is when the PST gets removed from its original location or when it gets deleted from there. To resolve this issue, you can wait and open the Outlook once the network server is available.

Capucine

Missing Outlook PST files can be easily found through the help of Inbuilt Repair tool. This will hopefully work for you to find your PST file.

Yamparti

Can you please tell me how to use the Inbox Repair Tool?

Warren

Find the steps to use Inbox Repair Tool. With the help of this tool, you can recover Outlook Personal Folder –

  • Exit Outlook and start Inbox Repair Tool
  • Go to Browse option and select PST and click on the Start button
  • When the process gets completed, recover repaired items to new PST file in Outlook
Yanenowi

You can go for Outlook PST Finder third-party application that can simply find your PST file with few manual commands. I hope this will definitely work for you if the other methods don’t suit your situation.