How to Resolve Error “Unable to Open Default Mail Folders”

Sometimes when you start outlook you are not able to open your mail folder. You
encountered with the fallowing error messages:

1. Unable to open your default mail folders. The path specified for the file :\<>.pst is not valid.

2. Cannot create mail item because a location to send and receive mail could not be found.

3. Outlook could not start because a location to send and receive mail could not be found.

After these error messages outlook will display-Would you like to open your default File System folder instead?

Generally these errors occur due to the fallowing reasons:

1 May be your personal folder file that is located on mail server is not currently available.

2 Your Pst file has been corrupted or damaged. Therefore outlook cannot able to open it.

3 Your personal folder file has been deleted from your mail profile.


Resolution:

You can resolve these problems. Firstly contact your administrator to check availability server where your pst file is located. If you think that your personal folder files is corrupted then use the inbox repair tool. Go to the system tool in accessories. Click on the Inbox repair tool. Give the name of the pst file you want to repair. The default location for .pst file is C:\Exchange folder. Then click start and repair the file. The log file for the repair process has the same name as your pst file with log extension. If running the inbox tool unable to solve your problem create a new pst and import the file into it.

If your pst file is missing or deleted you can recover it with the help of data recovery software. Data recovery software recovers all your lost or deleted data. You can use PST recovery software to recover lost PST files.

You can repair pst file with the help of PST recovery software. It is very easy to use you can use it without any sound technical knowledge. Outlook Pst repair software helps you recover all your data in its original form. It is compatible with all versions Microsoft Office Outlook including Outlook 97, 2000, 2000/XP, 2003, 2007 and 2010.

You can download the demo version it shows you complete preview of all emails data and other Outlook contents.