Error Message in ECF while starting Outlook

Working and communicating with e-mails is the general practice at the work place and the same is eased with regard to the e-mail clients like MS Outlook. Many of the supported features of this application enable the user for arranging their e-mails, managing the contacts and rest all other related jobs.

ECF is a file extension associated with Outlook Add-in and is responsible for providing extra features to the MS Outlook e-mail program. This file can be managed Add-In Manager underneath "Advanced Options" within Outlook. But you may get the following error messages when you click over the icon of Ms Outlook:

“Error in configuration file "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 97\Office\Addins\filename.ecf"”

Or

“The extension configuration file "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 97\Office\Addins\filename.ecf" could not be installed. There is an error in the syntax or format of the file.”

Or

“Unable to load filename.dll. You may be out of memory, out of system resources, or missing a .dll file.”

Making the glimpse over the statement of the error messages, you will discover that these are due regard to some .ecf or .dll file. Any .ecf or .dll file may be missing or damaged in the Outlook. This may also happen that some incorrect information is lying there in the Extend.dat file. So for the correction of the problem, the first thing you need to analyze is what the main problem is for the occurrence of these error messages.

Based on this analysis, you can have the following way outs:

• Replace the damage extensions
• Locate the following registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Exchange\Client\Extensions

After this you will find that the add-in displayed in the error message will be listed on the right under the heading of DATA. Select that data key and press DELETE to get rid of the registry.

• Refresh the Extend.dat file

You must have read many times that playing with the registry is never a safe part and if you do a bit mistake during the course then it could lead to problems like PST corruption. Also you may find this symptom after the safe procedure of the above mentioned remedies. This is the case when the damage of dll or ecf file also results into PST corruption.

For having the valuable data back and to repair the corrupted PST file, PST repair software is the help. These PST repair software scan the corrupted PST file and then extract the data from it. The use of the powerful scanning algorithms is the reason behind the working of the software which repair Outlook PST.

The PST repair software is present under different names, out of which few tempt you by their low prices. But if you do not want to take any risk with your data then choose the right one not the cheap one.

PST Repair software is the software which is operable for Outlook 98, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007 and 2010. This PST repair software is applicable for all the Outlook objects like e-mails, notes, appointments, drafts, calendar and many alike.