SCANPST.exe MISSING from UWP version of Outlook

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SCANPST.exe MISSING from UWP version of Outlook

tNEM 1

SCANPST.exe is missing from the UWP version of Outlook.

How can I download SCANPST.exe for use with the UWP version?

Anonymous

2021-10-11T02:13:39.877+00:00

What do you mean by a UWP version of Outlook? How do you install Outlook? Is that installed by the Office?
tNEM 1 Reputation point

2021-10-11T02:37:45.527+00:00

UWP apps are different from Win32 programs. My Outlook is the UWP app version.
Anonymous

2021-10-11T03:01:05.93+00:00

Where do you install the outlook?
tNEM 1 Reputation point

2021-10-11T03:43:53.48+00:00

I didn't install it. It came pre-installed by Dell. I do not know how UWP apps are installed. Please see the attached locations.
Anonymous

2021-10-11T05:49:57.847+00:00

Since the issue is more related to Outlook, I'll change the question tag to office-outlook-itpro so that the engineer from the outlook team could check this issue.

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Anonymous

2021-10-11T02:13:39.877+00:00

What do you mean by a UWP version of Outlook? How do you install Outlook? Is that installed by the Office?
tNEM 1 Reputation point

2021-10-11T02:37:45.527+00:00

UWP apps are different from Win32 programs. My Outlook is the UWP app version.
Anonymous

2021-10-11T03:01:05.93+00:00

Where do you install the outlook?
tNEM 1 Reputation point

2021-10-11T03:43:53.48+00:00

I didn't install it. It came pre-installed by Dell. I do not know how UWP apps are installed. Please see the attached locations.
Anonymous

2021-10-11T05:49:57.847+00:00

Since the issue is more related to Outlook, I'll change the question tag to office-outlook-itpro so that the engineer from the outlook team could check this issue.

Answer 1

Hi @tNEM ,

Welcome to our forum!

As I know, SCANPST.EXE can not be downloaded as a standalone tool. This is an additional tool that comes with Microsoft Office. So, in order to download it, you have to download and install a full version of Office on your computer.

And I noticed that the Outlook you have is a n UWP version. Perhaps because this is different from Outlook desktop client, it has an impact on this tool. The following figure shows the SCANPST.EXE path owned by the outlook desktop client. It is recommended that you check whether scanpst.exe exists under the corresponding path according to your current version. If not, and you really need this tool, it's suggested that you could try to download and install a full version of Office on your computer.

Hope to help you!

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ChristyZhang-MSFT 26,126 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2021-10-14T01:25:10.117+00:00

Hi @tNEM ,

Just checking in to see if above information was helpful. If you have any further updates on this issue, please feel free to post back. If you think my reply is helpful to you, please remember to mark it as an answer. Warm thanks.

Answer 2

Philip nicoles 381

scanpst.exe tool is used to remove corruption in PST files. But, when the corruption is critical then you can use any alternative third party tool which recover corrupted PST File. Those tools easily recover not just corrupted data but also has the ability to restore deleted emails.

I found one Video link which helps you to resolve your issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrw3EnMk5yU

I hope my suggestion worked.

All the best, Thank you so much.

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