Outlook 2000
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Always back up .pst files
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Go to Help and select Detect and Repair. If it came across anything to fix it will ask you to reboot.
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Bad .pst file:
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Right click on Outlook Today and choose "Properties".
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Click on advanced.
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Write down the entire path of the Personal Folders.
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Close properties.
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Go to Start and then Run.
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Type in Outlook.exe /cleanpst.
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Open up Outlook. If a box comes up asking to recreate shortcuts, click no for now.
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Go to File, click on Import and Export.
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Select Import from another program or file.
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Select Personal Folder File (.pst).
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Type in the path you wrote down in the file to import and select Next.
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This should take a few minutes and restore all your information and correct the problem.
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How to Tell You Have a Bad .pst File
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If you have an extra Personal Folder that can't open, says the item could not be found.
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If you cannot get your task pad to appear in the Calendar view.
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If when setting reminders, you get an error saying the item does not exist in the Calendar or task folder.
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If Outlook 2000 does not shut down completely without going to the Task Manager try the following steps:
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Go to Start and then Run
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Type in outlook /safe and hit enter
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Wait for Outlook to completely load. Shut it down and check the Task Manager. If OUTLOOK.EXE is not still running this means there is either an add-ins problem or the Outlook start up files are corrupt; continue with the following steps.
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Go to Start Menu and Search
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Search for extend.dat and change to extend.old
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Search for outcmd.dat and change to outcmd.old
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Search for views.dat and change to views.old; if it's not there that's ok
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Go back and start Outlook normally
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Shut it down and check the Task Manager. Hopefully it should be fixed.
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If you have other errors (Outlook doesn't shut down completely without going to the Task Manager) and you can't figure out what's wrong, try #2 first. No information should be lost.