Resolve the Scanpst stopped scanning error occurred while using the tool

To solve the corruption issues of PST files, Scanpst .exe tool is the recommended option. It is an inbox repair utility freely provided by MS Outlook for PST Repair. It is an .exe file and gets automatically installed with Outlook installation. But this tool can not be served as the best one as you can face many problems while using it. The biggest limitation of this tool is that it repairs only those file which is less than or up to 2GB. It has different locations in different versions of Outlook but generally located in Office folder in Program files.

Assume a situation where you are using Scanpst .exe to repair your PST files. But while using it, a Scanpst error occurred on the screen stating:

“An error has occurred which caused the scan to be stopped. No changes have been made to the scanned file.”

Cause:

The main cause behind getting this error is the oversized PST files. The Outlook files have grown more than 2GB size due to which Scanpst.exe is unable to repair.

Solution:

To resolve this Scanpst stopped scanning error, you can go through the following solutions

Delete the unnecessary mails and other documents from the file so as to reduce its size

You can make use of PST crop tool that aims to reduce the size by a specified value.

In case if these solutions do not work, then you may use PST Splitter tool that works to split the large sized Outlook files on the basis of various criteria like by date, folders ,selected folders etc in an efficient manner.