Free utility to recover Lost Outlook Password

Lost Password Recovery

Outlook email application is users most trust worthy email application. Outlook provides users various options to secure their data. We all know well about Outlook data files named as PST files. Outlook gives users an option to make password protected PST file. By applying password to PST file we are secure as we have blocked the way to unauthorized access to PST file.

It is very clear to us in case if we you forgot the Outlook PST password then you can’t access to saved data, emails, contact and attached file etc. Most of time for security tenacities of outlook email items we keep very complicated passwords. These complicated and lengthy passwords creates problem once we forgot password. We can access outlook emails through PST file only when enter password is correct otherwise we can’t access outlook PST file. If you are facing such situation then you can try two options to recover your PST password.

 

Different ways to recover lost Outlook password

•  Remove Outlook PST password by using free inbuilt utility pst19upg.exe.
•  Opt for PST Password Recovery software to recover lost outlook PST Password.
 

NOTE: pst19upg.exe is also recognized as PST upgrading tool. To perform operation you must download this utility along with scanpst.exe (Inbox Repair tool)
 

How pst19upg.exe utility works
 

Most of us are thinking how this free tool works and recovers out lost password. Actually this tool will not recover lost password. When you run this inbuilt utility it simply removes password from your Outlook data file and make it available for you. Microsoft introduced this utility to make old version PST file compatible with new versions of Outlook PST file.

Let’s see how this utility works

Steps to remove PST password with pst19upg.exe:

• Close Microsoft Outlook application but create backup of PST file before starting the procedure.
• Use your backup PST file and execute scanpst.exe tool
• Open your command prompt by typing command CMD
• Enter Outlook data file name and path of pst19upg.exe

                  "C:\My Documents\pst19upg.exe" -x outlook.pst

• By doing so you will create copy of PST file called “yourfile.psx”.
• Rename original file to filename.old.
• Proceed by typing full path of pst19upg.exe -i yourfile.psx
• Now your PST file is password free
• Run scanpst.exe on recovered PST and choose Repair.
• Use easily your PST file in Microsoft Outlook

Limitations of pst19upg.exe utility 

• Fails to respond in severe cases of PST file
• Fails to retrieve password protected PST files 
• Tool is not supported by all versions of Outlook
• Don’t let user retrieve lost or forgotten password
• Fails to respond in some cases
• Chances your PST file get corrupt
• Fails to recover lost Outlook password in case of UNICODE format

Solution to overcome limitations of PST file
 

After reading above mentioned limitations I am sure user must think twice before using free utility. Outlook data file is user most crucial file and I know nobody is going to take risk with such crucial file. To avoid such losses it is advisable to use professional Outlook password recovery software. There are list of software vendors available providing software to recover lost Outlook password but I would suggest to opting for Stellar Phoenix Outlook Password recovery software for assured results. To know more about software efficiency please follow their website. With above described methods you can easily access outlook PST file even though you have forgot the password fore Outlook PST file. Choice is yours.