Getting error message “The file cannot be used because it was created for a different user" ? Scroll to get a solution!
Microsoft Exchange Users is previously well-aware of an essential of OST (offline storage table) files. OST are trusted by the entire users, when Microsoft Exchange Server is down or some difficulties are being encountered while setting up the internet connection to the synchronize outlook OST with the Microsoft Exchange Server. OST file allows users access their important data anytime without requiring users to get online. But the important and chief concerns arrive when these outlook OST files suffer from corruption. The common reason that usually comes out to the reason of outlook corruption are software or hardware malfunction, 2 GB file size limit- exceeding that the OST becomes corrupted, damaged or abrupt termination of Microsoft Outlook application, synchronization difficulties, power shortage, etc.
Apart from the above-mentioned common issues, sometimes the users meet some other OST file errors as well. Let us go through a real- life scenario to understand the situation in a better way. A user somehow meets corruption of their mailbox maintained on the Microsoft Exchange Server that made all their files inaccessible. If such a scenario takes place, then a new user profile has to be created on the Microsoft Exchange Server. But this doesn’t guarantee that you will be able to re-access your OST file again. Likewise, the user after creating a new profile when attempted to open the OST file, ended up encountering the following error messages such as:-
"The file cannot be used because it was created for a different user."
Now, this errors message purely shows that outlook OST file has gone to unusable state. Therefore, to access the data items of outlook OST file, one thing that can be done is, export OST file to PST Outlook file. Then, import that PST files in MS Outlook and you will be able to access the data items contained within it.
Note:- OST to PST Software to Repair OST with OST to PST Conversion
To convert the outlook OST file to PST Outlook file and that too without putting so much effort, you can use a commercial OST Recovery Software that perfectly repair corrupted outlook OST file and recover OST file with emails, contacts, calendars, task, notes, appointments and other items. Software is available with demo version facility; you can download demo version of the software and examine software conversion functionality along with facility to restore some of emails items from OST file to PST file.
eSoftTools for OST to PST Recovery and Converter is the most powerful solution that available at present to solve all corruption issues of outlook OST file.With software, you can repair the corrupt OST file before conversion it into PST file. It convert the all OST mailbox included emails, attachments, contacts, meeting, distribution lists, posts etc into PST, EML, MSG, HTML, EMLX and vCard format. While performing the conversion, OST Recovery Software ensures that integrity properties and formatting of the data remains intact and unhampered.
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