
Microsoft provided this scanpst exe utility to help those outlook users who are facing problem while using Outlook application like corruption and inaccessibility in PST file. It is free PST repair tool which serve your purpose of getting corruption free PST file. Whenever your PST file gets corrupted you need to repair it to save the items stored in it like emails, notes, contacts, etc. Because when file become corrupted it becomes inaccessible. Users are not able to open or edit PST file. So that there are chances of losing the data stored in it.
Scanpst.exe found on its default location which varies with the different versions and the operating system used. But sometimes it is quite difficult to find it on its location so that scanpst.exe download is available. Scanpst.exe inbox repair tool is inbuilt tool which installed on system automatically whenever you install Microsoft office/outlook. If you are unable to find the location of scanpst exe because you are unaware of it then have a look---
Outlook 97 / Outlook 98
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Windows Messaging\scanpst.exe
Outlook 2000
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MAPI\<locale ID>\NT\scanpst.exe
Outlook 2002/XP
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MAPI\<locale ID>\scanpst.exe


Outlook 2003
32-bit Windows; C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\<locale ID>\scanpst.exe
64-bit Windows; C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\<locale ID>\scanpst.exe
Outlook 2007
32-bit Windows; C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12
64-bit Windows; C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12
Outlook2010
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14
These are the default location of scanpst exe in Outlook application. If you are unable to find it on its default location there are some steps which you need to follow up to find it. Make sure that you have enabled the option to view the hidden file in your system as scanpst reside as hidden file. If even after this unable to find then search it on system. If not available then Scanpstexe download is available.
If you are not able to find it on your system, means either it is not installed properly or deleted by mistake. So to repair corrupted PST file you need to download scanpst.exe. But maybe it won't be compatible with the respective Outlook version. So the best solution is to download third party PST repair tool which can easily repair corrupted PST file without creating any problem in PST file.

It's really difficult to get back Outlook data after a system crash. But I easily get back the entire lost data even after my system crash with the help of Outlook PST Repair software.
Thank you again for the great help!
Allen 'Oahu'