Fixing Outlook 2010 Error Failed to Update Headers

"I am repeatedly getting an error message on my Outlook 2010 that ‘program failed to update headers'. Recently I upgraded Windows 7 operating system to Windows 8. Outlook 2010 worked fine before I switched to Windows 8 and now my access to Outlook is being denied by the error message. How can I solve this error and view contents from Outlook?"

When you install Microsoft Outlook 2010 on a Windows computer, email headers are included with it. The headers give a list of technical details of emails such as from whom it came, which program has been used to compose it as well as the email servers that have passed through the way to the recipient. It is very beneficial for detecting issues with emails; so in case Microsoft fails to update headers, you will get an error message which stops you from accessing its information. However, you need not bother about it as you can troubleshoot the issue by trying the below-given steps:

However, headers in Microsoft Outlook 2010 may also fail to update due to the corruption issue. For solving the issue, close Microsoft Outlook 2010 program and then go to the "Program"' file folder that is present in your Windows “C” drive. Now open Microsoft Office Folder. You need to Open the Office14 folder and search for ‘SCANPST.exe’. (You should log in as administrator).

With this procedure, you can find your PST file and then move that file to the “AppData" folder within the "C" drive of your computer. Finally, restart the Microsoft Outlook application for proper working. In case the above methods still don’t resolve the issue, then you definitely need a reliable repair tool like the Yodot Outlook PST tool to fix the damaged Outlook data file.

Resolve Error Outlook 2010 Failed to Update Headers:

Yodot Outlook PST Repair software will definitely help you to resolve ‘program failed to update headers errors' in all versions of Outlook PST files when the above methods do not work. This PST file repair software is based on a complex algorithm and these algorithms look deep through the PST files to take certain information. It will then repair corrupt PST files and store recovered data in a new, healthy PST file, allowing you to view and use it as usual. Yodot Outlook PST Repair software also fixes MAPI errors in Outlook, access denied errors, insufficient memory errors, send/receive errors, and Sync errors with Outlook PST files.


Steps to Solve Outlook 2010 Failed to Update Headers Error:

Step 1: Download and install Outlook PST repair tool on your computer.

Step 2: Run the application to start repairing Outlook file; Select any of the three options present in the main screen i.e. “Open PST File”, “Find PST File” and “Select Outlook Profile”.

Step 3: Select the appropriate scanning method- for minor corruption use “Normal Scan” and for severe corruption utilize “Smart Scan”. Next, browse for the destination path to save repaired PST file and click the “Repair” button.

Once the application completes the repair process, you can view the repaired Outlook 2010 PST file information like emails, tasks, notes etc. Save the repaired Outlook 2010 PST file to any safe location on your computer.

Note: Select, Open PST File- if you know the location of your Outlook 2010 PST file. Find PST File- If the location of PST is unknown and Select Outlook Profile- if you have more than one Outlook email accounts.

Points to Remember:

  • Follow the proper procedure to backup Outlook files before upgrading your operating system
  • Make sure that the antivirus which you have installed on your computer is updated

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