{"id":77,"date":"2016-04-29T05:50:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T05:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mailsdaddy.com\/blogs\/?p=77"},"modified":"2023-08-06T10:01:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T10:01:03","slug":"fix-outlook-ost-file-in-use-cannot-accessed-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mailsdaddy.com\/blogs\/fix-outlook-ost-file-in-use-cannot-accessed-error\/","title":{"rendered":"Solution to Fix \u201cdefault outlook profile.ost is in use and cannot be accessed \u201d Error"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Microsoft Outlook and Exchange servers are the widely used applications. Most of the users \u00a0who work with MS Outlook were familiar with .OST extension. \u00a0It is also known as Offline Storage Table used to store your mailbox\u2019s items (Emails, Contacts and Calendars, etc.) when you\u2019re working with Exchange Server and MS Outlook in offline mode.<\/p>\n

Sometimes you start getting error \u201cOutlook.ost file is in use and cannot be accessed close any application that is using this file\u201d. Which means the OST file you are trying to open is already used by another program or application. There are a few similar errors which you may notice while accessing the default OST file:<\/p>\n

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  1. .ost file in use error outlook 2010, 2007, 2003<\/li>\n
  2. outlook 2010 ost file in use and cannot be accessed<\/li>\n
  3. ost file is in use by another application<\/li>\n
  4. cannot display the folder the file outlook ost is in use and cannot be accessed<\/li>\n
  5. default outlook profile.ost is in use and cannot be accessed<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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