{"id":366,"date":"2015-07-15T00:34:46","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T00:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/?post_type=article&p=366"},"modified":"2015-07-15T00:35:11","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T00:35:11","slug":"microsoft-exchange-error-0x80040600-unknown-error-outlook","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/article\/microsoft-exchange-error-0x80040600-unknown-error-outlook\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Exchange Error 0x80040600 ‘Unknown Error’ Outlook"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are receiving the following error in Outlook 2010, Outlook 2013 or higher:<\/p>\n

Task reported error (0x80040600) : ‘Unknown Error 0x80040600’<\/strong><\/p>\n

and you are using either Microsoft Exchange or Office 365 please follow these instructions to resolve the error. \u00a0Specifically the error is caused due to a corruption in your Outlook OST file.<\/p>\n

\"Error-0x80040600\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Step 1. Close Outlook<\/h2>\n

Close outlook and any other programs which may be accessing Outlook in the background such as Skype for Business.<\/p>\n

Step 2. Delete the OST file<\/h2>\n

Browse to the location of the OST file for your profile. \u00a0On a Windows 8 machine it is most commonly located at:<\/p>\n

C:\\Users\\Username\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\Outlook<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Outlook-Profile-Location\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Right click on the OST file and delete.<\/p>\n

Step 3. Open Outlook<\/h2>\n

Open up Outlook again and the OST file will automatically be recreated and Outlook will be synced with the server again.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/h2>\n

This error occurs due to corruption in your Outlook OST file and applies specifically to accounts synced with Microsoft Exchange. \u00a0It does not apply to PST files, deleting a PST file will delete all your data. <\/span>If you need to repair a PST file please use the SCANPST tool.<\/p>\n

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If you are receiving the following error in Outlook 2010, Outlook 2013 or higher: Task reported error (0x80040600) : ‘Unknown Error 0x80040600’ and you are using either Microsoft Exchange or Office 365 please follow these instructions to resolve the error. \u00a0Specifically the error is caused due to a corruption in your Outlook OST file. Step […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","article-category":[28],"article-tag":[351,352],"class_list":["post-366","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","article-category-microsoft-outlook","article-tag-0x80040600","article-tag-error-0x80040600-outlook-exchange"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":13,"sum_votes":59},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-category?post=366"},{"taxonomy":"article-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-tag?post=366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}