Are You Encountering OST File Error 8004011D-526-80040115-0

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If you have been working in the Exchange system for quite some time now, then you must be aware of this fact very well that without a proper and clear internet connection with the Server, your client end MS Outlook email application will not allow the synchronization of offline folder changes made in the OST file with the server mailbox. In such a scenario, you can unfortunately face the Synchronization Error 8004011D-526-80040115-0. So, if you have been facing some network connectivity issues or if your MS Exchange Server is down for some time, then your offline folder OST file is most likely to remain in the unusable and unworkable mode by the Outlook email client and you may also face OST file 8004011D-526-80040115-0 error.

Many of those problems can be easily resolved if you try to retrieve the OST file contents from its backup, which should be preferably an Outlook PST file. But in case no such backup is available, then the last resort that rests with you is to make use of an OST Recovery utility that converts the unworkable OST file to workable PST file.

SITUATION

Let us be a little specific to make you understand the situation and solution. Let us take this example illustrating a common problem faced by many users.

You had been using Microsoft Outlook version 2007 that was configured in the cache mode with the Exchange Server by your IT engineer and this is how you could access your offline folder data for downloading any of the mail messaged from the server system.

But, one fine day, all of a sudden, you started experiencing server synchronization problems and your application was reporting several synchronization issues and errors. When you further investigated this problem-situation, you saw that some 'Sync Issues' folder was appearing in your email folder list of the Outlook application. Also, you were observing the below mentioned entry of the errors is:

Synchronizing Mailbox 'USER'

…Hierarchy

… Server changes in folder 'Inbox'

Downloading …

1 item(s) changed …

…in folder 'Deleted Items'

…

Error …

[8004011D-526-80040115-0]

… Exchange is not available. Either there are network problems or the Exchange computer is down for maintenance.

 

The above mentioned error message clearly suggests that there are some syncing problems of Outlook with Exchange that is makes you unable to synchronize any of your offline folders changes with the Server either due to some network issues or connectivity problems or may be even because of the Exchange server computer system unavailability. Similar type of issues can crop if there are any profile-related concerns or even in the cases of OST file corruption.

User’s Advisable Sequence of Actions

·         First, you must wait and see if the Exchange Server system comes online again

·         Check whether your IT engineer is correcting the network issues and see if they are getting corrected finally.

·         Try to recreate your affected profile.

·         You can also try running the OST integrity tool for fix up the problems.

·         Try restoring the data from an updated and recent backup if it is available.

·         Finally, at the end, if nothing works in your case, use an OST recovery tool to convert OST to PST for getting a usable and workable PST file holding all your OST file data.