Troubleshooting Microsoft Entourage Error “Your Office database is damaged. Do you want to quit MSN Messenger...”

The latest version of Microsoft Entourage for Apple Mac is Entourage 2008. The final version of MS Entourage has an improved interface along with much refined features. It is still the favorite among Mac users who rely on Entourage and Microsoft Exchange Server for emailing.

Tools such as Mailing List Manager facilitate easy handling of vital emails. The junk filter after updating helps helps fight spam and keeps of almost all the junk mails. Emails and calendering features have also been polished in Entourage 2008. Using My Day application, the users can access their Entourage data when the application isn't even running.

Users when launch MS Entourage 2008, they come across the following error message at times:

“Your Office database is damaged. Do you want to quit MSN Messenger and all Microsoft Office Programs so that the Database Utility can run?”

Cause:

The aforestated error is the result of Entourage database corruption. Virus attack, application malfunction, power outage, abrupt Entourage application termination and more are the factors behind the corruption in Entourage database. Entourage Repair needs to be carried out or else significant data might be lost.

Resolve:

MS Entourage error can be resolved through the following steps:

1.Quit all applications. Launch Microsoft Entourage.
2.To close all applications, click Apple in the Finder. Force Quit all the applications that are running until only Finder is left in the Force Quit Application window.
3.If the latest updates for Mac Entourage 2008 are not installed, download and install them.
4.Start Microsoft Word. Click Help-> About Wizard on the Word menu. Click Help and then click Check for Updates. Download and install the updates.

In case the above steps for Entourage Repair fail to resolve the issue, try to rebuild Entourage database. This can help recover the Entourage database items such as cardinal emails, contacts and appointments from the corrupt or damaged Entourage database. In case, Entourage continues to exhibit such behavior, go for third party solutions. You can choose from the myriad utilities available online and recover data using the one which best suits your needs.

“Stellar Phoenix Entourage Recovery” is an excellent tool that can recover your precious data for Entourage 2008/2004. The software is highly compatible with all major Mac OS X including 10.7 Lion. Designed with an interactive GUI, this Microsoft Entourage Repair tool requires no expert skills to recover data.

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How to solve Entourage Error Corruption Opening Database [-39""] ?

Corruption is a major problem in Mac entourage database. Mac Entourage e-mail application cannot recognize the corrupt database. In such cases of corruption or any damage, you will not be able to retrieve the important data and it becomes unusable. To overcome such situation, Microsoft has provided an entourage rebuilding utility that you can use to perform Entourage repair. It might be possible that this database utility remains unable to repair corrupt entourage database file. Another option you have is to use third-party Entourage recovery software.

Assume a practical situation in which you are using Microsoft Entourage and you are unable to access your data as the following error message is displayed:

“ERROR: Failed to open database [Head] ERROR: Corruption opening database [16003:””]”

The above error indicates that your entourage database is severely damaged. When you try to solve the issue by rebuilding it using inbuilt Database Utility, the process may fails and generate the following error message:

“Error Corruption Opening Database [-39””]

It is highly recommended to immediately stop accessing Entourage data, once you come to know about the corruption situation. It helps you to avoid any further damage and ensure high success rate of Entourage database repair utilities.

Cause:

This problem may occur due to damaged Entourage Identity database file.

Solution:

Try out the below mentioned tricks to sort out this corruption issue with Microsoft Entourage:

i) Run database utility to rebuild your entourage database.
ii) Attempt to create a new user identity and re-enter account information manually.

If you fail to perform Entourage database repair using the Database Utility tool, you may opt for third-party Entourage database recovery software like Stellar Entourage Recovery.

Easy-to-use Stellar Phoenix Entourage Recovery tool is the first entourage repair utility ever made to successfully repair and recover damaged, corrupted or inaccessible database. The Entourage database recovery software is designed to retrieve and restore damaged data of MS Entourage version 2008, 2004. This Microsoft Entourage repair tool salvages contacts, e-mails, tasks, notes, attachments, journal, and all other database objects. Stellar entourage recovery software particularly designed to thoroughly check complete database and extract all your precious data efficiently.

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