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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Recovering Entourage 2004 database in case of corrupt identity

Microsoft Entourage is a personal information manager and email client developed and marketed by Microsoft for Macintosh operating systems versions 8.5 or higher. In addition to email, it provides calendar, address book, project manager, notes list, tasks list, etc. Also, it provides the Identity feature that enables various users to access emails, tasks, and other related items in a unique environment. It is very much like a database that stores all the valuable data under one roof. However, at times the identity may gets corrupt or gets missing making you unable to access the important data, which could be lost as well. In such cases, you should resort to use an Entourage Recovery Software to address the problematic situation.

Consider a scenario wherein you have MS Entourage 2004 installed in your Macintosh system. When you launch the application, it fails to start. An error message is displayed, that is:

“An error occurred while launching. An error has occurred (-50)”

Cause:
The main cause of this error message could be:

1. Entourage identity is missing or damaged.
2. There are old mails in your Outbox that never got delivered.

Resolution:

To resolve the problematic situation and use Entourage as before, you should perform the following methods:

1. Create new Entourage identity: You should look to create a new Entourage identity and set up email account. When the identity is verified with the email account, you can switch back to the previous identity. The problem would be solved using this method.
2. Delete undelivered emails: If the problem is not solved, then you should check if there are undelivered emails in your Outbox. If yes, then delete those emails and check if the problem is solved or not.

The aforementioned methods would be able to clear the erroneous situation and you will be able to access your emails and perform other tasks. However, if you are still facing the similar problem then you should use a third-party Microsoft Entourage recovery software to do it for you. Such tools are read-only in nature that do not overwrite the existing contents while scanning the damaged RGE file.

Stellar Phoenix Entourage Repair is an Entourage recovery software that successfully performs Entourage recovery of corrupted RGE files created in MS Entourage 2004 and 2008. It recovers various components of the RGE file such as emails, tasks, notes, contacts, calendar items, etc. In addition, this Entourage Recovery utility has an Entourage-like interface that the user can easily relate with. It is compatible with Macintosh X 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.5 Leopard, and 10.4 Tiger.

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