I'm guessing it crashes because of the file size - 2GB is the max size for
ANSI pst.
See http://www.slipstick.com/problems/repair2gbpst.asp

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"Glenn" wrote in message
...
I have a PST file that is about 1.97 GB in size. Outlook says it is
corrupt
and can't open, to run scanpst.exe. I do run the program on the pst file
but
it crashes around step 4. I copy the file and move it to two other
computers
thinking there is something wrong with my computer. And those two
programs
crash also...

Is there a new version of scanpst that won't crash? Or is there a third
party software that you would recommend?