Hi - i was trying to rebuild my Outlook database but kept getting 18000 failure messages. I have tried to de-install Office and reinstall but that has not worked either. The imac is a family computer.
For home use, I recently changed from Windows PC to MacBook Air. I have an iPhone 4 which I synched without problem to the PC. Since I have used Outlook for years on Windows and trusted advisors assured me Microsoft Office on the Mac is the same as Microsoft Office on Windows, I decided to continue using Microsoft Office. Because I cannot get my Outlook calendar to sync reliably to iCal / iPhone and because I have found a small but meaningful number of features I use daily in Outlook Windows do not work on Outlook Mac, I have never been in so much pain!
The latest problem is Outlook does not complete startup. I get this error: There is a problem with the Outlook database. To use the database, you must rebuild it using the Database Utility. I run the utility but it never completes successfully. Step 1 of 5: Scannning... Step 2 of 5: Verifying... Step 3 of 5: Copying records to new database... Step 4 of 5: Recovering data... Your database could not be rebuilt. [-18000] I have found many articles about this problem but they all seem to assume that you can successfully start Outlook then you rebuild the database to fix data corruption in Outlook. What if I Outlook never completes startup?
Here are the steps that solved the Outlook data corruption problem.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac/forum/macoffice2011-macoutlook/your-datab ase-could-not-be-rebuilt/5caff467-3ab2-464a-9fe6-00ad913b5f2e The question was: Your database could not be rebuilt The key is to create a new Outlook Identity, remove the database file, then copy your data records into the new identity and use the Outlook database utility to rebuild the database. It's a wonderful feeling to see Outlook start up successfully after a few days of downtime! Similar Messages
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