"UK User" wrote in message
...

Well actually Russ...
"You need a new PST, I suspect. Create a new one with FileNewOutlook Data
File.

I certainly did not include any indication in my advice that you should "use
this file to replace the current one" by "simply dragging it into the
appropriate folder." I gave fairly explicit instructions without knowing the
version of Outlook of the person to whom I wrote that recommendation. I have
no way to tell if that person was you or not. Since you say SCANPST fails,
there may indeed be no way to recover the contacts and you may need to create
a new PST in order to get a working Contacts folder, but it would help if you
described what's missing or malfunctioning more clearly.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]