Scan.pst is the file used in Microsoft Office to help fix a myriad of errors on your PST files, but typical of Microsoft they don’t store it in a normal location, and with every version of Office it moves around – bloody crazy if you ask me :/
So to help you all, here is a list of KNOWN file locations 🙂
Outlook 2013
32-bit Windows
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15
64-bit Windows
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15
64-bit Outlook
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15
Click-to-Run
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15
Outlook 2010
32-bit Windows
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14
64-bit Windows
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14
64-bit Outlook
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14
Outlook 2007
32-bit Windows
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12
64-bit Windows
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12
Outlook 2003
32-bit Windows
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\<locale ID>
64-bit Windows
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\<locale ID>
Outlook 2002/XP
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MAPI\<locale ID>\scanpst.exe
Outlook 2000
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MAPI\<locale ID>\NT\scanpst.exe
Outlook 97 / Outlook 98
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Windows Messaging\scanpst.exe
Please say thanks if you find this useful 🙂