Outlook Registry Key Damaged; Tried "Fix It" and lost everything

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Published on 2010-02-09T01:11:11Z Indexed on 2010/04/01 7:03 UTC
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My outlook 2007 (on Windows 7 64 bit) worked fine for two weeks. I then installed a printer/scanner/copier and the Outlook Window wouldn't open. I went to Microsoft's website and found a page that said my registry key was damaged. The page had a link to a Fix It program. I ran the program and it looks like all my Outlook data was wiped out.

Can I get the data back?

For future reference, how should I protect myself if the key goes bad again?

Do you think I should unistall Outlook and re-install?

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