Cannot Start Microsoft Office Outlook

I recently got called up by a friend using Outlook 2003 to fix a Microsoft Office Outlook problem.

"Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. Unable to open the Outlook window. The set of folders could not be opened. The server is not available. Contact your administrator if this condition persists."

There are several ways to address this problem:-

1. you can refer to the article from Microsoft at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/252304 to fix this problem, or
   
2. try a PST repairing tool in c:\program files\common files\systems\msmapi\1033\scanpst.exe to fix your problem.

In my case, the second option solved the problem.