Corruption of Entourage identity is a normal behavior faced in Entourage. But, when identity gets corrupt or damaged, It leads to many problems such as you face data loss situations. You totally lose access of Entourage items. Well, there is no need to get upset if you are facing the same problem. Corrupt Entourage identity can be rebuild by some inbuilt steps. If you do not get the desired results, then you can use a third party Entourage repair tools. Through these tools, you can easily address the situation of corrupt Entourage database.

In respect to above issue, consider a practical situation. Suppose, you have import all the e-mail items of Entourage to a new Entourage. After importing the items to a new computer, when you do a double click on an Entourage. You receive an error message that looks exactly same as given below:

"Entourage cannot find this item. it may have been deleted or renamed"

To gain access of e-mail items you need to find out the cause and solution for above stated error message.

Cause:
Disgraceful cause for the occurrence of above behavior is the use of corrupt or damaged Microsoft Entourage identity.

Solution:
For solving above error message, you need to rebuild Entourage identity. Follow the below steps for rebuilding the identity:

1. Exit all the applications.
2. Press the Options (alt) key till you start Entourage 2004 and until you do not see the database utility window.
3. In the window, select database and then click Rebuild Entourage database and then select Continue.
4. You can see the progress from the Rebuilding Main Identify window. When the operation gets completed, a message appears like this "Your database was successfully rebuilt."
5. Select Done. Select Quit and then open Entourage.

If the problem gets solved, then it is fine. Other wise, make use of an updated backup. If backup falls short to recover data, then without thinking so much. Make a search on an Internet for a third party Entourage database repair tools. You will get ample of tools that are meant for performing Microsoft Entourage repair. It is your choice which software you want to use. These tools have read-only designs and are non-destructive nature. You will face no further damage after the use of these third party tools.

Stellar Phoenix Entourage Recovery is a trustworthy tool that does the job of Microsoft Entourage Repair easily and effectively. Mail items, such as contacts, attachments, appointments, journal, tasks, events, and more get easily repaired. The Entourage Recovery tool is designed for Entourage 2008 and 2004. It is compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.5 Leopard, and 10.4 Tiger.