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Opened Sep 23, 2025 by Ola Truesdale@olatruesdale3
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Repair an Office application

To work around the issue, you will need to end all Office processes that are running and disable the presence features. Restart the Outlook application and check if the issue persists. steps to fix Outlook not opening Further, start the application again to check if the error has been fixed. If you are still experiencing issues after trying both of these solutions, contact the EIT Service Desk. The software provides options to split the resultant PST file.

One such issue is when you are stuck on loading your Outlook profile and the set of folders cannot be opened. It’s too frustrating because you can’t even use the app and find out what’s wrong with it. Are you experiencing profile loading issues in Outlook?

If so, wait a short time (usually steps to fix Outlook not opening two or three minutes) to see if Outlook starts working again. If you can't choose any of the menu options, type inside an email message, calendar event, or contact, Outlook may have frozen. There are three steps you can take to try to get Outlook working again. See and manage the tasks in the selected list from this window. Right-click a task for a list of options, or select a task to see and manage its details. Shows contacts or contact lists depending on what you selected in the left pane.

Follow the steps below to disable Outlook’s compatibility mode. You may face issues in loading Outlook Profile if you lack Administrative privileges. Must open Outlook with the administrative privileges (Run as Admin). Upgrade to Microsoft Edge to take advantage of the latest features, security updates, and technical support.

Contact someone directly by selecting Start chat or Send email. Right-click an existing folder and select Create new subfolder. You can give feedback by selecting Help from the top menu, then Feedback.

Try to open Outlook in Safe Mode and Disable Add-insPress the Windows button and R keys together.Type Outlook /safe in the Run window and select OK.The Choose Profile dialog box is displayed. Accept the default Outlook settings and choose OK.If prompted, enter the password, and then click OK.

To disable this feature, you'll need to edit the Windows Registry. It's incredibly common to have Outlook crash because of a corrupted PST file. Scroll down for an entire section on this specific issue.

It is the best PST repair software to repair and restore data from corrupt PST or password-protected files. You can save recovered PST data to DBX, MBOX, MSG, EML, TXT, RTF, HTML, and MHTML formats. It allows users to restore even large-sized PST files that are often not compatible with other tools.

Let's cover how to troubleshoot the Outlook indexing first. For all of the Mac users struggling with Outlook not responding, we have a few pointers for you as well. The page serves as a homepage for many people because it includes a link to Outlook, a weather update, aggregated news tailored to you, and Bing (Microsoft's search engine). Some of these accounts still exist as legacies, but it's confusing to sort through what is being phased out and what will remain available. To check if Outlook is not loading for everyone you can review the Microsoft Outlook twitter page, or check at a site like downdetector.com or isitdownrightnow.com.

For each message, you can delete it, mark it as unread, flag the message, or pin it to keep it at the top of your folder. To find the item with the attachment, scan the list of items in the thread. To change your Mail settings so your inbox looks and behaves the way you want it to, see Personalize your new Mail experience in Outlook.com. Upgrade to Microsoft Edge to take advantage of the latest features, security updates, and technical support. If you can't open Outlook, or Outlook disappears or crashes, one of your add-ins may be to blame or you may need to update Outlook. For contacts, you can select Filter in the upper right to select what to display in the list and how to sort.

You cannot create a new email address with @live.com as the domain address. You can still create a new email address with @hotmail.com as the domain name. As an email client ourselves, we have a clear idea of what a steps to fix Outlook not opening desktop app can do to give you a healthy relationship with email. We are dedicated to providing a clean, user-friendly, email software that is easy to personalize to your workflow.

To effortlessly change your settings so that your inbox looks the way you want it to, see Personalize your new Mail experience in Outlook.com. New features like Files and attachment previews let you see your pictures and files without leaving your inbox. Occasionally, classic Outlook tries to run a process in the background. Auto-archive, sending and receiving a very large attachment, or running some of the other steps to fix Outlook not opening mailbox tools can all be done in the background. Check the status bar at the bottom of the screen to see if another process is running.

You can read about it and then run the Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant to see if that helps. It can automatically diagnose issues, troubleshoot, and fix problems with Outlook. Note that the above link is for desktop Outlook for Windows. A more general version that can also fix Office, Microsoft 365, and other Outlook problems can be found here. Faulty hard drives or disk errors can corrupt the Outlook data stored locally. This creates crashes that seem random—until you dig into the hardware logs.

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