Cannot Start Microsoft Office Outlook

Tech Advice:1

Please do the following steps to Start Microsoft Office Outlook

Step.1

Try to open Outlook in safe mode

Click on Start Menu >> click on Run Button

Type outlook.exe /safe  & press enter

If outlook is not starting then we have to do a detect and repair.

Follow these steps to do that

Detect and repair

Click on Start Menu for Vista it will be Windows button & Click on Run.

Type outlook.exe /safe & press enter

Go to Help tab in Outlook and select office diagnostics

click on continue & Click on Run Diagnostics

Step.2

Try to open Outlook without addins.

Click on start Menu & Click on Run

In the Open Box type outlook.exe /a  & press enter

If he can open Outlook in this way then the third party addins are causing the issue

This can be resolved by removing the third party addins

Follow these steps to remove third party addins

Click on Start Menu >> Click Microsoft Outlok express & click On the Tools menu

Click Trust Center & then click Add-ins

In the Add-ins box identify the add-in that

you want to disable and note the Add-in type located in the Type column

Select the Add-in type in the Manage box and then click Go

Clear the check box for the Add-in that you want to disable and then click OK

Step.3

Plese press Cntrl+Alt+Delete to open task manager & click on processes.

click on outlook.exe & click on End process

If there is multiple outlook.exe running end all of them.

Try to open outlook after ending all outlook.exe processes

Step.4

Take a back up of pst files and reinstall Outlook

follow these steps to take a backup of pst files

Close any messaging programs such as Outlook Microsoft Exchange or

Microsoft Windows Messaging

Click on start Menu & go to setting & open control panel

Double-click the Mail icon

Click Show Profiles

Click the appropriate profile & then click Properties

Click Data Files

Under Name click the Personal Folders Service that you want to back up

By default this service is called Personal

However it may be named something else

Click Settings & then note the path and file name that appears

Close all the Properties windows

Open the file through the path and copy it to a new folder as backup

Again click on start button and go to settings and open control panel.

Click on your office suite & click on change.

Select Repair and click continue