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Opened Sep 29, 2025 by Yukiko Prosser@yukikoprosser
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If you have a large number of items in any single folder, you may experience performance issues during certain operations. For more information, see Outlook performance issues when there are too many items or folders in a cached mode .ost or .pst file. An out-of-date antivirus program may sometimes cause errors when you try to start Outlook as there may be compatibility issues between your antivirus program and Outlook.

If the problem doesn't occur after you restart Outlook, one of the add-ins is likely the cause of the problem. Restore the add-ins one at a time until the problem does occur to determine which add-in is causing the problem. Although add-ins can enhance your user experience, they can occasionally interfere or conflict with Outlook. Try to start Outlook without any add-ins running.

Find solutions to common problems or get help from a support agent. If you are having problems with Outlook, there are a few things we can help with to get you back sites.google.com to sending and receiving your email. For additional support, see How to get support for Outlook.com.

If those steps don't work, see Need additional help? There are a number of possible reasons for Outlook to behave this way. We've presented the potential solutions in order from quickest to most time consuming. To manage your mailbox by using the AutoArchive feature, see AutoArchive settings explained. We recommend that you move several items in your larger folders to separate folders, or that you archive those items by using the AutoArchive feature.

If Outlook is NOT able to start in safe mode, then try the next proposed solution below, entitled Create a new Outlook profile. Despite the various avenues mentioned, the problem is identified only on RDS 2016 sites.google.com (5 servers) with Office 2016. Curiously, there are no issues with PCs running Windows 10 or 11 and Outlook 2016, all within the AD. I initially had a script to remove the entire Outlook folder if date created was before the date of implementation. I’ve modified this to remove the above autodiscover records on user login as a temp workaround.

We have multiple tools to help you automatically diagnose an issue, troubleshoot, and fix problems with Outlook. If Startup Repair detects any of these issues, it will attempt to fix them automatically. If it cannot Fix Outlook Site (sites.google.com) the problem, it will provide a detailed report of the issues it found.

Corrupted or broken files in Microsoft Office or Microsoft 365 can cause serious performance issues. Use the repair your office option in Control Panel to get back on track. A virus or antivirus software issue can wreak havoc on your system, and Outlook won’t escape unscathed. Run a scan using reliable antivirus tools. Outlook constantly Not Responding if the Outlook data files contain errors.

I’ve since installed a Windows 2016 server with Office 2024 and I don’t have any more connection problems for the moment. Since making this change, I’m not seeing the errors in Microsoft-Windows-AAD/Operational, however it may be too early too tell. Hello all,Same problem here since Outlook 2016 update on January on RDS 2022, all users are not concerned, but we have more and more users impacted. The cache file is likely corrupt or where it is stored is full.

Auto-archive, sending and receiving a very large attachment, or running some of the other 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. If so, wait a short time (usually two or three minutes) to see if Outlook starts working again. You can also add the secondary connected accounts (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) in Outlook.com as additional accounts in the Outlook profile. Sometimes when a user tries to search in Outlook, it either returns incomplete results, or returns nothing at all, even if you can see the email normally.

I couldn’t find sites.google.com anything in the Event Viewer that points to the root cause, nor could I find any similar issues online. However, if you encountered other issues like Outlook not responding, learn how to fix Outlook not responding here. Once you have made these changes in your PST file, Outlook should open without encountering any more problems. Click the above link to have a quick download, then you can have Outlook errors fixed within minutes. If you do everything properly, Outlook will open when you use the new profile.

Outlook stores all your email messages, meetings and events, contacts, and tasks in data files. These files occasionally might become corrupted. You can run the Inbox Repair Tool (scanpst.exe) to scan your Outlook data files and repair errors. Over the last couple of weeks it will not open normally (not even in safe mode) and I am having to do the windows repair option in settings. I have also tried the Classic Outlook Profile Set Up Troubleshooter.

To learn more about how to share feedback, see How do I give feedback on Microsoft Office. You don't have permission to create an entry in this folder. Right-click the folder, and then click Properties to check your permissions for the folder. See the folder owner or your administrator to change your permissions. Please install the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update to fix this issue. Outlook 2016 freezes when you try to preview an Excel file that's attached to an email.

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