Error “MS Outlook won’t start”: Resolved

In the present time, MS Outlook is a popular email client application. Its impressive features, GUI, intuitive and perfect connectivity with other platforms makes it a preferred choice. But sometimes, when Windows update is required, and we download a new edition of MS Outlook, an error appears “Cannot Start Microsoft Outlook”. When you try to access, the system crashes. The problem behind this is that the MS Outlook storage file gets corrupted or the profile configuration gets corrupted. In this blog, we will discuss the reasons and possible ways to solve this error.

Reasons behind the Error

The most important problem behind this error is profilename.xml corruption. To make sure it is damaged or not, simply check the file size. If the file size is 0 KB, the file is corrupted. It is damaged for the following reasons:

• A profile is related to old Outlook edition
• PST file is deleted accidentally or damaged
• Improper configuration of the application
• Due to a malware attack on the system
• Conflict of Internal registry

Now, it is important to resolve this error but “how?” Read on to know the solution.

How to Fix the MS Outlook Error Issue?

Solution 1: Update MS Outlook

Basically, all updates are not automatic, as many times users need to switch on the automatic feature in their Windows system. If you start your MS Outlook with a hope that it will fix MS Outlook then, it will not work. For this, you need to turn on the mode by following the given steps:

• Open Settings
• Search for Update and Recovery option
• Now, click on option how updates get installed
• Now, turn on automatic updates for all important updates

Solution 2: Open in Safe Mode

Many times, whenever you try to utilize your machine, it freezes the complete system and gives an error message. At such a moment, the best option is to utilize the utility in safe mode. To run the application in safe mode use “outlook.exe /safe” command. When the system does not work in the safe mode then, it gives out a message, which I the main issue with an add-in that is for interfering with MS Outlook’s settings. These malfunctionings are mainly like to be outdated. The add-ins can be controlled as stated:

• Click on the File menu >> find
• Click on Add-ins >> search for COM Add-ins >> simply clear all.
• Again, start MS Outlook in normal mode.

Solution 3: Fix Damaged Files

To fix the error by solving the damaged PST file issue, one needs to follow the mentioned- process:

• Firstly, close all Microsoft Office applications that are running on the machine.
• Now, open Control Panel >> Programs and Features
• Search for Microsoft Office edition
• Right-click on it and choose the repair
  

Solution 4: Restore Navigation Pane

We are aware of the most common issue for the type of error is corruption in Navigation Pane configuration file. Therefore, to solve it you need to restore the corrupt file by following the given steps:

• Shut down the running MS Outlook application
• Click on Start >> Type Run command
• Now in the Window appeared type exe /resetnavpane command
• Click

Solution 5: Create a New Outlook Profile

Follow the given steps to create a new MS Outlook profile on your machine.

• Click on Start button >> Go to Control Panel
• Select the Mail option to open the Setup dialog box of Mail >> show profiles.
• Hit on the Add button >> enter profile name >> click
  

Solution 6: Use Scanpst.exe

The Inbox Repair tool is system-defined utility to repair PST files. Follow the steps to execute the process.

• Search for scanpst.exe file by utilizing Windows explorer
• Now, click on scanpst.exe file
• Use  the option of browse to locate the corrupted .pst file
• Click on the Start button to start the scanning.

After executing scanpst.exe, users can simply restart MS Outlook and retrieve repaired data. Scanpst.exe is simply operable as well as repairs all faulty .pst files.

Recovering Repaired PST Files

• Start MS Outlook >> open user profile, which has repaired PST file.
• Press CTRL+6 to preview the list of all folder in PST file such as contacts, calendar, Inbox, etc.

Now make new Personal Folder by using given steps:

• Click on File >> click on Info
• Select Account Settings >> data file tab
• Hit on Add
• “Create or Open Outlook Data File” dialog box will open.
• Enter file name >> click Ok.
• Now, drag recovered data items from Lost or Found folder to the new .pst file

Summing Up

Errors interrupt the entire work procedure. We explained one such error “Outlook doesn’t start”, which annoys all Outlook users. In the above discussion, we have discussed several possible ways to resolve the error.