This helps to pin down the culprit that causes Outlook to freeze. I usually disable them one-by-one, closing Outlook with each change. If the "Outlook Not Responding" issue did not cause you troubles in the past, it stands to reason to turn off the recently installed add-ins. You'll see a message asking you to confirm that you really want to start Outlook in Safe mode, click Yes.ĭoes this cure the problem? If it does and Outlook starts working properly, then most likely the problem is with one of your add-ins, which leads us to the next step. To start Outlook in Safe mode, click on its icon holding the Ctrl key, or enter outlook.exe /safe in the command line. What does it actually mean? Simply that Outlook will be loaded without your add-ins and customization files. When something goes wrong with Outlook, Microsoft recommends that we start it in Safe mode. Click on each OUTLOOK.EXE to select it and hit the " End Process" button. Then switch to the Processes tab and find all OUTLOOK.EXE items in the list. To do this, start up the Windows Task Manager either by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del, or by right clicking the taskbar and choosing " Start Task Manager". The first thing we need to do is kill all hanging Outlook processes. This problem existed in earlier versions and it may occur with recent Outlook 20. Technically, it means that one or more outlook.exe processes would stay in memory preventing the Outlook application from closing correctly and not letting us, users, start a new Outlook instance. Let Outlook auto-archive or synchronize without interruptionįrom time to time Microsoft Outlook adopts quite an annoying habit to hang around even if the user persistently attempts to shut it down.
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