Cannot Open Outlook Window Error Message
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"Cannot start Microsoft Outlook" problem that will help you have your Outlook up and running again with no errors. The fixes work in all versions of Outlook 2013, 2010, 2007 and lower and cannot start microsoft outlook. cannot open the outlook window 2007 on all systems. A few articles ago we discussed what can be done when Outlook cannot start microsoft outlook. cannot open the outlook window 2016 is freezing and not responding. Today, let's see how you can fix and prevent an even worse scenario when your Outlook cannot start microsoft outlook 2016 does not open at all. Causes and symptoms of "Unable to start Microsoft Outlook" problem Universal solutions for "Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Unable to open Outlook window" - these solutions address the most common causes and cannot start microsoft outlook the set of folders cannot be opened 2016 work in most cases. Solutions for specific Outlook start up errors - these tips cover less frequent scenarios and address more specific errors. "Unable to start Microsoft Outlook" error - causes and symptoms The main symptom of this problem is very obvious and easily recognizable: you click Outlook's icon, an hourglass appears and is hanging for a while, and then you get the "Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook" error. According to Microsoft, the
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major cause of this issue is a corrupted Navigation Pane settings file - profilename.xml, where "profilename" is the name of your Outlook profile. A good indication that the file is corrupted is when its size is 0 KB. No one knows the exact reason why this happens, but all versions of Microsoft Outlook from 2003 to the newest Outlook 2013 may be affected. Other reasons may be when you run Outlook in the compatibility mode, or if you are using a profile created in an older Outlook version, or if the Outlook data file (.pst or .ost) was deleted or damaged as the result of incorrect uninstallation or reinstallation of Outlook. Anyway, whatever the reason is, the outcome is the same - you cannot open the Outlook window because of this error: "Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window. The set of folders cannot be opened." There may be a few variations of this message depending on which Outlook version you use. Outlook 2010: "Microsoft Outlook has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." Outlook 2007: "Cannot open your default e-mail folders. The information store could not be opened." Outlook 2003: "Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. Unable to open the Outlook window. Invalid XML, the view c
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Jul 30, 2015 Messages: 2 Likes Received: 0 I just updated to Windows 10 and when I tried to open outlook 2013 I get this "Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window. The set http://www.windows10forums.com/threads/cannot-start-microsoft-outlook-cannot-open-the-outlook-window.926/ of folders cannot be opened. The information store could not be opened." can anyone help!!! sitting at work and cannot access my email. treyes1978, Jul 30, 2015 #1 Advertisements Trouble Noob Whisperer Moderator Joined: Nov 19, 2013 Messages: 8,079 Likes Received: 923 Location: Northwest Indiana U.S.A. I believe the site owner Ian had a similar problem and I think he said that he ran the native System File Checker. Admin Command Prompt sfc /scannow cannot open and that fixed it for him. You might give that a try. And please confirm that your upgrade has all three of the subsequent Windows Updates installed. Trouble, Jul 30, 2015 #2 Ian likes this. Advertisements Ian Administrator Joined: Oct 27, 2013 Messages: 685 Likes Received: 193 I had a slightly different problem, but it does look like quite a few people have had difficulty with Outlook on Windows 10. I did a bit cannot start microsoft of searching and resetting the navigation pane may do the trick for you. Could you try running "outlook.exe /resetnavpane" please? Just press Windows Key + R to bring up the run box. If that doesn't work, see if Outlook works in safe mode by running "outlook.exe /safe" and select your default profile when prompted. Ian, Jul 30, 2015 #3 treyes1978 Joined: Jul 30, 2015 Messages: 2 Likes Received: 0 I read another thread that mentioned to go back to the previous build so its in the process of doing that and its been over 2 hours and its still going.. So I will try the other suggestions after or if this ever gets done. Any suggestions on how long this should take? and if I should just shut it down? treyes1978, Jul 30, 2015 #4 Otis Ryder Joined: Jul 31, 2015 Messages: 1 Likes Received: 0 I'm having this exact same problem trying to set up Outlook 2013 on Windows 10 on my Surface Pro 3. I'm using Exchange and this for the server: outlook.office365.com. Searching for the problem I found this as the solution: Outlook connection issues with Exchange mailboxes because of the RPC encryption requirement 1. This basically says that there is a problem with the encryption between your client and the exchange server. However after going though