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Follow these steps to let Outlook diagnose and fix errors in your Outlook mail profile that might be causing the issue. You can create a new Outlook Data File and drag the items in the Lost and Found folder into the new data file. After you've moved all the items, you can remove the Recovered Personal Folders (.pst) file, including the Lost and Found folder. To create a new Outlook Data File, go to Create an Outlook Data File. The steps to access the repair tool vary depending on your operating system. If you can't open Outlook, or Outlook disappears or crashes, one of your add-ins may be to blame or you may need to update Outlook.
My Outlook PST files (30+GB) were still accessible but running off a hard-drive that had started to fail with bad sectors. I was unable to clone the drive or copy the PST files to a new location. Recovery toolbox was able to rebuild my data files as a new data file on a replacement drive location and continue to use my mail file after the recovery process. Tried many other recommended solutions but none were able to help with the recovery apart from the recovery toolbox for outlook. Try to recover your data to separate files, it may help.
If you can open the original Outlook Data File, you might be able to recover additional items. The Inbox Repair tool creates a backup file with the same name as the original, but with a .bak extension, and saves it in the same folder. There may be items in the backup file that you might be able to recover that the Inbox Repair tool couldn't.
Should you decide to remove a profile, back up the data files first. All offline cached content will be deleted when you choose Remove. For more information, see Introduction to Outlook Data Files (.pst and .ost).
If creating a new profile solves your issue, you can return to the Show Profiles dialog and delete your old profile. If you have Outlook in your startup folder, remove the shortcut from the startup folder. Sometimes outdated or over-protective anti-virus / anti-spam programs can conflict with Outlook or with one of your Outlook add-ins. As a result, the [fix Outlook problems](https://sites.google.com/view/fixoutlookstuckonloadingprofil) anti-virus blocks the add-in and prevents Outlook from functioning properly.
The procedure is secure and doesnt lead to any loss of data. But little tools that add extra features to Outlook can be the reasons for Outlook corruption. The recipient display properties are changed to be consistent with the recovered recipient table. As soon as this operation is complete, other algorithms are run to collect all the orphaned messages and to put them in an Orphans folder. To start the Inbox Repair tool manually, locate one of the folders by using Microsoft Windows Explorer, and then fix Outlook problems double-click the Scanpst.exe file. As the process concludes, you can preview all repaired content across the platform.
Start classic Outlook in safe modeIn Windows 10, click Start.Type Outlook /safe, in the Search programs and files and then click OK.Close and re-open Outlook.If the issue is resolved, you can keep working, or if you have time, take the following steps to find out what COM Add-in is causing the problem.
If Outlook Desktop fails to connect, try these steps before escalating the issue to the ET&S Help Desk. If you have Outlook in your startup folder, remove the shortcut from the startup folder. Restart Outlook and try to reproduce the problem. Find solutions to common problems or get help from a support agent. To update your password in Outlook, see Change or update your email password. If you're having problems setting up your email in classic Outlook, we want to help.
To determine whether this problem is caused by a corrupted user profile, create a user profile to see whether the problem still occurs when you use the new profile. When you start Windows normally, several applications and services start automatically and then run in the background. These applications and services can interfere with Outlook. A Selective Startup or "clean boot" process can help you identify problems that are caused fix Outlook problems by application conflicts.
There are quite a few different causes for this, but one of the most common is a defective add-in. Heres how to disable add-ins in Outlook even when it keeps crashing. You have successfully created a Distribution Group. The maximum number of distribution group members is 100,000 members, and the recipient rate limit is 10,000 recipients per day. Step 1 - The hard limit of recipients for a single email message is 300. Reduce the number of recipients for a single email to less than 300.
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