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To create a new Outlook Data File, go to Create an Outlook Data File. If you could not open your original Personal Folders (.pst) file before you ran Inbox Repair Tool, the following procedures may not work. If it does not work, then unfortunately, you will be unable to recover any additional information. If you could open the file, the following procedure may help you recover additional items from your damaged Personal Folders (.pst) file. If you have been handling the PST file from another source, there is a chance of it getting corrupted. Under such circumstances, a complete revamp of the data file is necessary.

Similar to our earlier suggestion of repairing Office (see #3 Repair Your Microsoft Office above), perform the same steps except choose to Uninstall. Be aware that you may need your product key if you received one. Microsoft has its own tool for automatically scanning and correcting Office when things go awry. You can read about it and then run the Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant to see if that helps. It can automatically diagnose issues, troubleshoot, and fix problems with Outlook. Note that the above web page link is for desktop Outlook for Windows.

No matter how well written add-ins are (and even Outlook itself), there will always be the occasional Outlook problem that doesnt seem to go away or may not be related to add-ins at all. You can read how to fix your Outlook problem on the internet, but sometimes the suggestions dont work for your specific case. So, we have produced this list of general things to try to resolve your problem in Outlook.

Similar to our earlier suggestion of repairing Office (see #3 Repair Your Microsoft Office above), perform the same steps except choose to Uninstall. Be aware that you may need your product key if you received one. If you need to update your email's POP or IMAP account settings, please go to POP and IMAP account settings for more information.

Although add-ins can enhance your user experience, they can occasionally interfere or conflict with Outlook. Make sure that the latest updates for Outlook are installed. For more information, see How to install the latest applicable updates for Microsoft Outlook (US English only).

A laggy search is one of the most common Microsoft Outlook problems. It may arise at different times, depending on your platform or device. You can still log in to Outlook with a legacy @live.com email address. The first rule of Outlook troubleshooting is to eliminate the most obvious suspects. If you're committed to the task of Outlook troubleshooting in the meantime, let's get into our guide that will help you solve some of the most annoying Outlook issues. If you have Outlook in your startup folder, remove the shortcut from the startup folder.

You might need to set Windows Update to automatically download and install recommended updates. Installing any important, recommended, and optional updates can often correct problems by replacing out-of-date files and fixing vulnerabilities. To install the latest Windows and Office updates, click the link below. Find solutions to common problems or get help from a support agent. If you've changed your web page password on the website for your email account, you'll need to change it in newOutlook, too.

Errors in Microsoft 365 files are web page repaired automatically. To start Outlook in safe mode, click on its icon holding the Ctrl key, or enter outlook.exe /safe in the Run dialog box. You'll see a message asking you to confirm that you really want to start Outlook in Safe mode, click Yes. If you have email messages in an email program, you must import your email messages and addresses to the new user profile before you delete the old profile. If everything is working correctly, you can now delete the old profile. I have found that when this happens its due to the Account in windows needing to be updated.

To reduce the number of items that are stored locally, limit the synchronization window that's used for shared folders. These keys don't clean up older Calendar content that was already downloaded. However, this method can be effective if you're willing to clear offline items and resync your Calendar (instead of bulk deleting old items). If you already have the Calendar in the profile, you have to clear the Offline Items after you set the registry keys and restart Outlook. In Sync Window Settings, adjust the number of months of data that are synced for the primary shared calendars. Use the Turn on shared calendar improvements option for users who have edit permissions to a shared calendar to improve performance.

Then, we will help you repair Outlook Mac efficiently with the right set of solutions. You can also try converting OST files to PST using a converter tool like SysTools OST to PST Converter, which you can download from the Microsoft Store. Converting the web page file to a PST can help salvage the data before losing it entirely. The legacy version of Outlook on Mac computers will only save mailbox data in an SQLite database, which you can use to create an OLM file to archive your data. If any errors still exist, run the steps again until no errors appear. But the good part is, you can fix most of these problems with simple steps.