However if you are one of the poor buggers that is recreating profiles, only to have the thing break again a day later or a week later then "hopefully" I got you covered. I have spent literally weeks going round and round with this issue for a client.įirstly, if staring outlook in safe mode ( START > RUN > "outlook /safe" ) works for you then great! Have a nice day. Ok I thought I should post this to help those going mad with this issue. Outlook 2016 won't go beyond "Processing" Upon Launch - Microsoft Community - DPI Scaling.looking in task manager this shows up as type = app, called: FIXMAPI 1,0 MAPI Repair Tool (32 bit) Choose profile.brought up the office 2003 style selection box, is there still part of the old office installed.the ones in there all come with office 2016 anyway running as administrator and then disabling all addins makes no difference, still cannot load.uninstall office, remove the uneeded office folders in program files, also remove all other office patches and version.completely remove the old profile? might be scanning the pst file and not liking it.
not difference in safemode (both windows and outlook)
If there is an update available, it will now download.
If Windows 10 is not up to date, you'll be prompted to install the latest version. First, update Windows 10.Ĭlick the Settings button. If Outlook and Windows 10 aren't up to date, you might experience a negative effect to performance. Click the Data Files tab near the top of the window.Click the dropdown arrow next to Account Settings.If you've just deleted a ton of emails, you might want to compact your PST files immediately without waiting. When it reaches this point, Outlook, when running, will automatically start compacting the file.
When you delete emails, the space they took up remains - this space will continue to grow until it reaches 20% of the total size of the file. Your Outlook PST files keep messages and other info saved safely on your PC. You can also experiment with the rest of the AutoArchive settings if you aren't satisfied with the defaults. Click the up or down arrows next to the age of emails you want to archive.Click the checkbox next to Run AutoArchive every X days.Ĭlick the up or down arrows next to the frequency you want AutoArchive to run.
These old emails will be saved in an Outlook PST data file that can be accessed anytime. Luckily, there is a handy AutoArchive tool built right in that can process old emails. If you have a ton of old emails in your main folder, Outlook has to load and process all of them when it opens. Click the checkbox next to Synchronize RSS Feeds to the Common Feed List… so that the checkmark disappears.You can disable Outlook's RSS feeds to see if it makes a difference - if you don't notice any changes, you can always re-enable.Ĭlick the checkbox next to Any RSS Feed item that is updated… so that the checkmark disappears. Those of you who love to keep up to date with RSS feeds right in Outlook might be compromising its performance. You might have to scroll down a bit to find this option. Click the checkbox next to Disable hardware graphics acceleration so that a checkmark appears.Launch Outlook 2016 from the Start menu, desktop, or taskbar.There is a built-in graphics acceleration feature that may cause freezes and generally poor performance on some machines.
Not everyone uses a stellar Windows 10 PC to read their email in Outlook. The add-in will no longer appear in your list of add-ins. Replace step 9 above with the two steps below.
If you don't think you'll ever use an add-in, especially in the case of an antivirus, you can remove it completely.