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• Microsoft Outlook Won't Open On Mac

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Summary

If you are unable to open or use Outlook 2016 in Windows 10 PC, don't worry. This tutorial article offers you all the possible and practical methods to fix Outlook 2016 not responding, or Outlook gets stuck or keeps freezes in Windows 10 without losing PST email files.

Outlook 2016 Not Responding, how to fix?

Have you ever experienced this issue that when you try to open Outlook to check newly received email in Windows 10, the app gets stuck and not responding anymore? Or when you try to close the program, Windows would remind you that Microsoft Outlook has stopped working as shown below.

So how to get rid of the Microsoft Outlook not responding error without losing any files? And how to make it back to work properly again? Here in the below, you'll find several methods to fix Outlook not working or not responding in Windows 10. Read on to learn details.

Workable Solutions	Step-by-step Troubleshooting
Fix 1. Use Outlook Recovery Software	Select the drive partition where you used to save the Outlook PST files and then click 'Scan'..Full steps
Fix 2. Start Outlook in Safe Mode	Close Outlook. Launch it in safe mode. Click 'Start > Search' then type..Full steps
Fix 3. Install Outlook Updates	Type update in the Search box and click 'Check for updates' to open Windows Update..Full steps
Fix 4. Repair Office Program	Close and quit all running Office programs. Enter Control Panel and..Full steps
Fix 5. Repair Outlook Data Files	Open Windows File Explorer and go to C:Program Files (x86)..Full steps

Useful Methods to Fix Outlook 2016 Not Responding in Windows 10 Without Data Loss

Before starting to solve Outlook not responding issue, you're highly recommended to try an Outlook data recovery tool to restore all PST in advance. Thus, you can avoid unexpected data loss caused by wrong operations.

Method 1. Restore Outlook 2016 PST Files with Outlook Recovery Software

As mentioned before, to avoid unnecessary PST file loss when Outlook suddenly stops responding, you'd better restore and create backups of important email files at first. Besides, when the Outlook data files have become corrupted or damaged, or your user profile has become corrupted, the Outlook may stop responding. In any of these cases, EaseUS hard drive recovery software can effectively help you to restore lost or corrupted emails in a few simple clicks.

Step 1. Select the drive partition where you used to save the Outlook PST files and then click 'Scan'.

Step 2. The software will start immediately for a quick and deep scan, to find as many lost files as possible. To quickly locate the PST files, you have two options.

• Use 'Filter > Email' to find your lost PST files.
• Search with '.pst' can also help you reach the PST file.

Step 3. Select the wanted PST files from the results, and click 'Recover' to get them back all at once.

Import PST/OST files into Outlook

To retrieve your email to Outlook, do as the following steps.

1. Start Outlook. Go to 'File' > 'Open & Export' > 'Import/Export' > 'Import from another program or file' > 'Open Outlook Data File'.

2. In the navigation pane, drag and drop the emails, contacts, other folders from .pst file to your existing Outlook folders.

If you're not afraid of losing data, or if you are sure that the Outlook data files haven't corrupted, you can use the solutions below to resolve Outlook 2016 not responding problem directly.

Method 2. Start Outlook 2016 in Safe Mode

Step 1: Close Outlook.

Step 2: Launch it in safe mode.

• For Windows 10: Click'Start' >'Search' > Type: Outlook.exe /safe and hit Enter;
• For Windows 8: Open 'Apps' menu > Select 'Run'> Type: Outlook /safe and then click OK;
• For Windows 7: Choose 'Start' > Type: Outlook /safe in the Search programs and files box and then hit Enter.

Step 3: Close Outlook, and open it normally. After this, you could to use Outlook 2016 in Windows 10 again.

Method 3. Install the Latest Windows and Outlook Updates

If Windows or Outlook is outdated, it may affect you using and sending emails. So you can install the latest Windows and Outlook updates to fix the Outlook not responding issue.

To install the Windows update, try tips below.

Step 1: Type update in the Search box and click 'Check for updates' to open Windows Update.

Step 2: Click'Check for updates' >'Install updates'. And then wait for updating process to complete, restart Windows PC to see if Outlook can work or not. If not, continue to update Outlook.

Step 3: Open Outlook and click 'File'.

Step 4: Select Office 'Account' > 'Update Options' > 'Update Now'. If you are using Outlook 2010, select 'Help'> 'Check for updates'.

Method 4. Repair Office Program

You can repair your Office program files to resolve such problems as Outlook freezing or not responding.

Step 1: Close and quit all running Office programs.

Step 2: Enter Control Panel and select ' Microsoft office auto update mac. Programs and Features'.

Step 3: In the list of installed programs, right-click on Microsoft Office 2016 or Microsoft Office 2013 > 'Change'.

Step 4: Select 'Online Repair' >'Repair'.

Wait for the repair process complete and then open Outlook to see if it gets back to normal or not.

Method 5. Repair Outlook Data Files

The outlook may stop working or responding if Outlook data files have an error. You can follow below tips to repair Outlook data files:

Step 1: Open Windows File Explorer and go to C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft OfficerootOffice16.

Step 2: Open 'SCANPST.EXT' > Click 'Browse' > Select the .pst file you want to scan.

Step 3: Click'Start'. Check 'Make a backup of scanned file before repairing' box and click'Repair'. Click 'OK' when the repair process completes.

Other Possible Fixes for Outlook 2016 Not Responding Issue

As the issue may occur for one or more reasons, therefore, you can try different approaches to solve the problem.

Microsoft Outlook Won't Open On Mac 2016 Update

• Make sure that Outlook is not in use by another process.
• Check possible add-in issues that interfere with Outlook.
• Check whether your mailbox is too large.
• Check whether your AppData folder is redirected to a network location.
• Make sure the antivirus software is not outdated, or it doesn’t conflict with Outlook.
• Prevent Outlook from loading external content automatically, such as images in an email.

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Introduction

This article describes how to troubleshoot the following kinds of issues in Microsoft Outlook when it's used together with Office 365:

• Outlook stops responding (hangs).
• Outlook crashes even though you aren't actively using it.
• Outlook crashes when you start it.

Procedure

To help troubleshoot Outlook issues in an Office 365 environment, follow these steps.

Step 1: Investigate possible issues caused by add-ins

1. Exit Outlook.

2. Open a Run dialog box. To do this, use one of the following procedures, as appropriate to your version of Windows:

   • If you're running Windows 10, Windows 8.1, or Windows 8, press the Windows logo key+R.
   • If you're running Windows 7, click Start, type Run in the Search box, and then click Run.

3. Type Outlook /safe, and then click OK.

4. If the issue is fixed, click Options on the File menu, and then click Add-Ins.

5. Select COM Add-ins, and then click Go.

6. Click to clear all the check boxes in the list, and then click OK.

7. Restart Outlook. If the issue doesn't occur, start adding the add-ins one at a time until the issue occurs.

Step 2: Repair Office

1. Open Control Panel, and then click Uninstall a program.
2. In the list of installed programs, right-click the entry for your Office installation, and then click Change, and then click Online Repair.

Step 3: Run Outlook Diagnostics

1. Run the Outlook won't start automated diagnostics to fix the issues.

   Note

   Click Run when you're prompted by your browser.

2. If the tool doesn't resolve the issue, go to Windows or Look to start **Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant for Office 365 **(SaRA).

3. On the first screen, select Outlook, and then select Next.

4. Select any of the following options, as appropriate, and then select Next:

   • Outlook keeps hanging or freezing
   • Outlook keeps crashing with a message 'Microsoft Outlook has stopped working.'

   SaRA runs some diagnostic checks, and returns possible solutions for you to use to try to fix Outlook connectivity issues.

Step 4: Create a new Outlook profile

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Note

If you ran SaRA in Step 3, and you created a new profile, you can skip all of Step 4.

1. Open Control Panel, and then click Mail.

2. Click Show Profiles.

3. Select the profile that you want to remove, and then click Remove.

   Important

   Removing the profile also removes associated data files. If you're not sure whether the data files are backed up or stored on a server, do not remove the profile. Instead, go to step 4.

4. Click Add.

5. In the Profile Name box, type a name for the new profile.

6. Specify the user name, the primary SMTP address, and the password. Then, click Next.

7. You may receive the following message: Allow this website to configure **alias@domain** server settings? In this message, click to select the Don't ask me about this website again check box, and then click Allow.

8. When you're prompted, enter your logon credentials, and then click OK.

9. When Setup is finished, click Finish.

Step 5: Run SaRA Advanced Diagnostics before you contact Support

This step creates detailed information about your Outlook configuration and provides solutions for any known issues that are detected. It also gives you the option to upload your results to Microsoft so that a Support engineer can review them before you make a Support call.

1. Click Outlook Advanced Diagnostics.
2. Click Run when you are prompted by your browser.

More information

For more info about command-line switches that are used together with Outlook, go to Command-line switches for Microsoft Office products.

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