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Read on to find out how to fix common Outlook problems below. This library of articles provides guidance to troubleshoot and fix errors that you may experience when using Classic Outlook for Windows. For a complete list of articles, browse the navigation pane on the left, or use the search box above the pane to filter by keywords and find help with a specific issue. If you're trying to set up an iCloud account, follow the steps in Add or manage an iCloud email account in Outlook. Then, each item in your calendar folder is checked for known problems that can cause unexpected behavior, such as meetings that seem fixing Microsoft Outlook problems to be missing.
If you're having problems setting up your email in classic Outlook, we want to help. Find solutions to common problems or get help from a support agent. 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. You can give feedback by selecting Help from the top menu, then Feedback. If your mailbox is full, we won't be able to reply to your request.
Before proceeding to the steps below, consider backing up your Outlook data file. The Inbox Repair tool should also create backups before you begin the repair process. Whether you backed up the data file manually or with the Inbox Repair tool, we recommend remembering the backup location. In the Folder Pane, you might see a folder named Recovered Personal Folders that contains your default Outlook folders or a Lost and Found folder. Although the repair process might recreate some of the folders, they may be empty.
You cannot create a new email address with @live.com as the domain address. You cannot create a new email with @msn.com as the domain address. If you have not logged in to your email address in over two years, it will be considered inactive and may have been removed. If Microsoft Outlook is not working, we might be able to help you pinpoint why. We have created some tables to clarify how to access your email account using Outlook if you are still signed up for one of the providers Microsoft used to champion.
For this, go to the Microsoft service status page and look for Outlook.com and see if the icon is red or yellow. If it is then you have to wait till they resolve the issue. Then follow other solutions to fix Outlook web not working. This type of problem is very common among the user base, and it is very frustrating to everyone as you are unable to access your crucial data.
If so, wait a short time (usually two or three minutes) to see if Outlook starts working again. Sometimes you’ll open Outlook and then for no apparent reason, it will freeze or [fixing Microsoft Outlook problems](https://sites.google.com/view/fixoutlookstuckonloadingprofil/home) shut itself down. There are quite a few different causes for this, but one of the most common is a defective add-in. Here’s how to disable add-ins in Outlook even when it keeps crashing.
You can also add the secondary connected accounts (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) in Outlook.com as additional accounts in the Outlook profile. Not something you want to take on lightly, but sometimes you have to. 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 are having issues sending email, this might be due to validation issues with fixing Microsoft Outlook problems your Microsoft Account. We are aware that some users may not be able to receive email from Gmail accounts. We're aware of an issue where some users see the error message "Your message can't be displayed right now". If you're having problems sending or receiving email, read how to Fix Outlook.com email sync issues.
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.
It seems like something went wrong on Microsoft update and they might recall it or fix it, so we might need to wait untill that. Find solutions to common problems or get help from a support agent. We love reading your suggestions on new features and feedback about how you use our products! To learn more about how to share feedback, see How do I give feedback on Microsoft Office. There is currently no option to revert to the prior behavior, but we would love to hear your feedback to help us with future designs.
If it’s an RDS server and the cache is also on the server, if the server crashes, reboots abruptly, is full, there are many reasons. Instead of removing the profile, remove the OST file and let it recreate. Compatibility mode is suitable for older software with Windows 10 that fail to run normally.
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