Microsoft Outlook might stop working while running and generate errors suggesting that you should restart Windows to start the application. One of the prime causes for such behavior to occur is PST file corruption. The damaged File thus need to be either restored from backup or repaired using powerful PST Recovery applications.
For an instance, you might receive the below error while using Microsoft Outlook:
“A program error occurred. Quit Outlook and Microsoft Windows and then start again.”
Cause
There might be several causes that can cause this error to occur. Some of them are listed below:
* The system is short of RAM (Random Access Memory). This might particularly occur if you have opened various applications and programs while Outlook is running.
* Outlook might return the above error if has bad or incompatible extension information. Such problems usually cause Outlook run-time errors and might prevent Outlook from starting.
* A Windows based system uses swap file in order to swap the information from RAM. It does so mainly when the system runs out of required RAM memory and requires some hard disk space to swap its information temporarily. Thus, the above error might result if you hard drive fail to afford space for a swap file. In such situations, system fails to free required RAM forrunning applications like Outlook.
* An Outlook profile retains all the email accounts and complete settings, which allow Outlook to access the stored emails and data. The above error might result if Outlook profile you are using is corrupted or damaged.
* PST or Personal Storage File in Outlook is the local copy used by the application to store and access all email items, notes, journals and other information. Outlook start behaving differently and gives errors messages, as above, if the file is damaged.
* The installation of Outlook is damaged.
Solution
Based on the causes discussed above, you can follow up according measures to solve these problems as listed below:
* Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE and this will allow you to open Windows Task Manger, using which you can close the required applications running in Windows. This lets memory available for running Outlook. Quit the required applications, restart Windows and try running only those applications that you require the most.
* To solve bad or incompatible extension information issues, you should proceed according to if Outlook is starting to or ot.
- If Outlook starts, you should turn off the extensions. To do so, start the application and go to Tools->Options->Other->Advanced Options->Add-In Manager. This will display an Add-In list, where you can clear the corresponding check boxes of add-ins that you suspect as problematic.
- If you cannot start Outlook, you need to replace Extend.dat file. For this, you should search the file using Windows file search tool. You can right-click the file and click Rename to change its extension from .dat to .old. Upon restarting Outlook, the application will create a fresh Extend.dat file.
* In order to make required space available for swap file, you should perform steps like emptying the Recycle Bin and deleting the unimportant files. However, if you are using more than one hard drives, you first need to determine the hard drive containing the swap file. To do so, go to My computer->Properties->Performance->Virtual Memory.
* If the damaged Outlook profile is the issue, you should recreate it according to installation (CW or IMO mode).
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* If corrupted Outlook installation is the problem, reinstall it after renaming the Outllib.dll file. Search for the file using Windows file search tool, right-click the file and rename it to Outllib.old. Then, remove Outlook using Add/Remove Programs option of Control Panel and install Outlook by using Install/Uninstall tab.
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