How to Solve Outlook 2007 Crashes?

July 7, 2009 - PRLog -- Outlook 2007, the latest version of Microsoft Office Outlook, is generally considered as the reliable and safer version as compared to its former counterparts. But, Outlook users still observe frustrating experiences with Outlook 2007. Outlook 2007 might crash randomly while you are performing general tasks like sending or receiving emails, starting or existing Outlook and others. One of the typical causes for Outlook to behave in this manner is PST file corruption, which leaves you with no other option than to restore from backup or use PST Recovery tools (if backup is invalid or absent).

There can be a wide variety of reasons causing Outlook 2007 to crash. Some of them are listed below:

1.   Outdated Outlook installation
2.   Add-ins or extensions issues
3.   Problematic Outlook profile
4.   Corrupted Outlook installation
5.   Damaged Outlook data file (PST)
6.   Damaged Windows profile
7.   System specific problems

Solution

To fix Outlook 2007 crashing issues, you should consider these methods:

•   You need to ensure if the crash occurs when you perform a particular task, for example while opening a particular email message or meeting on calendar. If this is the case, you can perform steps like deleting the specific item or doing a similar task as per the cause.
•   You can try updating Outlook installation with the latest cumulative updates available
•   Microsoft Outlook provides different command-line switches that allow you to start Outlook after cleaning few application settings. Based on the specific problem in existence, you can use these switches to troubleshoot. For example, if crash occurs when reminders are fired, you can use /cleanreminders switch to clean and regenerate them. Whereas, if issue is related to invalid profile keys, you can use /cleanprofile switch.
•   Outlook installation might be damaged. So, you can try reinstalling Microsoft Outlook 2007.
•   Starting Outlook using /safe mode allows you to start it without loading many of the customizations, Exchange Client Extensions, reading pane, customized toolbars, and COM add-ins, Form regions, macros etc. So, you can use it to start Outlook. If you find that Outlook doesn’t crash when you start it in /safe mode, you need to check the list of disabled items to see if any of them relate to the type of kind of crash you suffer. If this is the case, you can disable, remove or rename the item, as per the case.
•   To check if the issue is Outlook profile specific, you can create a test profile containing no email accounts. Since it doesn’t have any email account, it will not send and receive any email messages. You can try adding the existing PST file to see if PST is not damaged. It will create a PIM profile. If it doesn’t crashes, you should continue working with this new profile.
•   You can try to test the new Outlook profile with your email accounts as all the times, Outlook profile might not be the issue.
•   If Outlook crashes after adding PST, the file might be damaged. Thus, you need to repair it using Inbox Repair Tool or alternatively by using commercial PST Repair tools.
•   If Outlook crashes after trying a new profile, you should try creating and using a new Windows profile. If problem gets solved, you should keep continuing work with this new profile and delete the earlier one.
•   If testing through new Windows profile doesn’t help, the issue could be machine-related. It could occur due to problems like faulty RAM, damaged files, wrong data in HKEY_Local_Machine hive, incompatible software or faulty Windows. So to check this behavior, you can perform steps like using Outlook on a different system, checking Office installation, performing Windows clean boot, replacing the corrupted RAM and other similar steps.

About PST Repair Tools

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