Solved outlook 2010 won't open and no error message appears

[jthwang]

Hi,

I'm unable to open outlook 2010 on a windows 7 64bit system. i don't get any error messages, and i'm able to open other office programs like excel and word. i open task manager and i look under process and i don't see outlook. so i try and open to see if outlook ever appears on the process and it shows for a second and disappears. i try to run a repair on the outlook but repair won't open as well. i'm a bit lost on this and not sure which direction to take. any advice would be very helpful.

 

[Rowan1]

This is possibly due to a faulty installation. This can usually be fixed by a re-installation.

Hope this helps,
-Rowan

 

[jthwang]

it was working fine for couple of month. i was also hoping not having to uninstall and reintsall...

 

[GianniDPC]

Try the 'fix' office option

 

[jthwang]

i tried but when i go to try and run repair, office box appears then disappears.

 

[GianniDPC]

Weird thn your office is bricked so just reinstall it it's not a big deal

 

[JMH]

Just a few random thoughts...

* Have you applied the appropriate updates to Outlook?

* If you right click the Outlook Icon > Run as Administrator...
Does Outlook now open / work as expected?

* If the problem doesn't appear when you're running in Safe Mode could it be a misbehaving add-in that's causing grief?

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/69585-safe-mode.html

Navigate to Add-ins and see if there's anything there you can disable.
{ If you have an iTunes add-in disable it. It's really only useful if you're synchronizing Outlook to your iPhone or iPod.}

*

Is Outlook up-to-date?
Did Outlook ever work?
Does Outlook still work for other users on the computer?
Safe Mode
Disable add-ins
Use scanpst.exe to fix Outlook Data File errors
Recreate your mail profile
Run a Repair, Office Diagnostics or reinstall Office/Outlook

Outlook doesn’t start | HowTo-Outlook

*

Cannot open the Outlook window

If you get the error “Cannot open the Outlook window” when trying to start Outlook, you are probably running Outlook 2007 or Outlook 2010. In this case the error usually indicates that your Navigation Pane settings holds a corruption.

Solution:
Start Outlook with the resetnavpane switch;

Windows XP
Start-> Run; outlook.exe /resetnavpane
Windows Vista and Windows 7
Start-> type; outlook.exe /resetnavpane

When typing, please note the space between outlook.exe and /resetnavpane.
If you encounter this issue more often, see this Quick Tip to find a more definitive solution.

The “Cannot open the Outlook window” error can be fixed quite easily.

Outlook doesn’t start | HowTo-Outlook


* Also FYI
http://www.sevenforums.com/microsoft-office/43837-outlook-2010-wont-open.html

* As advised by others if all else fails uninstall Outlook & reinstall again.

 

[jthwang]

i tried opening as admin that did not work. it doesn't open in safe mode. i'm unable to open it at all. I just uninstalled office and reinstalled and that seems to have solved the problem.

 

[JMH]

Good to hear.
Safe surfing.

 

[Rowan1]

Thought it would Hope you have a nice day!

-Rowan

 

[BugOutMachine]

I had a recent issue with my Outlook and the Search feature. After attempting to adjust my Index settings to no avail, I simply put my Disc in and had it Repair the install. No problems since. Always keep those discs handy!

 

[jevbrowser]

outlook 2010 won't open

i have the same problem. i realize that re-installing would solve, but that doesn't help learn how to troubleshoot. i have had O2K10 running on my pc for over a year, with no problems. now i am having the EXACT same problem as the author here. the temp solution for me was this:
- open task manager and you will see OUTLOOK.EXE running under PROCESSES as many times as you have clicked on the outlook icon to start the app.
- ONE of the processes should show a HIGHER memory utilization than the others.
- the instance that shows the HIGHEST memory utilization is most likely the one that is STILL running (ie....never really shut down properly).
- so.....click on EACH instance of outlook.exe and then click on END PROCESS.........leaving the HIGHEST memory instance until LAST. this should launch outlook for you.
- so, it appears, technically, that the problem really is NOT that outlook won't OPEN, but rather, that it never really CLOSED properly and is still running in the background. this would explain why, when in this state, NOTHING happens when you click on the outlook icon (except that it will ADD an instance to the processes tab under Task Manager).
- still not sure how to fully REPAIR this issue, or why it happened. but, it appears that the problem can be worked-around temporarily, short of RE-INSTALLING outlook.
- still trying to determine root cause.....................