Microsoft Outlook 2002 failed to start

[bmtn]

Hi,

When I tried to open Outlook it would not open so I end task then tried again, it came and said that it failed to open and asked me if I wanted to open in Safe Mode? I said Yes, it would still not open so I end task again. When I tried to open it again it asked me to perform detect and repair and that still did not work. So I un-installed office all together, rebooted the machine, then re-install. When I tried to open outlook I got the same message; however, word and excel is working fine. I'm running windows 2000 pro. sp2. Any ideas.

Thanks,

 

[baileynj]

Have you managed to solve this problem as I am having the same problem. Have tried re-installing renaming outcmd.dat etc but to no avail.

 

[mscallisto]

You can start Outlook in the safe mode by doing the following:

Start > Run
outlook /safe (you may need office CD)

Other options are:

/CleanFreeBusy for calendar
/CleanFinders for saved searches
/CleanReminders
/CleanViews
/ChechClient
/Recycle
/ResetFolders
/ResetOutlookBar
/NoPreview
/CleanSchedPlus

If you're using personal folder(s) you can run scanpst.exe, thats the clean and repair program for personal folders and offline folders

 

[mscallisto]

Forgot to add...
When you try to open Outlook now, can you supply the exact message you get?