Office Outlook

Error Message - “Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window.”
Using the 'Run' box enter the following and click 'OK':

Outlook.exe /resetnavpane

Error Message: "The operation failed. An object could not be found."
Version affected:

Microsoft Office Outlook 2007

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003

Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;312354&spid=2520&sid=global

When you click Send and Receive in Microsoft Outlook, the following error message may appear:

The operation failed. An object could not be found.

To resolve this behaviour, create a new profile. To do this, follow these steps:

1.	Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

2.	Double-click the Mail icon.

3.	In the Mail Setup dialog box, click Show Profiles.

If you want to be able to select a specific profile each time you start Outlook, click the General tab, click Prompt for a profile to be used, and then click Add.

4.	In the New Profile dialog box, under Profile Name, type a descriptive name for the new profile, and then click OK.

5.	In the E-mail Accounts dialog box, select Add a new e-mail account in the e-mail options, and then click Next.

6.	Click the type of server that your e-mail account works with, and then click Next.

7.	Complete all of the required fields, including those that are on the tabs that appear after you click More Settings.

8.	When you finish providing the required information, click Finish.

By default, Outlook Address Book and personal folders (.pst) files are automatically added to each new profile, except in Microsoft Exchange Server. Personal folders (.pst) files are not added by default in Exchange Server.

Version affected:

Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition

If you are using the Internet Mail Only (IMO) installation of Outlook, you can resolve this behavior by editing the Windows Registry: WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

1.	Quit Outlook

2.	Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).

3.	Locate the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Microsoft Outlook Internet Settings\

4.	Locate the registry key that contains the old personal folders entry, right-click the key in the right pane, and then click Delete.

5.	Quit Registry Editor, and then restart Outlook.

If you are using the Corporate or Workgroup (CW) installation, ceate a new Outlook profile using your existing Personal Folders file and other services. To create a new Outlook profile, use the steps in the following article:

195718 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/195718/EN-US/) OL2000: (CW) How to Create a New E-mail Profile for Outlook

Junk E-mail Filtering: Turn Off - How To
Disable it as follows:-


 * Actions
 * Junk E-mail
 * Junk E-mail Options
 * Select No automatic filtering
 * Press OK

Starting Outlook: Fails To Open
If when you attempt to open Outlook it hangs take the following steps:

Scan the users .pst file using 'scanpst.exe' which is usually found here:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\1033\NT

If this does not yield results rename the Outlook folder found here:

C:\Documents and Settings\User_Name\Application Data\Microsoft\

Of course your best option is not to run Outlook at all, use an alternative like Thunderbird

Starting Outlook: Opens Only In Safe Mode
When Outlook hangs right at the beginning and works with safe, the following three seem to come to the top of the list as being the culprit.

1) Rename/Delete outcmd.dat (responsible for menu/toolbar changes)

2) The first message the preview pane hits when Outlook starts is corrupt. Run SCANPST.EXE against your *.PST file to rule out corruption. If it still happens, move/delete the first message Outlook would try to display in the preview pane.

3) An addin is giving you headaches. Go to Tools | Options | Other | Advanced Options and review/disable the items listed under AddIn Manager and COM Addins.

Details for the above article found here.

Signatures - Backing Up: How To
The files for a users Outlook signatures is located in:

%userprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Signatures

For each signature created using the Outlook editor three files are generated, .rtf, .htm, and .txt and all of them need to be copied.

When copying the signatures to a new installation they will needed to be selected within Outlook to be used.