Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window.

[TW]

Last week my laptop automatically installed 14 various Microsoft updates.
When I try to launch Outlook 2007 since the update, I get the following error
message: Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window.

I have uninstalled all but two of the updates. The two updates that I do
not see an uninstall option for are Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2
(SP2) and Update for 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB967642).

I looked at the documentation for one of the Outlook 2007 updates that was
installed/uninstalled - KB969907. It talks about updating internal data
structures in .pst files. About 30 days ago I imported into Outlook 2007
several .pst files from a different computer running Outlook 2000. Outlook
on my laptop had been running perfectly before the updates.

Help!
(running Windows Vista)

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Tried start Outlook with the /resetnavpane switch already?
Start-> Run; outlook.exe /resetnavpane

 

[TW]

Yes, that worked! Is this an early warning of some type or is having to do
this nothing to worry about? Is it OK to reinstall the Microsoft updates?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

If Outlook is giving you this issue on a regular basis, then it is something
to worry about. Usually means that you have issues with Outlook closing
properly;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/outlookdoesntclose.htm

There was 1 update I believe that in some specific scenarios caused this
issue to appear due to an corruption in the Navigation Pane that was there
even before the update.

You really should install the updates again. You might experience the issue
one more time directly after that. Post back if it happens continuously now
and the troubleshooting steps in the link posted above don't help.

 

[MGWrenn]

I am having the same problem, I keep getting the following message:
"Microsoft Outlook has stopped working; A problem caused the program to stop
working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify if a solution
is avoidable. I have the run setect and repiar with no sucess. Does anyone
have any suggestions?

 

[MGWrenn]

IN the Problems Reports and Solutions, The folowing is displayed:

Problem signature
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: OUTLOOK.EXE
Application Version: 12.0.6504.5000
Application Timestamp: 49e7f47e
Fault Module Name: mspst32.dll
Fault Module Version: 12.0.6504.5000
Fault Module Timestamp: 49e7f409
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00096876
OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033

Extra information about the problem
LCID: 1033
Brand: Office12Crash
skulcid: 1033
Bucket ID: 1311751096

I NEED HELP...I have unistalled and reinstalled the program, and run the
repair program several times to no avail.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

That is not the same issue as the OP. I answered you later post about this.



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[TW]

I have installed all updates and have not experienced any problems. Thanks
so much for your help!

 

[Peter]

I started getting this error yesterday after installing SP2 on Vista Ultimate
x64.
Ran outlook.exe /resetnavpane, which repaired the issue, but just crashed
out of Outlook in the middle of an email. This is definately an SP2 issue.