Resolution of annoying Outlook 2003 Startup Problem

Outlook 2003 is a popular email client, used widely in home and offices. It is safe, secure and a reliable personal information manager. Apart from email, it combines calendar, contact, journal and a task manager. However, one may feel quite annoyed when it doesn’t start. If you are not able to start Outlook and are receiving startup errors frequently, here are a few steps to help you in fixing the problem. First you need to have basic knowledge of Outlook. If you do not know it, do not worry third party Outlook 2003 support is just a call away.

Have it ever worked?

Find out if it ever worked earlier or not. If it never worked, be sure that it has not been installed properly.

What about other PC users?

Check if the Outlook works well for other computer users of the PC. If you are the single user, add an account temporarily via Control Panel and try it. If it works for none, be sure that the issue is due to faulty add-in or damaged Office/Outlook installation. Call third party support provider for complete Outlook 2003setup.

Run Outlook in Safe Mode

If you are confirming that it was working fine last time and no changes have been made so far into it, it is better to try it in Safe Mode. Follow below steps to start it in Safe Mode but remember no settings and add-ins will get loaded.

1. Go to Start Menu and click run.
2. Type Outlook /safe.

If it works fine, add-ins are creating problems for it. If not, scan the PST-files to find out any error with it.   

Renaming Outlook files

In terms of using Outlook 2003, it stores some settings within PST files that load upon startup. If the files are corrupted, it may cause issues. Renaming them or resetting them may solve the issue. Follow below steps: 

1. Go to C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook in Windows XP, or C:\Users\AppData\Microsoft\Outlook in Windows Vista or 7.
2. Rename the PST file.

      

If you face any problem in locating the PST file, then get it touch with the experts at third party Outlook2003 Support provider. Remember this service would be paid.

Disable Add-ins

If you find that Outlook functions in Safe Mode, and resetting the PST files did not resolve the issue, the add-ins are faulty. If you are sure, disable all add-ins and enable it one-by-one to check which is creating the issue. Remove or reinstall the conflicting add-ins.

Try new Mail profile

Outlook may also not start if the mail profile is broken. For its resolution, you can create the mail profile once again through Control Panel. Check if it works fine and if it works, transfer your emails and contacts from the previous profile to the new one. If you don’t know how then get help of experts from third party Outlook2003 Support provider.

Repair

If issue is still not resolved, you need to run Outlook 2003 repair, else Office Diagnosis and even reinstall Office or Outlook to resolve the issue. But be sure to take a backup of your Outlook data before you continue with the process.

Most probably, trying these steps may resolve the startup issues.  But if you are still stuck with the same errors you can contact third party Outlook 2003 help.

Summary

Outlook 2003 is a popular email client, used widely in home and offices for personal and business use. It is safe, secure and reliable personal information manager. If you’re facing issues while starting up the Outlook 2003 then you’ve landed up at the right place. We would discuss the significant steps to resolve this annoying problem.