"Outlook Not Responding" is a common Outlook error. When meeting this problem, majority of people will force Outlook to close to solve this error. But what we don’t know is that this improper habit will bring more severe Outlook corruptions. After lessons from my experience, here we offer 8 approaches to this common issue.

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8 methods to Outlook
issue “Outlook Not
Responding”

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 One of the most classic issues occurs to
Outlook is “Outlook Not Responding”.
 When meeting this problem, majority of
people including me will force Outlook to
close to solve this error.
 But what we don’t know is that this
improper habit will bring about severe
Outlook corruptions.

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 After lessons from my experience,
here we offer 8 approaches to this
common issue.
 And hope it can help you.

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1. End Hanging Process
One cause would be that too many processes are
using Outlook at the same time.
a. Firstly, right click the taskbar and select “Start Task
Manager”.
b. Then in the new dialog, switch to “Processes” tab,
and select the “Outlook.exe” option.
c. Finally, click the “End Process” button.

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2. Remove Recent Add-ins
Think if there is any recently installed add-ins, it
might have conflict with process as well. Thus, you
can disable recent add-ins to confirm your suspicion.
a. Go to “Outlook Options” and on “Add-ins” tab, click
the “Go” button.
b. In the new window, remove the target add-ins.

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3. Inspect Antivirus Software
In some cases, if you forget to update your
antivirus software, it also has a chance to get
conflict with Outlook.
① Before issues happening,
developing a good habit of updating
antivirus software is advisable.
② If issues have occurred already, check if
the antivirus software has conflicted with
Outlook or has wrong configuration.

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4. Reduce Data File Size
 Oversized PST file is also a common reason behind
problems like unusual delays, slow behavior, no
responding or other errors in Outlook.
 Splitting the data file to reduce its size is a sure-fire way.
 Turn to article “3 Methods to Split a Large Outlook File
into Small Ones” to see more solutions for splitting files.

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5. Create a New Profile
Incorrect Outlook profile is a non-ignorable factor as well.
a. Go to “Control Panel” and click the “Mail” icon.
b. Next in the new dialog, click “Show Profiles”.
c. Then click the “add” button to create a new profile and
reconfigure your email account.
If things still go wrong, turn to the next solution.

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6. Repair MS Office Programs
Suppose that errors happen in MS office, then Outlook will
get corrupt too. So, fix the MS office to solve the error.
a. Go to “Control Panel” and access to “Programs and
Features”.
b. After locate the Office program, right click it.
c. Then select “Change” from context menu.
d. Last, in the new window, choose the “Repair” option and
click “Continue”.

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7. Fix Data File by Inbox Tool
 MS has provided a free repair program named
Scanpst.exe for solving Outlook errors. You can
find it in MS Office folder under Program files or
search it in Windows Explorer.
 Then just follow its instruction to run a recovery.

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8. Turn to Other Repair Tool
In some tough cases, above methods
may not be effective enough to fix the
problem, you have to get a more avant-
garde tool like DataNumen Outlook
Repair to help you fix the compromised
Outlook files.

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Thank you !!!