Cannot open the Outlook window error
When trying to start Outlook 2007 I get the following error;
“Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window.”
How can I recover and start Outlook again?
While there are various reasons for this to occur, a recent post Office 2007 Service Pack 2 update seems to cause such an error for certain configurations.
In these instances the configuration file for the Navigation Pane gets corrupted and prevents Outlook from starting successfully. To recover you can start Outlook with the resetnavpane switch;
Windows Vista and Windows 7
Start-> type; outlook.exe /resetnavpane
Windows XP
Start-> Run; outlook.exe /resetnavpane
Please note the space between outlook.exe and /resetnavpane.
While the above method currently applies to most cases experiencing this issue, as mentioned earlier, there could be other causes for this to happen as well. If you are still experiencing the issue after applying this fix you can try these troubleshooting steps or post in the Outlook newsgroups.
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