For more information about working with calendars in Outlook.com, go to Using the calendar in Outlook.com. Select More to see additional actions—for example, an option to print a message. If you want to learn about printing, see Print attachments received in email messages. You might need to set Windows Update to automatically download and install recommended updates. Installing any important, recommended, and optional updates can often correct problems by replacing out-of-date files and fixing vulnerabilities. To install the latest Windows and Office updates, click the link below.

Moreover, it may require a process of elimination. Further, we‘ll learn basic troubleshooting steps and gradually narrow down the possible culprits. If you can't find a dialog box open, move on to the next step. You must have at least three user accounts on the computer to complete these steps.

Restore the add-ins one at a time until the problem does occur to determine which add-in is causing the problem. Although add-ins can enhance your user experience, they can occasionally interfere or conflict with Outlook. Many of these items can be automatically checked by the Classic Outlook Advanced Diagnostics troubleshooter.

If the problem doesn't occur after you restart Outlook, one of the add-ins is likely the cause of the problem. Restore the add-ins one at a time until the problem does occur to determine which add-in is causing the problem. Although add-ins can enhance your user experience, they can occasionally interfere or conflict with Outlook. Try to start Outlook without any add-ins running.

Sometimes, the issue may be because a file that you are trying to open has been infected with a virus and your antivirus program has been unable to remove it. Using all the above methods, users can fix Outlook Not Responding issues. Sometimes, there might be a high chance that the PST file may be corrupted. In that case, users want to go with a secure way to repair their corrupt or damaged PST files.

As an email client ourselves, we have a clear idea of what a desktop app can do to give you a healthy relationship with email. We are dedicated to providing a clean, user-friendly, email software that is easy to personalize to your workflow. Not something you want to take on lightly, but sometimes you have to. Similar to our earlier suggestion of repairing Office site (see #3 Repair Your Microsoft Office above), perform the same steps except choose to Uninstall.

This slows down productivity and quite frankly is just a total nuisance. In typical Microsoft fashion, there are also additional rules for certain older platforms that will make you feel very confused about 2FA. We'd be remiss to not tell you there are certain accounts (like Xbox 360) that always require 2FA as well as a special app password. The Authenticator app is designed to help you quickly and safely confirm your identity. With the app, an online intruder would be stuck on the first step of verification, because the Authenticator app is awaiting a one-time passcode, your fingerprint, another password, etc.

If you've already clicked the Accept button in Outlook 2016, you won't be able to re-accept the invitation from another Outlook application. The person who sent you the invitation will need to remove your permissions and then send a new invitation. You can also add the secondary connected accounts (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) in Outlook.com as additional accounts in the Outlook profile. There will be no screen or visible process when you run the program file. However, it will create a new mapi32.dll file at the same location.

We're working to make it possible to edit shared calendars in Outlook 2016 for Windows. If you are having problems with Outlook, there are a few things we can help with to get you back to sending and receiving your email. A vast community of Microsoft Office365 users that are working together to support the product and others. If you have Outlook in your startup folder, remove the shortcut from the startup folder. Visit the Technology Help Desk Support page to locate your local campus contact information or to submit an online technology support request.

Therefore, if you installed your Outlook application in a custom location, you'd have to substitute '-g' for the custom location. Just as your files can easily become corrupted, so can your Outlook profile. This usually happens when you've switched versions of Outlook but your profile did not update. For users who have the discontinued free email client Windows Live Email, you're likely finding it's high time to export your email to Outlook. There is a better alternative to windows live mail that is used widely all over the world. To access the calendar shared with your Microsoft 365 for business account, you'll need to accept the invitation from Outlook on the web, iOS, or Android.

If you can open the original Outlook Data File, you might be able to recover additional items. The Inbox Repair tool creates a backup file with the same name as the original, but with a .bak extension, and saves it in the same folder. There may be items in the backup file that you might be able to recover that the Inbox Repair tool couldn't.