Using Classic Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
Tis is a very old thread dealing with a specific problem that was mitigated, you should really consider starting a new one. Having said that, what exactly happens when you try? Do you get any error messages? Will Outlook start and run OK in Safe Mode?
The wheel spins awhile and then I get an error message. Here's the message; "The application was unable to start correctly(0xc00001420). Click OK to close the application." I click OK. The application won't close. I click on the x in the corner and cannot get the message to close. I finally close the entire program. I photographed both the screens in order to send the message to you for help. Unfortunately, I don't know how to send the two photos to you without multiple steps. They're on my cell phone and I'm answering from the computer.
Mine stopped opening again yesterday. Here's a good article to reference https://www.pcerror-fix.com/fix-outlook-wont-open, it has 11 options to try to fix the issue since it's different for different PCs. I fixed mine yesterday by going in and using Dell Support Assist on my laptop and it 5 driver updates it loaded then it opened. What seemed to fix it the first time it happened was i deleted and then set up a new outlook profile.
I truly know how painful it is when it won't open, first time for me took 3 weeks to figure it out.
Lynn