My desktop outlook app will not open

Anonymous
2023-09-01T02:51:59+00:00

I have Windows 11, Office 365 and use the Outlook desktop app for my email. The app has stopped working. When I click to open the little circle starts spinning for about 10 seconds then nothing happens

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-12-07T16:05:23+00:00

    Worked for me, first time I've had this issue.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-08-02T20:57:39+00:00

    I am using New Outlook version 1.2024.717.400 (Production). I still have the problem where I click on the Outlook Icon and Outlook does not start. But I have been able to work around it as follows:

    1. Right-click on the Outlook icon.
    2. Click on "Open Calendar".
    3. When the Outlook Calendar comes up, then click on the "Mail" button at the top left corner of the app window. Magically, Outlook Mail opens up

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-08-02T20:05:11+00:00

    A useless waste of my time. I did all of the steps you gave, and my outlook desktop still fails to open. Thanks for nothing.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-06-27T17:01:36+00:00

    Hi Gunasekar,

    I have a new twist on this same problem. I have Outlook pinned to my taskbar. When I click on the taskbar icon, I see the icon acknowledge that I clicked on it, but the Outlook app doesn't load. When I went to the app list through the start menu, and clicked on Outlook, it still didn't start.

    Then I right clicked on the taskbar icon. It gave me some choices, like "send a new message: and "open calendar". I clicked on "open calendar" and then the Outlook Calendar opened. From there I could select "Mail" from the left-side menu, and Outlook immediately opened up to my email account. After processing my emails, I exited from Outlook. But when I clicked on the taskbar icon, the same old problem came up and Outlook wouldn't start from the taskbar icon.

    Weird.

    Terry

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-02-28T13:36:18+00:00

    i have followed your instructikons but i still can not open my outlook email. this happend the other day and the following day it was working. i need my email urgently today and can ou help me to get it going is there a help line by telephone

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