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Outlook 365 suddenly won't open
Steven F, original poster here: my Outlook just fixed @ 1:20 Pm pst, I tried it and it opened right up. Hope the same for all of you, maybe 1 at a time! Thanks all.......
My Outlook365 often won't open when selected. I go to control panel/programs/microsoft365/change/repair and it works again for a while. But I just noticed that when I chose reboot it said Outlook was still open. CtrlAltDel Taskbar said nothing was open. Today did the repair bit to get Outlook working again and tried shutting it down not using the X in the right upper corner. I clicked on File (upper left corner) and clicked on exit at the bottom. So far that seems to be working as I have re-opened Outlook several times, closing out with File/exit and it opens the next time it is selected.
dumwidgmailcom I still have the issue occasionally, but not nearly as often as before. Interestingly, the problem continued through several versions of Office and Windows and on different computers. I found that rebooting normally resolves the issue, but I also learned that even though Outlook doesn't appear to be running there can still be processes or services running in the there can still be processes/services running in the background. I check Processes, Details and Services and end any task that appears to be tied to Outlook. Good Luck.
