Can't Open Outlook

[Guest]

When I try to open Outlook it just hangs and does not open. When I close the
window it gives me the message "not responding". I have run several spyware
and virus scan checks including trendmicro, symantec, adware, spybot, and
privacyguardian. I have a lot of emails and I would like to avoid removing
Outlook and reinstalling since the pst backup is two weeks old and I will
lose all my recent emails. I have also downloaded the office updates in the
Microsoft website. I have also tried to rename and delete the OUTCMD.DAT,
but was unsuccessful. Does someone have an idea what might be causing this
and how I can fix it? I'm currently on Windows 2000 and Outlook 2000.

Thanks in advance for your help.
JR

 

[Brian Tillman]

When I try to open Outlook it just hangs and does not open. When I
close the window it gives me the message "not responding". I have
run several spyware and virus scan checks including trendmicro,
symantec, adware, spybot, and privacyguardian. I have a lot of
emails and I would like to avoid removing Outlook and reinstalling
since the pst backup is two weeks old and I will lose all my recent
emails. I have also downloaded the office updates in the Microsoft
website. I have also tried to rename and delete the OUTCMD.DAT, but
was unsuccessful. Does someone have an idea what might be causing
this and how I can fix it? I'm currently on Windows 2000 and Outlook
2000.

No need to post more than once. See if something here helps:
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/outlookdoesntstart.htm