Constant Outlook Not Responding

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help! Upon opening and using Outlook for one procedure,
it becomes stuck and non-responsive. Have to use Task
Manager to end task and restart outlook 2002. Seems very
unstable. What should I do? All updates installed, disk
defraged. Help!
 
You may have a corrupted outcmd.dat file. This is the file that stores your
toolbar customizations, and when it becomes corrupted, Outlook sometimes
hangs. Try renaming or deleting your outcmd.dat file while Outlook is
closed. Renaming it might be the best idea if you have a lot of
customizations that you'd prefer not to lose; that way if renaming the file
doesn't solve your problem, you may be able to restore it later when you do
get Outlook working properly again.

Note: If you're using Windows 2000 or XP, you'll need to search in hidden
and system folders to find the outcmd.dat file.

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Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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I am also having simular problems with Outlook 2003. I had at first don
an upgrade but then deleted all to do a fresh install because of han
problems. Still got the same hang problems when start outlook. I hav
done the above fix but still have same problems. The program will wor
for about 30 seconds and then will hang. I have to end the process i
order to kill it and reboot.

If anyone has any other suggestions, I would be grateful
 
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