Close Outlook. Find and rename outcmd.dat to .old. (If using Windows 2000
or XP, you will need to enable searching hidden and system folders.)
Once you have done so, reopen Outlook and it should open fine. You will
need to rebuild any custom toolbars or customizations as the file outcmd.dat
controls how the toolbars display. When it becomes corrupted, it will cause
Outlook to hang because it cannot create the toolbars that you expect.
--Â
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.
Thanks Milly! Renaming outcmd.dat solved my problem. I upgraded from 2000, and some invalid toolbar commands somehow remained.
After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, coloradogal asked:
| Yes, I have an account all set up. It works in Outlook
| Express so I know the settings are correct. The
| Send/Receive button appears for a split second when I
| start Outlook but then disappears.
|
|
|| -----Original Message-----
|| Check your tool> accounts and verify you have an account
|| setup. I had the same issue where a user deleted her
|| account.
||| -----Original Message-----
||| I know it used to be there! I have used Outlook for many
||| years, but this vital button has disappeared and even
||| uninstalling and reinstalling Office has not fixed this.
||| Anyone else out there have this problem? I have up-to-
||| date virus definitions so I don't think I've got a virus.
||| I have been using Outlook Express as a stop-gap but need
||| to get Outlook fixed soon.
||| Lynda
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