outlook 100% cpu trying to access thousands of files trying to log

[Guest]

my outlook 2007 started acting weirdly suddenly and hogs almost the entire
cpu ..

using Process Monitor revealed, that outlook calls CreateFile to log some
error with WSS a few hundreds of times per second and seems to always fail. I
already attempted to remove all connections i might have to our sharepoint
office site (WSS) such as the shared calender we were using, but no change
here.


e.g.

Operation: CreateFile
result: NAME INVALID

C:\Users\Matthias\AppData\Local\Temp\=?utf-8?B?e0Y2RkU5ODYzLTk3RTEtNDk3NS05RjEyLTZBNTgwMjlCNDlBNn1=?=-21352307-wss-errors.xml

the last OUTLOOK.EXE entry in the stacktrace is GetCurrentDate + 0x1fbbc.


....

I understand that the name is invalid (it obviously is not well formed for
NTFS), but WHY does it do it and HOW can i stop it ?

any helps or insights are greatly appreciated.

 

[NG_777]

This worked for me

Deleted the SharePoint list folder thru Outlook > Tools > Account Settings > SharePoint lists and deleted the SharePoint List. Closed Outlook. Opened Outlook and the SharePoint List account was regenerated but now Outlook closes completely.

I hope that helps.