Outlook closes unexpectedly

[Fred]

Outlook 2003 (Office 2003 Professional)opens with no problem, but when I try
to view an email I get a message saying Outlook must close- and it does! I
cannot tie it to any event or new installation, but it has been happening
increasingly frequently for a month and is now occuring EVERY time. HELP!

 

[Roady [MVP]]

What is being logged to the Event Viewer?
Also see http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/outlookdoesntstart.htm

 

[Fred]

How do I locate the log and identify the specific event?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Start-> Run; eventvwr.exe
Look in the Application log for events reported by Outlook at the time of
the crash.

 

[Fred]

Thanks for your help, here. There are no entries from Outlook. However,
Service Control Manager reports event 7023 at about the same time.
Incidentally, Outlook is suddenly working, but I am loathe to close it and
find myself back in the same position.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

And what is the exact error message in full?
If Outlook still fails, the troubleshooting methods in the link I gave you
still apply.