Outlook opens then closes

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Outlook will open for only a second then immediately closes. I've tried
setting up a new profile in Control Panel, tried uninstalling/re-installing,
tried System Restore back to earlier date, tried a Registry clean up tool and
nothing works. Everything on the PC works fine.

Running WinXP Home, Outlook 2003. Any ideas? Thanks - John

 

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BTW - It also happens when I open Outlook in Safe mode. -John

 

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I'm having the same issue... for MONTHS now and I haven't had access to
Outlook in close to a year. There doesn't seem to be an answer!! Let me
know if you find something I haven't tried yet! Did you see the solutions
that refer to McAfee and creating a new profile? Didn't work for me, but
others seem to have had success...

Good Luck!!

 

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I've had no success at all. I'll let you know if I figure this one out.
Very frustrating. -John

 

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John/Krista:

I am having the identical problem. It began after doing a
mailmerge-to-email of about 450 customers. The outbox got down to 13 left to
send then BAM. Dead in the water ever since. Believe me when I sya that I
have tried everything.

There is one trick that I have found. If I restart the computer in safe
mode w/o networking, I can open Outlook and look at everything. I have not
yet found an answer, but I am hoping that someone else will try this and
find/post a solution.

 

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I am having a similar problem, but in reverse: I run XP Pro SP2. When I am
viewing a website in IE 6 SP2 or Firefox 1.5, and especialy frequently if I
am filling a form on a website, Outlook 2003 SP2 will spontaneously,
unpredictably and repeatedly maximize, preventing me from viewing a website
or filling a webform.

If I minimize it, it often just pops open randomly, but most frequently when
I am typing. Sometimes, it maximizes after every character I type! It even
comes to life to do this after I close Outlook completely! This is extremely
annoying.

I sometimes have to shut my computer down completely to get it to stop.
Other times, it stops this mischievous behavior spontaneously. I have even
changed computers, and Outlook continues this behavior!

Any suggestions???

 

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FOUND THE SOLUTION!

- Start XP in Safe Mode w/o Networking
- Outlook should open normally
- Turn off all add-ins and COM extensions
- Restart XP
- Voila! Outlook now stays open as normal

Thanks to all that gave suggestions to get this fixed. -John