Slow running Outlook

[Paul Fenton]

I had the same problem that lots of people have posted about in
frustration with Outlook running slow. I'm using Office 2000.

I read every post, and finally saw one posted by Brian Tillman on Feb
4 in which he suggested renaming or deleting the file outcmd.dat which
was also recommended by at least one other person. So I searched for
the file and found it and it was 1.9 MB in size!

I renamed it, reopened Outlook and the problem was gone. Running very
fast now. Interestingly, the outcmd.dat file that was created when
outlook reopened is only 3.7 kb, but I notice that as Outlook is
closed and reopened, the file size grows.

Anyway, this worked for me and wanted to pass it on. Thanks, Brian
and others who recommended that fix.


Paul Fenton

 

[Brian Tillman]

Anyway, this worked for me and wanted to pass it on. Thanks, Brian
and others who recommended that fix.

You're welcome.

 

[Guest]

Hi All, I have a slow running program, searched the computer, could not find
that file.?

 

[Brian Tillman]

Hi All, I have a slow running program, searched the computer, could
not find that file.?

Open Windows Explorer (not IE) and enter the following into the Address
field:

%AppData%\Microsoft\Outlook

Now click Go. You should see outcmd.dat there.

 

[Guest]

Hello Everyone,

I tried the mentioned solution, but did not help. Any other ideas what can
make my outlook so slow? a 1mb file is taking me more then a minute to
download. I read somewhere else in here someone asking if the person has the
microsoft beta antivirus installed, but didnt see any response. well I do
have it installed.. can this be the problem?

Regards,
Victor