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Add Outlook Not Responding solutions for hanging, freezing, crashing

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Occasionally, classic Outlook tries to run a process in the background. Auto-archive, sending and receiving a very large attachment, or running some of the other mailbox tools can all be done in the background. Check the status bar at the bottom of the screen to see if another process is running.
However, often these situations lead to PST file corruption. For that, we have suggested a reliable PST Recovery Tool. The Outlook PST file is a centralized storage location for your digital files. When it becomes corrupted or damaged, you risk losing data in Outlook. One of the best methods to fix it is to use Wondershare's Repairit for Email tool. sites.google.com Let us know how it will assist you in repairing your files.
In many scenarios, antiviruses become incompatible with other applications. The same applies to the situation whenever Outlook stuck on loading profile. While these Microsoft accounts work in other Microsoft products (e.g. OneDrive, Windows, Xbox), they are non-functional when visiting Outlook.com. Outlook.com (the web version of Outlook) and Outlook apps require a 1st party alias (Outlook/Hotmail/Live/MSN) to send and receive email, use calendar, etc. Occasionally, classic Outlook tries to run a process in the background. Auto-archive, sending and receiving a very large attachment, or running some of the other mailbox sites.google.com tools can all be done in the background.
This includes the new account you created. If Outlook is in use by another process, this information is displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the screen. If you try to perform other actions while Outlook is in use, repair Outlook data file - [sites.google.com](https://sites.google.com/view/fixoutlookstuckonloadingprofil) - may not respond. Let the task in process finish its job before you try another action.
If so, wait a short time (usually two or three minutes) to see if Outlook starts working again. Sometimes you’ll open Outlook and then for no apparent reason, it will freeze or sites.google.com shut itself down. There are quite a few different causes for this, but one of the most common is a defective add-in. Here’s how to disable add-ins in Outlook even when it keeps crashing.
Get Help has troubleshooters for classic Outlook for Windows you can run for many common scenarios, sites.google.com such as Outlook startup or profile setup problems. These often help resolve issues without the need to contact support. Get Help has troubleshooters for Microsoft 365 you can run for many common scenarios. If a troubleshooter is available for your issue, select Start to run that troubleshooter. Microsoft has its own tool for automatically scanning and correcting Office when things go awry. You can read about it and then run the Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant to see if that helps.
However, if you want to change your password with your email provider, you'll need to visit their website or help desk, or contact your email administrator. For example, if you have a Yahoo! account, you first have to change your password at Yahoo.com. Once you've changed your password with your email provider, you can update the password in Outlook. See Change or update your email password for more information.
Hopefully, one of these solutions worked for you, and Outlook is now stable and operating normally. Corrupt data files (OST or PST) can also cause this Outlook crashing issue. However, rebuilding the data file can resolve corruption issues. I have a user who's outlook crashes and restarts every 30 minutes. It is so precise that you can set your watch to it.
Although it's not possible at the moment to turn the feature off entirely, you can choose to remove it from your favorites list by right clicking the folder and selecting Remove from Favorites. To help you get rid of these duplicates, we have released a fix which will automatically clean up your contact list. This fix will clean up duplicate contacts for end users starting August 9, 2023. Rollout of the fix to all users will take few weeks, so, some users may see the fix applied by the end of September. Add an Outlook.com alias to your account and send email to Gmail users using that alias. For more information, go to Add or remove an email alias in Outlook.com.
Use the Microsoft 365 setup troubleshooter to install Microsoft 365, Office 2021, Office 2019, or Office 2016 on your Windows PC. This option could be useful if you constantly have to wait for Outlook to rebuild its data file when you restart. There are multiple ways for you to send and receive email, and multiple versions of Outlook available. If the images in these topics don't match what you see on your screen, you might be using a different version of Outlook. If you can't receive new email messages, there are several troubleshooting steps you can take. If you've successfully sent and received email from classic Outlook before, and now Outlook repeatedly asks you to reenter your password, one of two things may have happened.
When built-in tools fall short, professional solutions pick up the slack. Faulty hard drives or disk errors can corrupt the Outlook data stored locally. This creates crashes that seem random—until you dig into the hardware logs. Let’s look at what causes Outlook to crash, how you can fix it, and a smarter tool that takes a lot of the stress off your plate. Hopefully, one of the fixes above helped resolve your problem. Please feel free to leave a comment below if you have any questions or suggestions.