Microsoft has lots of products in the computer market, including operating systems and software. Among these, Microsoft Outlook, the personal information manager application, is one that holds the “well received” tag. The application includes many useful features such as a calendar, task manager, note etc. But still, many users utilize it as an email application, for sending and receiving email messages.
Roaming Profile
In Microsoft Outlook, roaming profile enables users to access their Outlook Account using different computers on a network. To avail this feature, you need to set up the roaming profile first. Even after creating a roaming profile, you may encounter issues, such as being unable to open the roaming profile, etc. This mainly occurrs when the application fails to synchronize the Outlook Folder files PST files) between the systems. This issue can be fixed by creating a new PST file, and copying the entire Outlook data into it.
Here is some information provided by the Outlook Help team to deal with the “cannot start roaming Profile” problem in Microsoft Outlook.
Steps to follow
• Open Microsoft Outlook, and click on the New Items tab located in the upper program menu bar.
• Now click on the More Items tab in the pull-down New Items menu, to launch the Create or Open Outlook Data File window.
• Now click on the Outlook Data File tab located beneath the option titled Save As Type.
• Now input a file name in the File Name field, followed by clicking the OK button.
• Choose the calendar folder from the left side navigation menu.
• Now tag along the Folder tab on the main menu bar, and then choose the Copy Calendar option to launch the Copy Folder window.
• Now select the Shared Folders option, and then click OK. Follow the same procedure for copying contacts and other events.
• From the left side navigation menu, choose your original Calendar Folder.
• Now select the files or folders that you wish to delete, by pressing Ctrl+A key on your keyboard. When done, click the delete button your keyboard
Once the entire events and data is removed, try to start the Roaming Profile, to check whether this has resolved your problem. If the issue still appears, then it’s better to contact the Outlook Help teams, to avail more solutions.
