How To Troubleshoot Your Outlook Issues?

Sometimes, you may experience issues with the Microsoft Outlook application in your computer. These issues may occur when you open or close the application, view your emails, reply to them, or while downloading the attachments in the email. There can be multiple reasons that account for this cause.
You can check the under-mentioned reasons to troubleshoot the issues in Outlook before seeking assistance from Outlook help.

If Outlook Stops Responding For The First Time

• If it is the first time Outlook has stopped responding, open the Task Manager by pressing the Ctrl, Alt, Delete keys together.
• Now, click the Processes tab, look for the Outlook.exe process and select it, and hit the End Process button. Close the Task Manager window.
• Now, reboot your computer. When it has rebooted fully, open Outlook and check whether it is working or not.

Tampering by Third-party Applications

• Third party applications such as Antivirus software, firewall, add-in, plug-in, or toolbar cause hindrance to the Microsoft Outlook.
• Security programs like antivirus, anti-spyware or firewall are designed to protect your privacy and data from unauthorized interference that often comes via emails; they configure acrimonious security and privacy settings which sometimes prevent Outlook from sending or receiving emails properly.
• You can avoid these kinds of Microsoft Outlook problems by reconfiguring your security program to add Outlook and Outlook add-ins to the trusted zones. You can also contact the Outlook help to get assistance on disabling the third party applications.
• However, if Outlook still does not respond, the best option would be to uninstall the add-in and install another one after, as there are chances that the particular add-in software was not written properly by its publisher.

An Oversized PST File

• Microsoft Outlook is designed to archive emails or other items automatically, which helps to decrease the size of your mailbox and allows Microsoft Outlook to work properly.
• This is because Outlook can stop responding from holding too many large files, pending tasks like emails, and programs that run simultaneously with it. Hence, to avoid Microsoft Outlook from stop responding, let it finish its pending tasks.
• An over-sized PST file or large mailbox can cause Outlook to stop responding. To avoid this problem, archive your mailbox items regularly. Delete the unnecessary files or attachments that are of no use any longer.
• You can divide the oversized.pst file into multiple small .pst files. Similarly, regularly backing up your pst files to avoid losing data due to virus or other problems can also be a good solution.

Hence, you can check these steps to effectively troubleshoot the Microsoft Outlook issues in your system. However, if you are not certain about the problems in Outlook, the best option would be to contact Microsoft tech support.