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Sylvia March 29th 08 04:48 PM

Safe Mode
 
Hello,

Outlook 2003 has been working perfectly until today. All of a sudden will
only start in safe mode. It comes up with outlook has encountered a problem
- sorry for the inconvenience - do you want to start in safe mode and send an
error report. This is the only way I can open outlook. I have done 3 repairs
and 2 restore points but am still encountering the problem. I have not
downloaded or installed anything.
Any suggestions will be gratefully received.


Mary March 29th 08 06:30 PM

Safe Mode
 
Try setting up a new Mail Profile in Control Panel. Sounds like your old one
is corrupt. Change the Delivery location for new mail in your email accounts
in OL to the new Profile.

"sylvia" wrote:

Hello,

Outlook 2003 has been working perfectly until today. All of a sudden will
only start in safe mode. It comes up with outlook has encountered a problem
- sorry for the inconvenience - do you want to start in safe mode and send an
error report. This is the only way I can open outlook. I have done 3 repairs
and 2 restore points but am still encountering the problem. I have not
downloaded or installed anything.
Any suggestions will be gratefully received.


DL March 29th 08 06:52 PM

Safe Mode
 
try searching for and deleting outcmd.dat, then restart OL

"sylvia" wrote in message
...
Hello,

Outlook 2003 has been working perfectly until today. All of a sudden will
only start in safe mode. It comes up with outlook has encountered a
problem
- sorry for the inconvenience - do you want to start in safe mode and send
an
error report. This is the only way I can open outlook. I have done 3
repairs
and 2 restore points but am still encountering the problem. I have not
downloaded or installed anything.
Any suggestions will be gratefully received.




Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook][_2_] March 29th 08 09:40 PM

Safe Mode
 
When you say repair, do you mean detect and repair? Have you tried running scanpst.exe against your Outlook data file?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, sylvia asked:

| Hello,
|
| Outlook 2003 has been working perfectly until today. All of a sudden
| will only start in safe mode. It comes up with outlook has
| encountered a problem - sorry for the inconvenience - do you want to
| start in safe mode and send an error report. This is the only way I
| can open outlook. I have done 3 repairs and 2 restore points but am
| still encountering the problem. I have not downloaded or installed
| anything.
| Any suggestions will be gratefully received.

Sylvia March 29th 08 10:34 PM

Safe Mode
 

Thank you. I'm afraid it hasn't cured the problem :-(

"Mary" wrote:

Try setting up a new Mail Profile in Control Panel. Sounds like your old one
is corrupt. Change the Delivery location for new mail in your email accounts
in OL to the new Profile.

"sylvia" wrote:

Hello,

Outlook 2003 has been working perfectly until today. All of a sudden will
only start in safe mode. It comes up with outlook has encountered a problem
- sorry for the inconvenience - do you want to start in safe mode and send an
error report. This is the only way I can open outlook. I have done 3 repairs
and 2 restore points but am still encountering the problem. I have not
downloaded or installed anything.
Any suggestions will be gratefully received.


Sylvia March 29th 08 10:35 PM

Safe Mode
 
Nothing came up from the search, but Thank you.

"DL" wrote:

try searching for and deleting outcmd.dat, then restart OL

"sylvia" wrote in message
...
Hello,

Outlook 2003 has been working perfectly until today. All of a sudden will
only start in safe mode. It comes up with outlook has encountered a
problem
- sorry for the inconvenience - do you want to start in safe mode and send
an
error report. This is the only way I can open outlook. I have done 3
repairs
and 2 restore points but am still encountering the problem. I have not
downloaded or installed anything.
Any suggestions will be gratefully received.





Sylvia March 29th 08 10:47 PM

Safe Mode
 
Thank you.
Yes, detect and repair. I have just done a repair installation from the
disk and that hasn't worked either.
I searched for the scanpst.exe file and ran it with what i think is my
outlook data file and it came up with no problems.
Could someone tell me the best way to do a re-install rather than a repair
install from the disk - should I uninstall office first and start from
scratch or do l just put in the disk and opt for the re-install?
Many Thanks


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

When you say repair, do you mean detect and repair? Have you tried running scanpst.exe against your Outlook data file?

--Â
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, sylvia asked:

| Hello,
|
| Outlook 2003 has been working perfectly until today. All of a sudden
| will only start in safe mode. It comes up with outlook has
| encountered a problem - sorry for the inconvenience - do you want to
| start in safe mode and send an error report. This is the only way I
| can open outlook. I have done 3 repairs and 2 restore points but am
| still encountering the problem. I have not downloaded or installed
| anything.
| Any suggestions will be gratefully received.


DL March 30th 08 02:30 AM

Safe Mode
 
Its a hidden file, and it 'is' there

"sylvia" wrote in message
...
Nothing came up from the search, but Thank you.

"DL" wrote:

try searching for and deleting outcmd.dat, then restart OL

"sylvia" wrote in message
...
Hello,

Outlook 2003 has been working perfectly until today. All of a sudden
will
only start in safe mode. It comes up with outlook has encountered a
problem
- sorry for the inconvenience - do you want to start in safe mode and
send
an
error report. This is the only way I can open outlook. I have done 3
repairs
and 2 restore points but am still encountering the problem. I have not
downloaded or installed anything.
Any suggestions will be gratefully received.







Sylvia March 30th 08 11:26 AM

Safe Mode
 
You are an absolute genius!!!!! That has cured the problem.
Thank you so much for your patience.

"DL" wrote:

Its a hidden file, and it 'is' there

"sylvia" wrote in message
...
Nothing came up from the search, but Thank you.

"DL" wrote:

try searching for and deleting outcmd.dat, then restart OL

"sylvia" wrote in message
...
Hello,

Outlook 2003 has been working perfectly until today. All of a sudden
will
only start in safe mode. It comes up with outlook has encountered a
problem
- sorry for the inconvenience - do you want to start in safe mode and
send
an
error report. This is the only way I can open outlook. I have done 3
repairs
and 2 restore points but am still encountering the problem. I have not
downloaded or installed anything.
Any suggestions will be gratefully received.








DL March 30th 08 01:13 PM

Safe Mode
 
your welcome

"sylvia" wrote in message
...
You are an absolute genius!!!!! That has cured the problem.
Thank you so much for your patience.

"DL" wrote:

Its a hidden file, and it 'is' there

"sylvia" wrote in message
...
Nothing came up from the search, but Thank you.

"DL" wrote:

try searching for and deleting outcmd.dat, then restart OL

"sylvia" wrote in message
...
Hello,

Outlook 2003 has been working perfectly until today. All of a sudden
will
only start in safe mode. It comes up with outlook has encountered a
problem
- sorry for the inconvenience - do you want to start in safe mode
and
send
an
error report. This is the only way I can open outlook. I have done 3
repairs
and 2 restore points but am still encountering the problem. I have
not
downloaded or installed anything.
Any suggestions will be gratefully received.











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