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<\/p>\nEmail communication is an integral part of most established organizations. And within this field, Microsoft Outlook needs no introduction. With its features and ease of use, Outlook is among the best email clients for desktops out there.<\/p>\n
But, it has its own problems. Sometimes, you may open Outlook and it will get stuck on the starting screen. In this write-up, we will deal with this issue. So, let us find out how to fix the problem when Outlook stays on loading screen.<\/p>\n
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But first, let us find out the possible reasons behind this issue.<\/p>\n
There are several factors behind this problem. Here, we will discuss some of the more prominent ones.<\/p>\n
Now that we are aware of several issues, we can opt for solutions that target these reasons specifically.<\/p>\n
The first and foremost thing for you to do is to start Outlook in safe mode<\/strong>. If the problem is not too big, Outlook will start in Safe Mode without any hiccups.<\/p>\n If Outlook does start in safe mode, then that means the fault is either in bad Outlook shutdown or via a faulty Add-in. Thus, you can choose to remove add-in methodologically one by one and run Outlook in a standard way to find if it is working.<\/p>\n The steps to run Outlook in safe mode are as follows:<\/p>\n Outlook will open in safe mode. Now, close it and open Outlook in normal way to see if the Outlook stuck at loading screen problem is fixed or not.<\/p>\n A faulty add-in often leads to Outlook stuck problems. It can get stuck on starting screen or while loading profile. To test which add-in is faulty, do the following:<\/p>\n Sometimes, abrupt shutdown can result in problems in Outlook. You can repair the MS Outlook program from the MS Office app to deal with these issues. It has been confirmed to fix the Outlook stays on loading screen problem along with the stuck at starting screen issue.<\/p>\n The steps are as follows:<\/p>\n Now, check if Outlook is starting normally. If it does, then your Outlook stays on Loading screen or starting screen problem is fixed.<\/p>\n If the problem is corruption of profile or PST file, then you will need to get rid of this corruption. This is a good solution for problems in POP accounts or imported PST files.<\/p>\n There are two ways to repair the Outlook profile database:<\/p>\n Let us understand the solutions below.<\/p>\n Location of ScanPST.exe:<\/strong><\/p>\n Steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n Once done, start Outlook to see if the Outlook stuck at loading screen\/profile problem is fixed.<\/p>\n If the tool finds corruption, but even after repair, Outlook does not start. Then, the file may have high-level corruption. In such a case, use Outlook Recovery Software<\/a><\/strong>. You can view the complete process in the following video:<\/p>\n#1 Run Outlook in Safe Mode.<\/h3>\n
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#2 Remove Add-ins in Outlook Methodologically<\/h3>\n
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#3 Repair Outlook application<\/h3>\n
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#4 Repair the Database File<\/h3>\n
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