How to solve Outlook 2007 Error: "Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook…"

Consider a situation, when you try to launch Microsoft Outlook 2007, you may encounter the below error message:

“Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window.”

After the error message is received, you can neither start MS Outlook 2007 nor open the default profile. The error persists even if you reinstall the application.

Cause

Possible reasons for the above error to occur are:

a) Outlook navigation pane is problematic

b) Outlook profile is damaged

c) Outlook PST file is corrupted

How to Solve Error?

You can fix the depicted issue:

1) Reset the navigation pane. To do so, open the ‘Start’ menu, and click ‘Run’. Next, type ‘Outlook.exe /resetnavpane’. Restart Outlook and see if the problem goes away. If not, try the next step.

2) Delete the corrupted Outlook profile and create a new one with all the previous accounts and settings. Next, attach the old Outlook data file (PST) to this newly created profile.

3) In case, MS Outlook 2007 still cannot be opened and the error pops up again, the PST might be damaged. You need to repair the corrupted PST by running Outlook Inbox Repair Tool (Scanpst.exe). The file is located at the following location for Outlook 2007:

:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12

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