Outlook 2003 Will not open

[gbappiah]

Hello,

I am unable to open Outlook 2003. It will open successfully in "safemode" however when trying to launch regular, it doesn't even show up in task manager ( does show as a queued 'process') however I do get an Outlook "Splash Screen" as if it is loading.

* I noticed also that CPU usage jumps to a constant 56% and only drops back down when I terminate the OUTLOOK.EXE process.

Things I already tired:

- Detect&Repair

- Reinstalling

- Ending different processes to alleviate CPU usage

Any insight into this issue would be tremendous, Thanks.

[mara-]

Some add-in is probably the problem. Start Outlook in safe mode and disable add-in's one by one until you find which causes the problem.

Cheers ;

Edited April 1, 2008 by mara-

[DonDamm]

also, check the size of your Outlook.pst file. If it is too big (I don't like more than 500MB, but it will go up to just about 2GB before falling over) as this can cause problems even before you reach theoretical limit. I don't know if that is what is happening here, but it worth checking. Disabling add-ins in safe mode is also a very good idea.